I like to think that this Seared Pork Loin Cacciatore recipe is a bit of an original. Cacciatore dishes can be a bit of a dime a dozen, with every Italian household seemingly having their own way of making them. There is nothing too exotic or difficult about a cacciatore dish, all the recipes tend to have some of the same things so it's a 'you know it when you taste it' kind of deal. Rather than ...
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Chicken Florentine Mac and Cheese with Bacon
Okay, this recipe for Chicken Florentine Mac and Cheese with Bacon was an improvisation. I just went through the fridge and pantry and threw a little something together with the ingredients I found. So what did I find? Well, of course, I had some pasta in the pantry. I also had some shredded cheddar cheese in the fridge left over from the Super Bowl. And I had some frozen chicken breast florentine ...
Fettuccine al Pomodoro
Fettuccine al Pomodoro is intended to be a lighter and more quickly made pasta dish than pasta with the long cooked meat sauce. I developed this recipe after first making my Italian Orecchiette Soup, and realizing that the broth in that soup was just as delicious on the second day, when it had thickened up considerably after being in contact with the pasta overnight. So I started figuring out how ...
Slow Cooked Steak Pizzaiola
This weekend I had some inspiration to make some Slow Cooked Steak Pizzaiola. Jaime recently bought me a new crockpot and last Sunday I made a meat sauce with meatballs, sausage, pork chops, and braciole (which will be its own post sometime soon), and I ended up having some steak and tomato sauce left over. So I got a great idea. Let's use these leftovers to put together something ...
Rigatoni Pasta In A Creamy Vodka Sauce
When you want to change your pasta up a bit from your regular marinara sauce, this Rigatoni Pasta In A Creamy Vodka Sauce recipe is a simple yet delicious twist on the old favorite. The vodka and crushed red pepper called for in this dish give you just a tiny hint of spicy, whereas the cream called for gives you a delicious and savory creaminess that can't be beat. The sausage and spinach make a ...
Three Cheese Manicotti With Spinach and Prosciutto
Okay, when it comes to the holidays, my family tends to do the traditional American-holiday meal, such as the turkey dinner for Thanksgiving, the seafood dinner for Christmas Eve, and a great tasting ham for Christmas and Easter. But being Italians, we always have to add one of our traditional Italian dishes to the mix. Thanksgiving and Easter it is usually a lasagne. Christmas Eve it might be ...
Spicy Sausage Baked Ziti
This recipe for Spicy Sausage Baked Ziti will leave you speechless. And with hot lips. And your family will love you. More. Also known as the "Hot Ziti", there is a terrific little Italian restaurant in Greenville, South Carolina that serves a great Hot Ziti dish. Giovanni’s Italian Restaurant, located at 1178 Woodruff Rd, Ste 4, Greenville, SC 29607, is a small but very charming and very well ...
Pasta With Marinara Sauce
Recipes aplenty for pasta with marinara sauce. There very well might be a separate marinara sauce for every cook out there. As sauces go, individual taste plays a big role. That said, what is a marinara sauce? A marinara sauce is a totally vegetable based, usually fast cooked, tomato sauce. This is not the well known long simmering meat sauce. This is the relative quick and light meatless ...