Italian dishes recipes :

Risoni Salad

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This Italian pasta salad is light, delicious, and can be used as a light main meal or side dish to accompany chicken, fish, or red meat.  It is also wonderful served over a bed of rocket leaves. Ingredients -1 cup risoni (An[...]

Mushroom Risotto

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When the weather turns cold and the wind begins to howl, nothing warms me up faster than a bowl of creamy risotto. Shockingly, I have never had Risotto until last year!  To be honest with you, it was always the last thing I considered[...]

Chicken galantine

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Hi, our last recipe is chicken galantine . In Italy we use to prepare this dish for Holidays but it’s so good that we think it can be a summer dish too! It is made with boned chicken, salami (such as ham, bacon and mortadella),[...]

Pesto Chicken Pizza

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I keep finding such yummy recipes on the back of the mozzarella cheese labels these days. Yummy and easy recipes!!  This pizza uses a pre-cooked pizza crust. Just use your favorite crust. I like using the Pillsbury thin pizza crusts. Just roll[...]

Good Monday Morning

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What's so good about it, you ask? The sun is out, my cold is almost over and I am finally going to sell my old car that has been sitting in the driveway for over a year now. The Nudge bought a brand new Nissan Rogue and I inherited his 2009[...]

Pancetta Risotto Cakes

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Do you remember a few months ago when I posted that a recipe I created won a contest and the prize was a trip to San Francisco ? At the time I was not able to share the recipe due to the ’super-secret’ nature of the contest. [...]

Diabetic's Dream Lasagna

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I am dangerous in a farmer's market. I tend to buy more vegetables then I can eat in 1 week. I did it again today only this time I brought a list. I have had a hankering for lasagna lately and I wanted to make a non-traditional one using goat[...]

Cilantro-Pea-Pista Pasta

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Partly inspired by Forever summers with Nigella, this pasta was literally Go Green ! The Pesto Sauce saw a combination of boiled peas with cilantro, pistachios and garlic. Don't remember what type of pasta Nigella used, i had shell shaped pasta[...]

Eggplant Parmigiana Update

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I was so tired on Thursday that The Nudge took me out for a salad at our favorite lakeside Italian place. They make a wonderful grilled portabello salad. It was exactly what I wanted and needed. Something light, yet substantial. I had to stay one[...]

Spinach, ricotta & more....

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If there was one dish that I always wanted to create, it is ravioli- The spinach and ricotta cheese works its magic and creates a unique flavor. I always get a ready made packet and never tried it from scratch. Over the weekend, I got my lazy bones[...]