Each jumbo pasta shell is stuffed with chicken and spinach combined with the smooth ricotta, mozzarella and parmigiano-reggiano cheese, smothered in tomato sauce with more mozzarella cheese melted over the top. The layering of three types of cheese creates a creamy texture with every bite. With recipes like this you won’t feel the least bit deprived. I prefer to use marinara or spaghetti sauce which adds more …
The ingredients list for this recipe included some of my favorite flavors. Kalamata olives, pesto, sun dried tomato halves, artichoke hearts, pine nuts, parmigiano reggiano cheese and penne pasta! I was so excited to pull this together for dinner recently. Much to my surprise I found it to be too “oily” and so did the rest …
There is something comforting about eating a steaming, hot, bowl of home made soup. A big pot of soup can feed many hungry people for a small amount of money. Perfect for a casual get together. I use to buy Italian Wedding Soup in the can until I found this recipe. Leftovers ( if you have any) freeze well. I like to …
With toasted pine nuts, fresh parmesan cheese and basil this is my kind of comfort food. Even though we are only a family of four, I have to double this recipe in order to have enough left overs to go around. You must make this with the herbed chicken piccata but it is also delicious with Italian turkey sausages or a …
This is one of those recipes that is in our regular dinner rotation. I have been making it since about 2004 and the only tweaking I did was to add capers and sub butter for the margarine. It is easy enough for a weeknight meal but fancy enough to entertain with. I pair it with Cooking Lights Creamy Parmesan Orzo and …
