Category: Italian

  • Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipes

    Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipes

    After I published my post on planning ahead for pizza night, it occurred to me that you all might want some ideas for making pizza sauce. So here are ones I regularly use, depending on what I have on hand. The options are almost endless for a good tomato pizza sauce. Or you might prefer…

  • Homemade Ravioli from the Freezer

    Homemade Ravioli from the Freezer

    When my friend and I made homemade ravioli a few weeks ago, I froze most of mine.  Tonight I pulled up some from the freezer and also pulled out some plain tomato sauce I’d frozen late last summer when my Roma tomatoes were going crazy. For the sauce, I sautéed some garlic on olive oil,…

  • Breaded Fried Shrimp with Spaghetti

    Breaded Fried Shrimp with Spaghetti

    This Breaded Fried Shrimp with Spaghetti has broccoli and asparagus and a light sauce. What’s not to love?!  This is another fantastic recipe from Lidia’s Italy in America, one of my favorite Italian cookbooks. I am new to cooking shrimp. I’ve said it before–I’m just not a big fish / seafood person. But this recipe…

  • Shepherd’s Pork Chops: Smothered in Onions and Provolone

    Shepherd’s Pork Chops: Smothered in Onions and Provolone

    This came from one of the Lidia’s Italy cookbooks but I can’t remember which one. It is a simple enough recipe that after I read it, I just made it without really checking the details. I just saw the picture as I was cleaning up things and realized I’d never shared it. Salt and pepper…

  • Upgraded Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

    Upgraded Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

    We love our old macaroni and cheese recipe, which is how my mom used to make it–making a white sauce with butter, flour and dry mustard and adding in grated Cheddar.  I like it with onion but the girls prefer I leave it out. But I keep playing around with recipes from Lidia’s Italy in…