Farrotto Butternut Squash Farro Risotto loaded with perfectly roasted butternut squash cubes and finished with a crispy sage brown butter drizzle. An easy, hearty, meatless and festive recipe not to be missed. Farrotto In a nutshell what you have here is a creamy risotto where farro grains are used instead of rice and slowly infused with a divine saffron veggie broth, just like you would a classic risotto. The perfect meal for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday dinners ahead. No ...
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Smashed Fingerling Potatoes Recipe
Crispy smashed fingerling potatoes recipe, oven baked then drizzled with a basil pesto or an Italian style parsley basil chimichurri sauce, heavy on the garlic and balanced by a fresh squeeze of zesty lemon. Smashed Fingerling Potatoes Boiled until tender then gently smashed and roasted coated in olive oil until perfectly crispy all around the edges where the flesh was exposed. As soon as they come out of the oven you want to generously douse them with a luscious garlicky sauce like basil ...
Pasta e Ceci Recipe + Video
Pasta e Ceci recipe, a classic hearty 1-Pot Italian dish of pasta with chickpeas cooked together with aromatics in a white broth. This easy zuppa recipe has Sicilian roots with countless regional variations: alla Siciliana, Romana, Napolitana, Toscana and the very best rendition from yours truly of course! Pasta e Ceci It’s a soup, it’s a stew, it’s pasta and chickpeas! It’s Ceci e Fregola in Brodo Bianco! You start with sautéing onion, garlic and fresh tomatoes in a drizzle of olive ...
Fregola Pasta
Fregola pasta, a uniquely delicious and nutty Sardinian pasta made from hard durum wheat flour and water hand rolled into little dough pearls then toasted into a beautiful mix of golden, yellow and brown shades. Reminiscent of risotto, Succu or Sardinian couscous, Fregula is particularly nice coated in fresh basil pesto and topped with roasted cherry tomatoes and a kiss of citrus. Fregola Pasta Hold on to summer with this perfectly cooked Sardinian Fregola Pomodoro or Fregula Sarda coated in a ...
Bruschetta Pasta Recipe
Bruschetta Pasta, a fresh tomato orecchiette pasta salad with sweet cherry tomatoes, basil, lemon and garlic. The quintessential meatless summer meal to make use of all those colorful homegrown or farmers market tomatoes and basil bounty. Satisfying, filling and refreshing! Bruschetta Pasta Salad A fresh riff on the classic capellini pomodoro dish featuring all the flavors of an authentic Italian bruschetta bread. The chewy orecchiette pasta here takes the place of the garlic rubbed bread ...
Parsley Potatoes Recipe
Easy European style Parsley Potatoes with a zesty lemon olive oil dressing, scallions and fragrant Italian parsley. Perfect for weeknight or Sunday dinner with company. Baby new potatoes are traditionally used in this old fashioned recipe but any size golden potato with thin skins will also work. Parsley Potatoes These simply boiled new potatoes perfectly dressed with a light and zesty olive oil dressing brimming with fresh herbaceous flavor are perfect any day of the week. It makes great ...
Creamy Cucumber Yogurt Salad Recipe
Creamy Cucumber Yogurt Salad recipe with crisp red onion dressed in a dairy-free Greek yogurt lemon dressing with a classic kiss of fresh dill. A quick and easy refreshing summer salad best served right away alongside new potatoes or stuffed inside some gyros pockets. Creamy Cucumber Yogurt Salad Basically thinly sliced cucumbers dressed in a creamy Tzatziki sauce, this cucumber yogurt salad is crisp, refreshing and bursting with fresh flavor. You can certainly expand on the idea and mix ...
Vegetarian Stuffing Recipe + Video
Best Italian Vegetarian Stuffing recipe for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. Caramelized leeks, celery, no meat sausage, fennel and the classic holiday flavors from fresh rosemary, sage and dried cranberries are tossed with dry bread cubes and veggie broth then baked until golden. Rich, savory and divine, watch the how to VIDEO below! Vegetarian Stuffing Recipe You'll fall in love with this easy, comforting classic Italian bread stuffing from scratch. I like to think of it like a ...
Capellini Pomodoro Recipe
The best Capellini Pomodoro pasta bowl of all times. An easy, light and zesty sauce made with fresh tomatoes and basil. This simple, meatless, dairy free recipe is the absolute perfect weeknight dinner. Capellini Pomodoro Thin angel hair style pasta ("little hairs" in Italian) coated in a luscious pomodoro sauce - a fresh tomato sauce made from juicy cherry tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and basil. Brightened up by a squeeze of fresh lemon juice this is the ultimate summer pasta ...
Zuppa Toscana Recipe + Video
In spite of its name this Zuppa Toscana soup recipe is not a classic Italian soup, instead it is a favorite American creation. A rich and creamy potato soup with a fennel base, crumbled Italian sausage, potatoes and lots of green kale to brighten things up. Zuppa Toscana Soup The most popular soup from the Olive Garden restaurant chain and simply translates as Tuscan soup. I had absolutely no intent to publish this soup recipe unless it was better than the original but also healthier ...