Kid friendly Italian recipes

Lemon & Garlic Green Beans

It is rare to have a side dish which everyone keeps reaching for instead of the main dish. That's especially true if its a fairly simple green…

Pizza Sauces

Stop the pizza delivery man, for ever! Unless… it’s being delivered directly from Sicily. I am sure that if you try this homemade pizza you will…

Italian Bean and Rice Soup

This is a delicious soup culled from the treasure trove of recipes by Marcella Hazan. It can be made with pasta instead of rice, but is wonderful…

Brett & Bart's favorite spaghetti

This is an old Italian recipe that I've been cooking for 30 years, and my boys and husband all love it. I got…

CITRUS glazed RICOTTA cookie

Tangy LEMONS and sweet ORANGES will delight you in every bite from these cake-like RICOTTA based cookies. For a dedicated post...refer to:…

Parmesan tuna belly red

Grilled Salmon with Basil Cream Sauce

Grilled salmon goes very well with lemon and basil. This cream sauce makes an interesting and attractive dish…

Pasta with Butter and Parmesan Cheese

I've been cooking this recipe for so long, and it is so simple, that I have often overlooked posting it. We…

Chilled Italian Zucchini Appetizer

This is a fantastic recipe that I adapted from Marcella Hazen. She recommends serving this at room…

Italian Wedding Soup

This recipe is simple and delicious. Our kids loved the turkey meatballs. It's got a relatively mellow flavor akin to chicken noodle, but a bit…

Simple Pasta with Spinach, Mushrooms and Tomatoes

This is one of those simple recipes that are almost embarrassing to put on this website. But this was really…

Tuscan Vegetable Soup - La Ribollita

We made a heaping pot of this up at Heavenly Valley last week when up there for ski week. It was the perfect…

macaroni and cheese

A delicious, easy to cook meal.

Spaghetti with Seafood in Tomato and Herb sauce

A colleague of mine brought in some fresh oregano, marjoram, and Italian parsley from his garden, so I looked…

Italian Pretzel cookies

I'm not even sure if there is such a thing as an Italian Pretzel Cookie, in any case I decided to make up my own version. I took a Taralli Dolci…