Italian summer recipes

Chicago Style Pizza

EGGS VEGGED OUT - Sunny Side Up

Cooking up a specialty for Sunday brunch on a lazy day. This morning...My ' Honey ' and I cracked some eggs on a vegetable bed of goodness!!!

cake RICOTTA cheese CHOCOLATE RUM

All this talk about APRONS and Grandmothers got me going on assembling my notes and photos to finally share…

Fried Cheese

Lobster Mac and Cheese

Chunks of lobster with pasta and cheese sauce ... so good!

Italian Tomato, Cucumber and Chickpea Salad

A simple fresh salad with Italian dressing all homemade

Zesty Lemon Parsley Risotto

The simplicity of this recipe and the tart lemon flavor make this usually heavy dish much lighter and more refreshing. This recipe is slightly…

Homemade Green Tea Pasta With Mint Pesto

It's a fabulous meatless meal you will never resist !

Ricotta & Spinach Fritters

Pasta in Red Sauce Recipe (Penne Arrabiata)

Pasta in Red Sauce is a delicious Italian pasta dish bursting with robust flavors of fresh tomato sauce. You…

Gemelli With Feta Parmesan & Pine Nut Cream

I modified this recipe from one I have in Williams Sonoma's "Best of Kitchen Library" series, the "Italian…

Yummy Cheesy Garlic Bread with Mushroom Ham In Just Minutes!

Are you a non-baker like me, but yet would love to impress your guests with your bakes? Well, I cheated! These…

Italian Pasta and Vegetable Salad

This pasta salad has a nice texture balance of smooth to crunchy, plus the tart-sweet of red wine vinegar and…

Pesto Swirl Bread

Swirl breads are the “lookers” of the yeast bread world! In this recipe traditional cinnamon filling is replaced with basil pesto as the star…

Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad

Heirloom tomato's are coming into season (as I'm writing this) - this is a wonderful dish for summertime picnics or a light weekend lunch. Also a…