Spaghetti & Turkey Meatballs recipe by adorkablerecipes.blogspot.com Serves 3-4 Ingredients 6-8 oz spaghetti (half dollar-sized bundle) 1-1/2 cup pasta sauce (your favorite store-bought variety it fine) 1 lb lean ground turkey 2-3 cloves garlic, grated or minced 1/4 small onion, grated 1 tsp Italian seasoning 1/4 cup Italian bread crumbs salt pepper Directions In a […]
Almond Biscotti
Just like Pizzelles, Biscotti are a uniquely Italian cookie. Literally meaning “twice baked” these cookies are hard and dry and meant to keep for a long time. The variations on the recipe are almost endless. I’ve made cinnamon sugar biscotti and look forward to trying a chocolate variety as well as anise. Most traditionally enjoyed […]
Perfect Pizza Crust: Revisited
I’ve made a few different pizza crusts in the past, and for the last year or more I have resorted to the bread machine variety. It worked well and it was super easy. But today I decided we needed something new–something AMAZING. This was definitely the right recipe to choose. Though I had attempted this same […]
Italian Pizzelles
Fact. I am one fourth (1/4) Italian. Fact. You would never know it aside from the foods I make and eat and the way I do so. Fact. My dad’s family is very Italian. Fact. I grew up in a town where at least half of the population is Italian. Fact. I never knew the quirks […]
Baked Penne Pasta with Sausage (Slow Cooker)
I have never experimented with cooking pasta in the Crockpot, but tonight was the right time to try! I didn’t really have a dinner plan (or even a dinner thought) until almost 3pm. My first piano student was arriving at 4pm, the last would leave around 5:35pm and we had to be at church for […]
Classic Meat Lasagna
I’m proud of my Italian heritage. Almost everything I prepare starts with sauteing onions and garlic–a pretty good way to start any meal from the Italian perspective. Unfortunately, I had NEVER made a lasagna. Ok, that’s kind of a lie. I’ve made Eggplant Lasagna and that was delish. But I’ve never attempted a classic meat […]
Italian Style Hearty Vegetable Stoup
Yes, “stoup.” Yes, I stole that from Rachael Ray. But it’s totally applicable here–this is somewhere between stew and soup. Stoup. Ok, now that we’ve got that cleared up, on to the recipe. This deliciously filling meal was created out of my need to use up an eggplant, my longing for a bowl of warm […]
(Quick and Easy) Ricotta Tomato Penne
This is an amazingly quick (15 minutes!), surprisingly elegant, and super delicious dish. I came up with it as a dinner idea in a pinch last week. We didn’t have much time but I had some quality ingredients. Sometimes less is more. Nothing fancy. Just pasta. tomatoes. cheese. and of course garlic. It’s perfection in […]
Melanie’s Eggplant Lasagna
I had eggplant and Italian cheeses in the fridge. I wanted to try my hand at eggplant lasagna once again. I had made Rachael Ray’s version twice–the first with great success, the second with complete failure. It was awful. We literally scraped the cheese and sauce off of the eggplant and ate that for dinner. […]
Pappa al Pomodoro
This Tuscan bread and tomato soup is amazing. Perfect on a cold, rainy day like today. Made with common ingredients kept in my pantry, it was not difficult to through together and the final result had my husband saying he’d marry me all over again. :) I found this recipe on Annie’s Eats, and she […]