🍽️ Italian Dinner Recipes

Simple Spinach Lasagna

Try this easy spinach lasagna for a filling vegetarian meal. Uncooked noodles are layered with three types of cheese, herbs, and store-bought red sauce.

⏱️ 125 min 💪 Difficile 👥 8

Southern Italian Thanksgiving Stuffing

This Southern Italian Thanksgiving stuffing recipe includes Italian sausage, pancetta, sage, French bread, cornbread, pine nuts, Parmesan, and mozzarella.

⏱️ 120 min 💪 Difficile 👥 12

Whole Wheat Rotini Pasta Salad

This light, whole-wheat rotini pasta salad recipe with carrots, asparagus, tomatoes, and green onions can be made in advance or eaten immediately.

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Deep Dish Lasagna

Layered in a deep casserole dish and baked at 350, this lasagna features sweet Italian sausage, spinach, a homemade sauce, and three types of cheese.

⏱️ 110 min 💪 Difficile 👥 12

Zucchini Parmesan with Tomato Sauce

Sautéed zucchini is seasoned with oregano and basil, then topped with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese for a tasty side dish recipe or pasta topper.

⏱️ 20 min ⚡ Facile 👥 4

Fabulous Pesto Pasta Salad

This fabulous pesto pasta salad recipe, with chilled pasta, fresh herbs, and spices, is perfect as a side or a main course, served with garlic bread.

⏱️ 90 min 💪 Difficile 👥 8

Patriotic Pasta

This patriotic pasta salad recipe, loaded with tomatoes, cauliflower, and blue cheese, is the perfect festive addition to your July Fourth picnic spread.

⏱️ 105 min 💪 Difficile 👥 12

Fennel Risotto

This rich, creamy fennel risotto recipe uses fennel bulbs, Arborio rice, and heavy cream. You can swap chicken stock for vegetable and oil for butter.

⏱️ 40 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Italian Pan-Fried Chicken Thighs with Creamy Tomato Sauce

This Italian pan-fried chicken thighs with creamy tomato sauce recipe browns chicken thighs and serves them in a spinach-tomato sauce. It's quick to make.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Sunflower Seed and Basil Pesto

Make this basil pesto recipe with sunflower seeds instead of pricey pine nuts and blend it just how you like — super smooth or a little bit chunky.

⏱️ 10 min 🔥 Medio 👥 8

Cherry Tomato Pasta

This cherry tomato pasta dish is a delicious combination of roasted cherry tomatoes, garlic, and basil tossed with ricotta to make a rich and creamy sauce.

⏱️ 65 min 💪 Difficile 👥 6

Italian Sausage and Zucchini

In this quick and easy Italian sausage and zucchini recipe, the Italian sausage is browned with squash, zucchini, and onion, then simmered with tomatoes.

⏱️ 45 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Baked Gnocchi Mac and Cheese

For a tasty recipe variation on baked mac and cheese, swap macaroni with potato gnocchi and enjoy a creamy, cheesy, and buttery comfort food dinner.

⏱️ 50 min 🔥 Medio 👥 8

American-Italian Pasta Salad

This American-Italian pasta salad recipe is loaded with garden veggies, Italian parsley, and Genoa salami and tossed in a creamy Italian dressing.

⏱️ 520 min 💪 Difficile 👥 20

Firecracker Pasta Salad

This colorful firecracker pasta salad recipe with broccoli, bell peppers, tomatoes, olives, and cheese features an easy, garlicky red wine vinaigrette.

⏱️ 20 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Quick Gnocchi

Make tender, delicious gnocchi using instant mashed potatoes to slash prep time. Blend egg, salt, pepper, flour and mashed potatoes into a dough, cut into bite -size pieces and cook in boiling water. Serve with the sauce of your choice.

⏱️ 15 min ⚡ Facile 👥 2

Pesto Delicato di Camogli

Traditional pesto from Camogli, Liguria in Italy is made without garlic in a pestle and mortar and then tossed with fresh trofie pasta.

⏱️ 20 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Easy Passover Lasagna

This easy Passover lasagna recipe is a quick and easy version of the Italian-inspired dish, utilizing matzo sheets in place of the traditional noodles.

⏱️ 60 min 🔥 Medio 👥 10

Pasta Rustica

This pasta rustica recipe combines sweet bell peppers, mellow olive oil, spicy pepper flakes, olives, and capers. Finish the dish with Parmesan cheese.

⏱️ 50 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Pesto-Stuffed Pork Chops

This recipe for pesto stuffed pork chops stuffs bone-in chops with feta cheese, basil pesto, and pine nuts and then bakes with a balsamic vinegar glaze.

⏱️ 60 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta

This lemon chicken pasta dish is packed with tender chicken and your favorite pasta tossed in a creamy lemon sauce and baked with cheese for a cozy dinner.

⏱️ 60 min 💪 Difficile 👥 6

Lasagna Soup with Cheesy Yum

This lasagna soup recipe includes a cheesy yum mixture made with ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella cheeses, and delivers your favorite lasagna flavors.

⏱️ 80 min 💪 Difficile 👥 8

Creamy Salmon and Leek Pasta

This creamy seafood pasta made with leeks, salmon, and crème fraiche is a quick weeknight meal and perfect for two.

⏱️ 45 min 🔥 Medio 👥 2

Italian Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs

A delicious homemade Italian-style pasta sauce with tasty beef meatballs that's slow cooked for an intense tomato flavor.

⏱️ 140 min 💪 Difficile 👥 6