🍽️ Italian Dinner Recipes

Italian Sunday Sauce

Full of rich, sweet tomato flavor, subtle herbs, and savory, tender meat, this sauce simmers on your stovetop most of the day, filling your kitchen with amazing aromas.

⏱️ 300 min 💪 Difficile 👥 12

Quinoa Mushroom 'Risotto'

Take the fuss out of making risotto by replacing the rice, as this recipe does in mixing quinoa with sauteed vegetables.

⏱️ 50 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Cajun Seafood Pasta

This creamy seafood pasta dish, loaded with shrimp and scallops in a spicy Cajun-inspired sauce, is full of flavor and perfect on fettuccine pasta.

⏱️ 45 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Smoked Sausage and Tortellini Soup

Nothing beats a bowl of warm smoked sausage and tortellini soup filled with cheesy pasta and meaty smoked sausage. This comfort recipe takes 20 minutes.

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Stuffed Eggplant Parmesan

This stuffed eggplant recipe features a filling of scooped-out flesh cooked with onion and garlic, topped with tomato sauce, cheese, and bread crumbs.

⏱️ 65 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Basil Pecan Pesto

In this basil pecan pesto recipe, pecans replace the typical pine nuts, creating a fresh and delicious change-up to a familiar Ligurian pasta sauce.

⏱️ 15 min 🔥 Medio 👥 12

Parmesan Brussels Sprouts

These Parmesan Brussels sprouts are cooked in garlic butter until golden brown and finished with a sprinkle of cheese for a flavorful holiday side.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medio 👥 2

Turkey Pesto Meatballs

Spice up ground turkey meatballs with some basil pesto and Parmesan cheese; they are delicious served with homemade sauce and pasta!

⏱️ 55 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Garlic Scape Pesto

This garlic scape pesto is easy to make with fresh garlic scapes, olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and lemon for a great-tasting pesto for pasta and more!

⏱️ 10 min ⚡ Facile 👥 28

Italian Sausage with a Kick

This Italian sausage with a kick recipe combines spicy hot Italian sausages, a creamy Alfredo sauce, mushrooms, and Parmesan cheese — just add pasta.

⏱️ 60 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Arugula Pasta Salad

For this arugula pasta salad recipe, toss arugula, pasta, and summer cherry tomatoes with a simple dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medio 👥 1

Sweet and Spicy Pumpkin Turkey Pasta

A ground turkey pasta dish served in a sweet and spicy pumpkin sauce is rich, creamy, filling, and fragrant, a great meal for a cold night.

⏱️ 55 min 💪 Difficile 👥 4

Italian Seasoning

This homemade Italian seasoning is made with a blend of herbs and spices and is super easy to throw together. Use it for all your seasoning needs!

⏱️ 5 min ⚡ Facile 👥 10

World's Best Pasta Sauce!

This pasta sauce is easy to make and great in lasagna or on your favorite pasta. It's thick, hearty, and made with Italian sausage and ground beef.

⏱️ 115 min 💪 Difficile 👥 16

Instant Pot Risotto

If you use your Instant Pot to make risotto, you no longer need to stand at the stove, stirring for 40 minutes! The Instant Pot does all the work for you. Serve on its own or make shrimp or scallop risotto.

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medio 👥 3

TikTok Parmesan-Crusted Roasted Potatoes

We made the viral parmesan-crusted roasted potato recipe from TikTok even better with an updated method for the crispiest potatoes.

⏱️ 45 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Cheesy Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake

Chicken and penne pasta simmer together in a garlicky, creamy broth, and are quickly baked between cheesy layers of Parmesan and mozzarella.

⏱️ 47 min 🔥 Medio 👥 12

Italian Cioppino

This Italian-style seafood cioppino stew recipe is packed with cod fillets, shrimp, bay scallops, clams, and mussels in an herb and tomato-based broth.

⏱️ 65 min 💪 Difficile 👥 8

Easy Italian Ricotta Cookies

Soft Italian cookies made with ricotta cheese and frosted with a confectioners' icing. Delicious and moist.

⏱️ 45 min 🔥 Medio 👥 36

Mediterranean Baked Chicken with Pasta

Impress your family with this pasta dish that has it all: baked chicken thighs, tender eggplant, zucchini, and a Mediterranean basil sauce.

⏱️ 137 min 💪 Difficile 👥 6

Real Italian Calzones

Calzones are easier to make than you think with homemade pizza dough stuffed with cheese, pepperoni, and mushrooms, baked until golden brown and hot.

⏱️ 95 min 💪 Difficile 👥 8

Pesto Pasta

This pesto pasta dish is a deliciously easy midweek meal you can make in just 15 minutes with any pasta, basil pesto sauce, and Parmesan cheese.

⏱️ 15 min 🔥 Medio 👥 8

Best Tuna Pasta Salad

This tuna pasta salad with bow tie noodles, canned tuna, celery, peas, and fresh dill tossed in a creamy mustard dressing is always a favorite!

⏱️ 40 min 🔥 Medio 👥 8

Summertime Tuna Pasta Salad

This summertime tuna pasta salad recipe tosses crisp, fresh broccoli, carrots, celery, and cucumber with pasta, creamy salad dressing, and dried dill.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medio 👥 8