🍽️ Italian Dinner Recipes

Gnocchi with Cherry Tomato Sauce

This gnocchi with cherry tomato sauce recipe features a sweet, fresh, spicy sauce made with cherry tomatoes, canned crushed tomatoes, and dried chiles.

⏱️ 50 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Italian Stewed Tomatoes

Quick and easy, this Italian stewed tomatoes recipe is made with celery, onion, bell pepper, and basil for the perfect flavor combo straight from Italy.

⏱️ 40 min 🔥 Medio 👥 9

Pasta Salad for a Crowd

This pasta salad recipe is perfect for feeding a crowd and easy to make with rotini pasta, cheese, tomatoes, broccoli, and zesty Italian salad dressing.

⏱️ 60 min 🔥 Medio 👥 70

Baked Eggplant Parmesan

Baked eggplant Parmesan is a hearty and family-pleasing Italian dish with layers of crispy breaded eggplant, tomato sauce, and lots of cheese!

⏱️ 90 min 💪 Difficile 👥 6

Dill Pickle Pasta Salad

This dill pickle pasta salad is easy to make ahead with spiral pasta, creamy homemade dressing, and chopped tangy dill pickles for flavor and crunch.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Vegetarian Pizza with Pesto and Delicata Squash

Butternut squash works as well as delicata for this pizza, as either orange squash will be complemented by the green pesto.

⏱️ 40 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Italian-Style Chili

This Italian-style chili recipe is delicious and easy to make, calling for pepperoni, mushrooms, and a jar of prepared spaghetti sauce to get the job done.

⏱️ 45 min 🔥 Medio 👥 6

Pesto Sauce

This pesto sauce comes together in just 10 minutes with fresh basil, nuts, garlic, and Parmesan for a delicious way to jazz up pasta, pizza, or salad.

⏱️ 10 min ⚡ Facile 👥 16

Billy's Pasta Salad

My husband made this chicken and pasta salad for me shortly after we started dating. He makes it so it could fill a 10 gallon bucket, so I cut it quite a bit. It totally won my heart and it's awesome for a romantic picnic.

⏱️ 20 min ⚡ Facile 👥 12

BLT Pasta Salad

This BLT pasta salad with crispy bacon, lettuce, tomato, and pasta shells tossed in creamy salad dressing is perfect for summer potlucks and parties.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medio 👥 10

Mussels and Pasta with Creamy Wine Sauce

Frozen mussel meat is an affordable, delicious option for easy weeknight meals like this creamy mussels and pasta dish. And there's no defrosting needed!

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medio 👥 1

Baked Italian Chicken Dinner

Use this recipe to easily make a baked chicken main dish with potatoes, broccoli, and Italian dressing mix.

⏱️ 60 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Incredibly Delicious Italian Cream Cake

An irresistible Italian cream cake featuring a moist and tender coconut cake topped with a rich cream cheese frosting with coconut and chopped nuts.

⏱️ 85 min 💪 Difficile 👥 14

No-Mayo Pasta Salad

This versatile no-mayo pasta salad recipe is easy to prepare with both ranch and Italian dressing. Add your favorite veggies for a customized salad.

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medio 👥 12

Lemony Dill Salmon Pasta Salad

This lemony dill salmon pasta salad recipe features cooked salmon, lemon, dill, and Parmesan, plus a light lemony vinaigrette instead of mayonnaise.

⏱️ 55 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Pumpkin Sage Pasta

This pumpkin sage pasta recipe is quick and easy and features pumpkin purée and sage, creating the perfect cozy meal once the fall weather arrives.

⏱️ 15 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Homemade Italian Red Sauce

This Italian red sauce recipe is simple to make with crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, onion, garlic, fresh basil, and a few basic pantry items.

⏱️ 140 min 💪 Difficile 👥 12

Easy Italian Chicken

Everyone loves Italian chicken recipes, and this one's a winner. Italian-style dressing plus boneless breasts make a tender, tasty, 2-ingredient dish.

⏱️ 125 min 💪 Difficile 👥 6

Cauliflower Gnocchi with Pesto and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Pull from your freezer, pantry, and refrigerator to make this quick-cooking, deeply satisfying cauliflower gnocchi dish with pesto and sun-dried tomatoes.

⏱️ 15 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Johnsonville Italian Sausage, Onions & Peppers Skillet

This Johnsonville Italian sausage, onions & peppers skillet recipe combines Italian sausage slices with sautéed bell peppers, onions, and diced tomatoes.

⏱️ 35 min 🔥 Medio 👥 4

Pesto Spaghetti Squash

This pesto spaghetti squash, featuring onions, mushrooms, and kale, gets a cheesy boost from Parmesan for a hearty side or comforting vegetarian meal.

⏱️ 100 min 💪 Difficile 👥 6

Chef John's Antipasto Pasta Salad

Chef John combines pasta and antipasto for an Italian-style antipasto pasta salad recipe. It's satisfying enough for a main course and can feed a crowd.

⏱️ 230 min 💪 Difficile 👥 12

Peppercorn Ranch Pasta

This crunchy salad recipe features creamy peppercorn ranch dressing, tossed with a variety of colorful veggies and rotini pasta for an easy side dish.

⏱️ 210 min 💪 Difficile 👥 5

Summertime Chicken and Pasta Salad

Chicken tenderloins, pasta, hard-boiled eggs, and sliced veggies are chilled with Italian-style dressing and served cold over sliced romaine hearts.

⏱️ 90 min 💪 Difficile 👥 6