Nonna’s Pasta al Forno recipe is the ultimate Italian comfort food.  Nonna baked her pasta with ground meat, zucchini, mushrooms, and lots of cheese! It might sound like an odd combination, but It is one of the best pasta recipes you will ever eat! Our family always had lunch together on Sunday afternoons, and Nonna often made pasta al forno for us.  With plenty of melty cheese and a meaty sauce infused with flavors from fresh zucchini and earthy mushrooms, it was a dish we could not wait to dig into.  I was such a picky eater growing up, but Nonna’s baked pasta was a dish I ne ..read more

Classic Italian food lovers will go crazy for Chicken Sorrentino!  It is layers of tender chicken breasts, eggplant, prosciutto, and marinara sauce topped with lots of melty cheese!  Can you think of a tastier combination? Chicken Sorrentino, also known as pollo alla Sorrentina, combines all your favorite dishes from southern Italy in one.  Chicken cutlets, salty prosciutto, and slices of eggplant are layered and baked together in a rich tomato sauce.   Of course we love all of them all separately but stacked together they make an amazing chicken dish!  Serve it wit ..read more

This Mediterranean Chicken is marinated in a flavorful garlic, herb, and lemon dressing before being cooked with bell peppers and red onions.  The colors of this dish will make your mouth water before you even take a bite of this deliciously juicy chicken bursting with flavors of the Mediterranean.   This is a perfect dish whether you are feeding your family or hosting a dinner party.  Table of contents Ingredients for this Easy Chicken Recipe Step-by-Step Instructions For Easy Mediterranean Chicken 1. Marinade the Chicken ​2. Cook the Chicken and Vegetables ​Cooking Tips ..read more

Ricotta pie is a traditional Italian dessert with a creamy ricotta cheese filling baked in a sweet short-crust pastry called pasta frolla. Southern Italian families wouldn’t dream of a holiday dinner that didn’t end with this decadent dessert, especially at Easter time.  The filling in this delicious pie is creamy and custard-like with a bit of grainy texture characteristic of ricotta cheese. The crust is a sweet pie dough called Pasta Frolla.   It is an Italian shortcrust pastry typically used to make Italian crostata recipes like this traditional Apricot Crostata or my f ..read more

This recipe for Garlic Parmesan Pork Chops is so tender and delicious that it has become one of my go-to dishes even on a busy weeknight. Lean golden brown pork loin chops are coated with rosemary and parmesan cheese, pan-fried, and finished in a simple garlic white wine sauce.  Table of contents Simple Ingredients Step by Step Instructions for Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops Cooking Tips for Making the Best Pork Chops Pork Cooking Temperature Guide What to Serve with Garlic Parmesan Pork Chops FAQ’s More Pork Recipes Garlic Parmesan Pork Chops with Rosemary Recipe This juicy pork chop d ..read more

Traditional Italian Easter Bread or as we call it, Pane di Pasqua, is a soft, fluffy sweet bread nestled around a colorful egg.  It’s a yeast bread that is often braided and flavored with citrus, vanilla, or anise. Table of contents Ingredients How to Make the Best Easter Bread Make the Dough ​Assemble and Bake the Bread Baking Tips Variations How to Store Italian Easter Bread FAQ Other Traditional Italian Recipes Italian Easter Bread Recipe When Nonna would make this traditional Italian bread it was a sure sign of Spring. In the US we have the Easter bunny, in Italy, we celeb ..read more

Limoncello Mascarpone Cake with Lemon Curd is moist, light, and citrusy.  The tender cake is lightly flavored with Limoncello and layered with a fluffy mascarpone cream frosting and sweet, tangy lemon curd. Table of contents ​What is Limoncello? What is Mascarpone? Ingredients Needed for the Limoncello Cake Recipe For the Cake For the Whipped Mascarpone Frosting and Lemon Curd Layers Step By Step Instructions Make the Cake Make the Mascarpone Frosting Assemble the Cake Baking Tips Storage and Make Ahead Recommendations FAQ’s More Recipes for Lemon Lovers More Cake Recipes to try L ..read more

Homemade Lemon Curd is, creamy, sweet, and tangy!  This delicious citrusy spread can be slathered on scones, dolloped on pancakes, or used as a cake filling. You only need 4 ingredients and about 10 minutes to make the very best lemon curd.  Table of contents Ingredients How to Make the Best Batch of Lemon Curd  Cooking Tips Storage and Freezing FAQ’s Other Recipes For Lemon Lovers Lemon Curd Recipe If you are not familiar with Lemon curd, it is an amazing velvety dessert spread or topping with intense lemon flavor.  You will find so many uses for it.  One of my fa ..read more

Chicken Limone is an easy recipe that will make any weeknight feel like a special occasion. This pretty effortless dish is bursting with the bright flavors from a simple lemon butter sauce. It is so good I have it on a regular rotation of chicken recipes along with Nonna’s Italian Chicken Cutlets and Chicken Rollatini. Table of contents Ingredients and Substitutions How to Create Thin Sliced Chicken Breast Instructions for Making Chicken Limone Variations Serving Suggestions FAQ’s Other Chicken recipes you will want to try. Thinly sliced chicken breast is lightly dusted wit ..read more

Gorgonzola Crostini with Roasted Red Pepper is one of the easiest appetizers you will ever make.  You get zesty, tangy goodness in every bite of crunchy crostini from the crumbled gorgonzola cheese and roasted red peppers.  It is so simple to make that it is the perfect hors d’oeuvres for any gathering. Table of contents What Kind of Cheese is Gorgonzola Ingredients How to Make this Easy Crostini Recipe Can Gorgonzola Crostini Be Made Ahead? Different Variations Wine Pairing Suggestion More Appetizer Recipes I have been making Gorgonzola and Roasted Red Pepper crostini appetizer ..read more