Italian Recipes (Most Popular)
Great all around one dish meal with all the same things you know and love about regular lasagna.
One day, I was looking for a simple way to make a Parmesan cheese sauce for pasta or chicken, I used ingredients in my cupboards. Substitue low fat ingredients for fewer calories, fat, etc.
Serving size is calculated for 1/4 cup; however, I typical use two table spoons of this sauce on whatever I'm eating. It's flavorful, and spreads easily over pasta or meats.
Make this on the weekend and put the extra in individual portions to take to work for the week. Heats up nicely in microwave.
A great way to use your summer garden harvest in a tasty alternative to eggplant Parmesan.
Add all cans of tomatoes to pressure cooker but the paste. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasoning to taste. Use immersion blender in pot, blend down tomatoes to a watery base. Add chicken lock lid and bring to pressure, Cook for 8 minutes at high pressure. Allow pressure to release by natural method. Take chicken out of pot, add paste blend again with heat on high for around 3-4 minutes straight allowing some of the water to evaporate, and sauce to thicken. Pull chicken from bone and add to sauce pot bring cooking temp to simmer and allow to simmer low while gnocchi to cook.
To cook Gnocchi: Bring water to boil in another pot add gnocchi till they float. Remove from heat and drain from water.
Place 55 grams of gnocchi on plate.
Cover with 3.7 oz of chicken and sauce and serve.
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From EatingWell: April/May 2005, The EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook (2006)
"This streamlined version of a norther Italian idea is perfect for a summer evening: no-fuss, no-cook and big taste. You can even make it ahead and store it, covered, in the refridgerator for several days. If you do, use it as a wrap filling for the next day's lunch.
Having a craving for spinach? look no further. Eat this recipe alone, or pair it with your favorite starch; whole grain pasta, couscous, or rice! Low calories, low carbohydrate, low fat, low sugar and high in protein. Rich in Potassium, Vitamin A, B, C Folate, Iron,magnesium , manganese.
Great hearty stew, packed with protein and light on fat! can be made a variety of ways, and adjusted to meet dietary needs
Delicious homemade "sausage" and mushroom pizza with half the calories and fat. Made with italian seasoned ground turkey instead of sausage :)
A super easy dinner idea with endless possibilities for variation. I can't exactly say that it's a "quick" recipe because it does have to bake a while but the actual assembly is really quick and easy.
I filled my Lasagna Roll Ups with sausage, spinach and cheese but you could also do mushrooms, pesto, or any meat. You really can make this one your own.
Combine the roll ups with a classic salad and some quick garlic bread and you've got a stellar meal that has "date night" written all over it. If you don't have a date, simply pop them into individual containers and freeze. When you're ready for a serving just take one out and microwave until it's cooked through. Take that, Marie Callender!
A really easy, really fresh tasting delicious meal. Use low-sodium or no-salt-added canned chickpeas and drain and rinse them well to reduce sodium further. (The sodium count from the calculator is for non-rinsed low-sodium chickpeas).