Italian Recipes (Most Popular)

I saw this on Dr. OZ and love it! my husband and son love it with chicken and turkey peperroni. You can add whatever toppings you like that will fit on it!

Not diet food but perfect on a cold night

I got this recipe from the Yves website. You can use Italian ground round for extra flavour. Add these to your pasta sauce and serve with spaghetti and salad.

A slightly different take on a recipe from "Italian Pure and Simple" by Clifford A. Wright. This dish is easy to prepare, with subtle flavors. It's filling and nutritious. The original recipe calls for fettucine instead of farfalle. I also added more parsley and roasted pepper to this version--the original recipe calls for 1 tbsp parsley and 2 tbsp roasted peppers.

This is a hearty vegetarian dish to be eaten alone, or to serve on a hoagie bun or over pasta with some Parmesan cheese.

Soup with the colors of the Italian Flag: red, white, and green

Frozen Assets Lite and Easy by Deborah Taylor Hough

Eggplant is sliced and baked with a Parmesan cheese crust, then spread with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese.

this is fabulous with dreamfields pasta (which has 5 gm carbohydrate per serving, and you can add or change the sauce as the mood fits

Simple one-skillet meal, ad-lib your veggies to give variety.

A light pasta with no meat and very little oil.

Cheesy fettuccini alfredo flavored with heart healthy spinach, basil, and garlic.

This is a big amount of pasta sauce, I make it once every 2 months and put in in portions in the deepfreeze, that way I only have to do the work once for 8 two-persons portions

Good for ravioli.

This soup was out of this world good. I used half and half instead of heavy cream and a minimal amount of butter. It is delicious cold or hot.

This soup is definitely a family favorite! It can be made with ground turkey ior tofu crumbles nstead of beef for even less calories and all the great flavor. I make this at least 2 to 3 times a month.

With whole wheat pasta, low fat ricotta, spinach, and broccoli, this ends up being a pretty great meal.

a lighter way to enjoy italian food.

A family favorite that tastes even better the next day. Psyllium husk adds crunch and fiber to the coating.

Here's something my husband and I revamped from his childhood.