This Broccoli Tortellini Alfredo is bursting with flavor with its pillowy cheese-stuffed tortellini in a creamy garlic parmesan alfredo sauce with broccoli florets. On a cold winter evening there is nothing better than creamy cheesy pasta, and my favorite type of pasta is tortellini, as you can tell by al my tortellini recipes! Fettuccini is a…
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Stuffed Chicken Marsala (In a Marsala Cooking Wine Sauce)
Thank you to Holland House Cooking Wines for sponsoring this Stuffed Chicken Marsala Recipe. While I was compensated for this post, all opinions are 100% my own. This delicious Stuffed Chicken Marsala recipe is made with baked chicken breasts stuffed with Italian cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, basil, and green onions, and covered in a creamy Marsala Cooking Wine…
Chicken Vesuvio – Dinner in a Skillet
Chicken Vesuvio is an Italian-American garlic chicken and potatoes dinner cooked in a cast iron skillet with sugar snap peas and carrots in a white wine sauce for a hearty, rustic chicken dinner. What Is Chicken Vesuvio? When I first heard of Chicken Vesuvio, I thought it was an Italian dish originating from Italy. But…
Pepperoni Pizza Potato Skins
THIS POST FIRST APPEARED OVER AT REAL HOUSEMOMS WHERE I’M A CONTRIBUTOR. These PEPPERONI PIZZA POTATO SKINS taste like pizza on a potato, and make a delicious, fun and kid-friendly appetizer for a party or for tailgating! Who doesn’t love Pepperoni Pizza or Potato Skins? So I decided to combine these two wildly popular foods into…
Cheesy Tortellini Skillet Lasagna
Cheesy Tortellini Skillet Lasagna is perfect when you want lasagna but don’t have the time to make it from scratch. By using tortellini, this one-pot tortellini lasagna can be ready in 20 minutes! We love love love lasagna, as you probably guessed since I have Easy Lasagna Soup, Taco Lasagna, Jalapeño Popper Lasagna Rolls, and Creamy Cajun…
Bacon Broccoli Tortellini Salad
This Bacon Broccoli Tortellini Salad is one of my favorite pasta salads for an outdoor BBQ, picnic, or tailgating party and has been lightened up by reducing the sugar in the sweet and tangy dressing! I created this recipe as part of a sponsored series with Socialstars and SPLENDA® Brand; all opinions are my own….
Asiago Bruschetta Roasted Asparagus #SundaySupper
Asiago Bruschetta Roasted Asparagus, with tomatoes, garlic, onions, and asiago cheese, makes a healthy gourmet side dish that can be on the table in 15 minutes and is perfect for brunch, or a weeknight or holiday dinner. This week’s Sunday Supper, co-hosted by Christie Campbell of A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures and Wendy Leep Hammond of…
Chicken Tetrazzini with Asiago Cream Sauce
This incredibly delicious Chicken Tetrazzini with Asiago Cream Sauce makes an awesome casserole with chicken (or turkey) and linguine (or spaghetti) pasta, is easy to make and is a real crowd-pleaser. It is a great recipe to use up leftover chicken or turkey after a holiday or any day. Chicken and pasta are two of my favorite foods…
Roasted Red Pepper Ricotta Crostini
Roasted Red Pepper Ricotta Crostini are quick and easy, gourmet little bite-sized appetizers that are ready in 15 minutes and perfect for the big game and your homegating party or any party.
Easy Lasagna Soup
Easy Lasagna Soup is an easy cheesy and comforting soup that tastes like lasagna in a bowl, and can be on the table in 30 minutes. You are going to be so happy today! Why? Because you are going to love this comforting Easy Lasagna Soup. It does not have to simmer for hours. You…
Mediterranean Vegetarian Chili
This post is sponsored by Prego®, but as always, all opinions, recipes, and photos are my own. Mediterranean Vegetarian Chili is an easy delicious one pot 30-minute meal that is perfect for a Sunday supper or an easy weeknight meatless meal. This one pot meal has received rave reviews from my family, especially my mother-in-law,…
Chicken Alfredo Italian Totchos
Chicken Alfredo Italian Totchos, inspired by the Italian style nachos at one of our favorite restaurants, use tater tots instead of tortilla or pasta chips to make a quick and easy, kid-friendly weeknight meal.
Garlic Parmesan Vegetable Pizza
This Garlic Parmesan Vegetable Pizza is quick, easy and delicious and will bring the whole family around the table, even on a busy weeknight. There is no need to order take-out or have a pizza delivered on a busy weeknight when a yummy, cheesy gourmet pizza is so quick and easy to make, especially when…
Lemon Parmesan Spinach Risotto
Lemon Parmesan Spinach Risotto is a creamy, savory Italian Risotto side dish, made with arborio rice, fresh baby spinach, lemon juice, and parmesan cheese! This Lemon Parmesan Spinach Risotto is my contributor post this month to the Real Housemoms’ blog, an awesome blog with not only recipes, but articles on DIY, crafts, cleaning and organization,…
Ricotta Rice Tomatoes Florentine
Weeknight dinners at our house are thrown together so quickly that Minute® Rice is a pantry staple because it is both quick and easy and gluten-free. So when I was asked if I would partner with them to create a recipe (this healthy Ricotta Rice Tomatoes Florentine recipe) and include a giveaway an awesome KitchenAid Stand Mixer, I naturally…
Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs
This Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs recipe makes a family favorite Italian-American main dish even easier by making it in the slow cooker. This Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs recipe features: A short history on Spaghetti and Meatballs in America; A description of the difference between Spaghetti and Meatballs and meatballs or “polpettes” found in Italy; An easy…
Savory Herb Monkey Bread Rolls
Savory Herb Monkey Bread Rolls are soft, buttery, pull-apart rolls with garlic, parmesan cheese, italian seasoning, and parsley on top of rolls made with bites of crescent roll dough. Savory Herb Monkey Bread Rolls are easy because they start with refrigerated crescent roll dough. Then you cut the crescent roll dough into strips and roll…
8 Easy Slow Cooker Recipes
I’m sharing 8 Easy Slow Cooker Recipes so you can enjoy your day and have dinner ready in the evening when you get home! In today’s post I feature 8 Easy Slow Cooker Recipes that include a variety of recipes that will: Allow you to enjoy your day and have dinner ready in the evening…
Spicy Pesto Shrimp Primavera #SundaySupper
Spicy Pesto Shrimp Primavera is a restaurant-inspired, mildly spicy, hugely flavorful Shrimp dish with red bell peppers, asparagus, and spinach with a Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto with Parmesan cheese. It was not Hawaii, but for us, it was a couple of hours in paradise! What am I talking about? I’m referring to an incredible dinner out…
Bacon Spaghetti Florentine
Bacon Spaghetti Florentine is a quick and easy pasta dinner made with spaghetti, bacon, spinach, onions, garlic, and Italian cheeses, including mozzarella, parmesan, and asiago, that I can have on the table in 30 minutes. Oh my gosh! What’s not to love? First there is bacon. Need I say more? I could stop right here. But…
Be the Office Hero with Buca di Beppo
I was first introduced to Buca di Beppo several years ago when we had a large family dinner for a birthday celebration and enjoyed a number of their delicious Italian dishes. With the food served family style, it makes it easy to share with each other and creates a fun family dining atmosphere. With the variety of Italian dishes, everyone could find something they loved.
Bacon Onion Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Every other day when I am on a diet (wait, don’t tell me I’m the only one that does that) I look for ingredients that add flavor without adding additional calories. I was so happy to find De Nigris Seasoned Vinegars, especially their seasoned White Wine Vinegar, because they add amazing flavor to my everyday recipes without adding additional fat and calories. Another reason I like it is that it is all natural with no artificial preservatives.
Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup
This Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli soup is a wonderful, warm, hearty and comforting Italian inspired soup that is delicious and super easy to make. Finally, we are having some fall weather. For us that means temperatures below 90 degrees F. With fall football and festivals and cooler weather, I love making hearty cold-weather…
Jalapeño Popper Lasagna Rolls
Jalapeño Popper Lasagna Rolls are a combination of two favorites: jalapeño popper appetizers and traditional lasagna rolls. Lasagna noodles are rolled up with cream cheese, bacon, cheese, and jalapeños inside to make a spicy, cheesy appetizer or tapas. I love that these little Jalapeño Popper Lasagna Rolls are so versatile that they can either be…
