Italian-inspired
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Showing 20 matching recipes out of 36 recipes total in Italian-inspired
Italian Sausage Spaghetti
Whether you share this spectacular sauce through your freezer or across the table, it’s sure to satisfy.
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Garlic Roasted Salmon with Two-Cheese Polenta
This salmon is delicious with either farm-raised or wild-caught fish.
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Penne with Gorgonzola Cream and Cranberries
Easy-peasy but special enough even for a holiday dinner.
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Italian Beef and Vegetable Stew
Easy 20 minute stew when you already have
Italian Stewed Beefon hand.
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Italian Stewed Beef over Cheese Ravioli
Use your stash of Italian Stewed Beef for this easy dinner for one or more!
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Smoked Pork Chops with Lemon-Butter Pasta and Asparagus
Easy inspired dinner that truly is cheap, fast and oh-so good!
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Easiest "Iced Cream" Ever!
The best and easiest iced cream recipe I have ever made or tasted!
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5 minute Cheese Ravioli Sauce
An amazing sauce that cooks in the same time it takes to cook the ravioli!
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Roasted Tomato Caprese Salad
A drizzle of balsamic vinegar and the blend of baby field greens beautifully substitutes that sweet bitter flavor the basil usually brings to a classic Caprese salad. There’s no need for vinaigrette, since there’s plenty of extra-virgin olive oil from roasting.
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Alicia's Chicken with Olives
You'd think this dish would be too simple to serve company, but the flavor is surprisingly complex. Wine adds body and zest to the sauce.
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Crushed Tomato Sauce
This sauce has a bright, clear flavor thanks to its very simple ingredients.
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Prosciutto Meatballs with Crushed Tomato Sauce
Homemade meatballs do take a bit more time to prepare than just pulling out the frozen ones we typically use for Desperation Dinners recipes. But they're easy to make with a wonderful distinct flavor -- thanks to the prosciutto.
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A Trifle Tiramisu
Our Desperate Tiramisu is a trifle easier than the Italian original, but the signature flavors and elegant presentation have earned its place as our new favorite company dessert.
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Oven-Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic
If you’ve never tried roasting fresh tomatoes, give it a whirl!
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Roasted Garlic: Here's How!
Roasted garlic is sublime spread directly onto French bread, chopped and tossed into spaghetti or other Italian-style sauces, tossed with steamed vegetables, added to mashed potatoes, beef stew, vegetable soup, or salsa – well, you get the idea.
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Pasta with Pesto, Tomatoes and Mushrooms
Quick, fresh and healthy -- that's what we love in a pasta dish. This one has it all!
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Pesto Pizza with Cherry Tomatoes
Pesto gives this quick and easy pizza zing. Homemade pesto? Even Better!
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