Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 3   Last night I made Potato Taco Bowls  for three of us and purposely made extra meat mixture so that I could make a pasta meal with the leftovers today.  I’ve made this Italian Mexican pasta dish that is absolutely full of flavours.  If you don’t want to make the taco bowls, you can easily just make the meat mixture to make this delicious pasta.    Ingredients 350 gr dried pasta Leftover taco meat mixture Shredded cheddar cheese to ta

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Makes: 12 polpette, baby meatballs & enough meat for a small meatloaf Spaghetti dinner for 2   I’ve been making spaghetti and polpette (meatballs) since I was seven years old, when my mom would be working long days.  The great thing about meatballs is that you can make them with anything in them.  Today, I made a big batch so I could have some for this spaghetti and meatballs recipe, and for the freezer; six meatballs, baby meatballs for soup a

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 6, plus rice for next day   I love stuffed peppers and this recipe with sausage, veggies and rice then infused with scamorza cheese is absolutely delicious.  Served with some sautéed green beans and cheesy garlic bread makes this a complete meal.    Note: I purposely made twice as much as I needed for the peppers as I put the rice with some mozzarella cheese in the oven and we had a new meal the next day.    Ingredients 350 gr basmati

Scorri a basso per l’Italiano   Serves: 3   My granddaughter Ariana loves to help her nonna bake and cook and at 2 years 8 months old, she is a great little helper and understands the baking and cooking process.  I love having her help me.   Today she made this simple red sauce pasta, which is delicious for little ones.  She is our little pasta monster and got to love her hair!!!   Ingredients 210 gr crushed tomatoes 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp garlic salt or salt and pepper to ta

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2   Baked baby gnocchi are great in this simple bacon and zucchini sauce.  Great any time of day.   Ingredients 500 gr fresh packaged gnocchi 1 - 2 tbsp olive oil Garlic salt or salt & pepper to taste 1 tbsp vegetable broth 150 gr bacon 1 tbsp vegetable broth 160 gr diced zucchini 50 gr diced onions Vegetable broth as required Garlic salt or salt & pepper to taste Hot pepper flakes to taste Grated pecorino Romano cheese to taste   Direc

Scorri a basso per l’Italiano   Serves: 2   I love buying store bought Mac & Cheese packages and adding different ingredients to create a yummy meal.  I can’t buy Mac & Cheese package in Italy so when in Canada I enjoyed having this option with onions, pepper, ham, spicy pepper sauce then topped with extra cheddar cheese.   Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp vegetable broth Fresh peppers to taste 1 small onion 175 gr ham steak Minced hot pepper to taste Garlic salt or salt &

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Makes: 45 - 50 cannelloni   Stuffed pasta then baked is always a delicious meal.  These stuffed cannelloni with turkey, pork, veggies, a layer of tomato sauce and topped with béchamel and cheese make this a great recipe for when you have guests for dinner.    Ingredients 1 tbsp vegetable broth 600 gr ground turkey 500 gr ground pork 2 tbsp vegetable broth 120 gr small diced carrots 80 gr small diced celery 130 gr small diced onions 160 gr small

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 6   Kraft Dinner, known in Canada as KD, is a macaroni and cheese that is a Canadian staple. It...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 6   Everyone loves lasagna and this one will allow your guests to have something to chat about...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 4   I made this risotto to complement my Veal Wraps and it worked perfectly as everyone loved...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2   Today I created this recipe on the fly because I heard on the radio today September 3 rd  is...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2 Spicy Chicken Pasta   We love chicken and pasta and when you put them together in a spicy cream...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2 – 3   Pork Fried Rice We love fried rice but I always sauté in a little bit of olive oil and...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2 – 3 Peas & Pancetta Pasta   Here is another great pasta that is ready in less than 30 minutes...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2 Spicy Veggie & Pancetta Pasta   Here is another 30-minute pasta that is super simple to make...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2 Sausage Ragu   Pasta is always the simplest thing to make and this 30-minute pasta is full of...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2   Chicken & Peppers Pasta The day just flew by and what I wanted to make for dinner was going...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 4   Sausage & Zucchini Pasta Here is a very creamy pasta full of sausage and zucchini and ready...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 2 – 3   I love using instant polenta to make a creamy style polenta that you can do pretty much...

Scorri a basso per l’italiano   Serves: 8 - 10   Alfredo sauce pasta is delicious any way you cook it.  This one is full of peppers and...