Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Most recently, we snacked our way around the globe.
Everyone I knew growing up in New Jersey was Italian. I was one of zillions of girls with the middle name Marie and one of trillions of other people my age who actually knew how to pronounce “ricotta.” (None of you know how to pronounce “ricotta.”) But I’ve realized now that a lot of y’all weren’t raised on macaroni and gravy, and it’s a damn shame. Here’s 44 recipes that’ll take you across Italia and back again for seconds.
1. Zuppa Toscana
2. Chicken Marsala
3. Chicken and Mushroom Manicotti
4. Stuffed Focaccia with Arugula, Feta and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
5. Creamy Chicken Florentine Lasagne
6. Wild Mushroom Quinoa Risotto
7. Tuscan Garlic Burgers with Pesto Mayo
8. Puttanesca-Style Panzanella
9. Tuscan Tortellini Soup
10. Creamy Tagliatelle with Bacon, Portobello Mushrooms and Truffle Oil
11. Roasted Cauliflower and Mushroom Carbonara
12. Portobello Pizza Caps
13. Tuscan-Style Sausage, White Bean, and Kale Soup
14. Sicilian Fish Stew
15. Rustic Vegan Pasta Salad with Arugula and Mushroom
16. Tuscan Chicken Skillet
17. Sicilian Chickpeas with Escarole and Caramelized Onions
18. Garlic Herb Cheese Bombs
19. Parmesan-Coated Asparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto
20. Italian Purse Appetizer
21. Springtime Farro Salad
22. Sicilian Cauliflower and Black Olive Gratin
23. Raw Tuscan Kale Salad
24. Italian Wedding Soup
25. Muffuletta
26. Pesto Eggplant Rollatine
27. Baked Gnocchi with Bacon, Tomato, and Mozzarella
28. Arancini Rice Balls
29. Sicilian Chicken Casserole
30. Zucchini Blossoms Stuffed with Ricotta
31. Focaccia with Caramelized Onion, Tomato, and Rosemary
32. Fried Meatball Stuffed Ravioli
33. Parmesan Crusted Calamari
34. Turkey Florentine Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
35. Zucchini Parmesan Crisps
36. Eggplant Caponata
37. Sicilian Meatball Soup with Cabbage
38. Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs
39. Italian Baked Eggs
40. Italian Drunken Noodles
41. Beef Braciole
42. Sicilian-Inspired Blood Orange Salad
43. Italian Sub with Roasted Red Pepper Aioli
44. White Vegetable La
sagna
Ummmmmmmmm, I think I’ll be having Italian this week…
the task at hand for me now is finding the right kinds of fake meat to use in all of these recipes but also yes, italian tonight, italian every night, italian forever
bless this delicious post
bless tomatoes bless cheese bless pasta bless vegetables bless bread crumbs bless olive oil etc
I studied abroad in Rome when I was a junior. My (non-vegan non-allergic)classmates pissed and moaned about the food one week in. I’m pretty sure they were agents of Satan.
*molto buone. Anyways, yummy recipes!!
ugh, google translate, letting me the fuck down as always. thank you!
Oh, no problem, I know google translate can be pretty frustrating :< now excuse me while I go try some of the recipes – Italian living in Italy, never tried any of these
This post was a summary of my childhood, thank you for posting!
thank you! i feel so much less alone in this world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHCcnggaGNU
What fantastic food. No wonder everybody thinks Italian kitchen is the best of the world.
Thank you for sharing!
Regards
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thank you, apple critic
Oh god, the thing I miss about my ex was her little Nonna. That little lady was the reason for many many loved food babies. These all look delicious, they will be tried!
ain’t no baby like an italian food baby because eating is the best. i have no clever ending there, but i do have that fact to hold close to my heart.
Mangia mangia :)
As a lady of Sicilian descent I gotta ask where the seafood salad is
ugh, true life, it’s a glaring omission by accident! because i had a recipe bookmarked, but then it turned out to be not good, and then i forgot to look for a new one and i saw the word sicilian so many times and did i mention i’m sicilian and now deeply ashamed. ANYWAY! i don’t eat fish, so! but! next time. for the seafood list, mayhaps.
Oh, yes, my life! Please tell me, did your grandma always want to add 2-3 times as much flour to cookies as the recipe called for? My bisnonna could not understand the concept of cookies =/= biscotti. As a result, I cannot deal with soft cookies. XD
yes to the complex concept of cookies not being biscotti. so much yes to the complex concept of cookies not being biscotti.
Aww no spaghetti alio olio pepperoncino. Gutting. I was brought up on that. My fam lived in Italy for years and recipes from La Grande Ricetta have been the source of my meals for ever. I was the weird kid on the bus with salami sandwiches when no one in 80s/early 90s England ate antipasti or even pasta. Salute! I raise my bruschetta to all Italian, or surrogate Italians out there. May your mascarpone al caffe be epic.
i loved everything that just happened in this comment. you should post your fave recipe for spaghetti alio olio pepperoncino so i can put it in my mouth, ps.
Mmmmmmmm…….a month and a half of delicious food!
Asparagus wrapped in proscuitto!!!! And the photos !!