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When you’re craving Italian comfort food, pasta puttanesca is the perfect recipe! The flavorful puttanesca sauce features olives, anchovies, capers, tons of minced garlic, and red pepper flakes. Pair this Southern Italian tomato sauced pasta with garlic bread, a Caesar salad, and wine! Spaghetti alla Puttanesca AKA Whore’s Pasta Pasta puttanesca is one of my…
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Italian Wedding Soup (The Best Family Approved Recipe)
Bust out your soup pot, because we’re making mini meatball soup – aka Italian wedding soup. The pasta is tender, the mini meatballs are bursting with flavor, and the broth is to-die-for! Add spinach, lemon juice, and Parmesan cheese into the chicken broth right before serving. And this only gets more delicious as the soup…
Continue ReadingHow to Make Classic Lasagna (Meat Sauce)
Skip store bought lasagna and cook lasagna like a pro with this classic lasagna recipe! What makes this homemade lasagna recipe better than the rest? Layers of noodles, flavorful ricotta mixture, cups of meat sauce (Italian sausage and ground beef), and mozzarella cheese. Store leftover lasagna in the fridge, for days before baking – then…
Continue ReadingHow to Make Bolognese (The Best Ground Beef Sauce)
Slowly cooked and stirred with a wooden spoon, this classic bolognese sauce is 100% worth the effort. Featuring a rich tomato sauce loaded with pancetta, ground beef, and Italian sausage. Use this bolognese sauce recipe in your favorite lasagna, baked ziti, or stuffed shells recipe. Or as versatile pasta sauce recipe on spaghetti, rigatoni, or…
Continue ReadingEasy Shrimp Scampi Recipe (The Best Garlic Butter Sauce)
Make this garlic butter shrimp scampi recipe for dinner tonight! Sprinkle with fresh parsley and red pepper flakes, and serve with pasta. We love linguini or angel hair, but any cooked pasta (or even zucchini noodles) will work. Jump to the recipe below to learn how to cook the best shrimp scampi recipe. Shrimp Scampi…
Continue ReadingThe Best Baked Ziti Recipe (Family Approved)
Mom’s baked ziti recipe features al dente pasta with meat sauce, ricotta cheese, and shredded mozzarella cheese. Make pasta sauce a few days in advance or wrap in foil and freeze for 2 months. The sauce and grated cheese make it heaven in baking dish and perfect for serving a crowd! Delicious with Caesar salad,…
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