I can count on my two hands the number of times I have bought jarred spaghetti sauce. To me it is just easier to use crushed tomatoes and spices and make my own. Plus having a child with many food sensitivities makes finding ready to use products difficult. But, there was a sale last week…
Category: Italian Dishes
Creamy Pizza Margherita
I freely admit that I am a sucker for the grocery store easy meal preparation stations. The reason I bought the ingredients for this recipe was that it was an easy dinner and the smell of basil wafting through the store was too hard to resist the temptation not to buy the ingredients and make…
Chicken Stuffed with Ricotta, Tomato, Spinach and Basil
As with many of my recipes I found the basis for this one on Pinterest. Now mine turned out looking nothing like the one on Pinterest but it was DELICIOUS! I started with the recipe on Fortheloveofcooking.net Ingredients: 1 small container ricotta cheese Large handful of baby spinach, chopped Large handful of grape tomatoes, diced…
Baked Italian Sausage and Pasta
I had Italian Sausage in the freezer and needed a quick weeknight meal so it quickly became a pasta bake. The sausage was frozen so I sliced it to cook quicker. I threw in a pepper and onion near the end of when it was cooking to soften slightly. When the sausage was done cooking…
Penne Pasta with Spaghetti Sauce and Turkey Meatballs
Tonight’s dinner was completely from the freezer, box and jar. Dance nights are for quick meals. We used Wegman’s Turkey Meatballs for the first time. They were okay for a pinch but they were a bit dry and flavorless. I far prefer the turkey meatballs I normally buy at BJs. I cannot even remember the…
Chicken Alfredo Roll-ups
This recipe for Chicken Alfredo Roll-Ups is originally from Mmm…Cafe. The recipe can be found at mmmcafe.blogspot.com which adapted the recipe from Artsyfartsymama.blogspot.com. I am going to say that mine look nothing like her beautiful Chicken Alfredo Roll-Ups but they taste AMAZING! I also added Ricotta to mine to make it even cheesier. Next time…
Spinach Lasagna
I finally found a good, cheap soy free spaghetti sauce for my family and that made this dinner all the easier to prepare. I have a son who is soy sensitive so I usually make my own spaghetti sauce but I was able to find one made with olive oil. Ingredients: 1 box of lasagna…
Baked Ziti
Put cheese on any dish and my family will eat it. They love baked ziti because of all the gooey cheese. I boil a 16 oz. box of ziti until it is softened but not too al dente. I pour 1/2 a jar of homemade spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a 13×9 pan. …
Easy Cheesy Manicotti
My version of this is quick and easy favorite dinner started with this Manicotti recipe from food.com. Ingredients: 1 (14 count) box manicotti (I thought about making the crepes but time did not allow for me tonight – next time) Pasta Sauce – I made my own from crushed tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, basil,…
Pepperoni and Caramelized Onion Pizza
This picture does not do justice to the delicious pizza. I forgot to take a picture until we had already eaten half of it. Yummy! I made my own pizza dough following the directions in my bread maker’s manual. My daughter had a friend over so they played with the dough to lay it out. …
French Bread Pizza
Since we were not eating dinner with the children tonight I made French Bread Pizzas for them. Quick, easy and it makes them happy. All I did was slice a loaf of French bread into quarters. I make my own pizza sauce with a large can of crushed tomatoes, basil, oregano, minced garlic, parsley and…
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