Inspired by the famous La Scala chopped salad, this yummy salad recipe is packed with awesome ingredients and loaded with amazing crunchy textures and flavors thanks to marinated chickpeas, salami, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, Asiago cheese, and a zesty red wine dressing. Salad might run through my veins like sugar […]
Tag: italian
Sausage and Gnocchi Soup
This sausage and gnocchi soup serves many purposes that apply right now—it’s easy, calls for pantry staples, and who doesn’t love Italian?—but it’s so good it’s sure to become a favorite you’ll be making for years to come. Pantry staple recipes are having a renaissance and we’re stocking our pantries with […]
Pasta e Fagioli (Pasta and Beans Soup)
This pasta fagioli recipe (pasta and beans soup) is made with canned white beans, pasta, and veggies for a fast and hearty Italian soup singing with flavor. I can’t stop making soups. Recipes like my Grandma’s minestrone, tomato basil soup, and my favorite broccoli cheddar soup, are all staples I have in my […]
How to Make the Best Minestrone Soup
My Grandma’s easy, traditional minestrone soup recipe is one of the healthiest vegetable-heavy soups you’ll make, and it tastes far better than any of those Olive Garden minestrone soup copycat recipes thanks to the secret ingredient in the savory broth. There’s nothing like beloved core family recipes from your childhood. […]
Lemon Fettuccine Alfredo
Classic fettuccine alfredo gets a bright and herbaceous makeover, thanks to Meyer lemons and rosemary, in this super simple, wonderfully creamy pasta dish. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a lemon lover which became even more intense after living in sunny California with the Meyer lemon tree […]
Parmesan Chicken Salad
This Parmesan chicken salad recipe with a caprese vibe is made with peppery arugula, sweet roasted tomatoes, crispy Parmesan-crusted chicken breast, mozzarella pearls, and a homemade balsamic vinaigrette. With leftovers of my Parmesan Crusted Chicken in the fridge, I rustled the shelves to see what would go with it for my usual […]