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This Crescent Roll Pizza Braid is the perfect appetizer to bring to a gathering or game day party! This easy recipe comes together quickly with a tasty crust and you can add whatever fillings you'd prefer.

Crescent Roll Pizza Braid

Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers are a healthy, satisfying meal that comes together quickly! This easy weeknight dinner recipe is perfect for Meatless Monday and full of rice, veggies, cheese and Italian-inspired flavors!

Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

This homemade baked Broccoli Mac and Cheese recipe is about to be your new favorite recipe for Meatless Monday! It's creamy, delicious and seriously easy to make!

Broccoli Mac and Cheese Recipe

These easy Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf Muffins have all the great flavors of a classic Chicken Parmesan recipe, but they come together much quicker. It's an Italian twist on classic meatloaf and is the perfect 30 minute meal for busy weeknights!

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf Muffins

This Crab Macaroni Salad recipe is the perfect way to make a traditional macaroni salad extra special! A creamy, delicious mac salad with crunchy celery, onions and meaty chunks of crab meat (or imitation crab meat). You'll want to make this family favorite again and again!

Crab Macaroni Salad recipe

I'm not saying that this is the best baked mac and cheese...but I'm also not saying that it isn't. Creamy, cheesy and decadent without being sickeningly rich, this easy home made mac and cheese recipe with have everyone fighting for seconds!

Best Baked Mac and Cheese

This Easy Italian Sausage Bake with onions and peppers in red sauce is a simple and delicious recipe that makes an awesome appetizer. You can throw it together in minutes and put it in the oven and can even double it for a crowd! Want it for a meal? Just serve over pasta!

Easy Italian Sausage Bake with Tomato Sauce

Need a proven crowd-pleaser? Make this Million Dollar Spaghetti recipe! This meaty, cheesy Italian pasta casserole is so easy and delicious your family will be fighting for seconds!

Million Dollar Spaghetti

Linguine with Clam Sauce

Linguine with Clam Sauce

This Italian Pizzelle recipe is a classic Christmas cookie flavored with either vanilla or anise that we all know and love. They're super easy to make with a light and slightly crispy texture you won't be able to get enough of this holiday season!

Italian Pizzelle Recipe

This Italian Ciabatta Dressing Recipe is about to become your new go-to for Thanksgiving. Whether you serve it on it's own or use it as a stuffing for your turkey, this easy dressing adds a flavorful twist to a traditional holiday dressing!

Italian Ciabatta Dressing Recipe

Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats are the healthy weeknight meal you'll want to make again and again. This is a seriously easy recipe that's full of delicious flavor without all the guilt!

Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats

Baked Lasagna Dip is a tasty twist on a classic lasagna recipe. With all the flavors we love in traditional lasagna, this hot dip is sure to please!

Baked Lasagna Dip

One Pot Chicken Taco Penne Pasta is the 30 minute meal of your dreams! Cheesy, creamy and full of great flavor, this easy Taco Pasta adds a great variation for Taco Tuesday.

One Pot Chicken Taco Penne Pasta

Chicken Minestrone is an easy and comforting soup to serve for an easy lunch or dinner. This classic minestrone soup is full of delicious vegetables and fall-apart-tender chicken, with a secret ingredient that gives the most fantastic flavor!

Chicken Minestrone (Slow Cooker + Instant Pot)

Pesto Tortellini Salad is the easiest pasta salad you'll make! Throw this quick and delicious pasta salad together in minutes and wow your friends and family!

Pesto Tortellini Salad

Meet your new favorite cookie recipe! This Sour Cream Cookies recipe is a family favorite. With a delicious cake-like texture, you’ve got an addictive cookie that isn’t overly sweet.

Sour Cream Cookies

This cucumber tomato salad is perfectly versatile side for everything from casseroles to BBQ. Refreshing and delicious, this zesty (and slightly spicy) tomato salad is a bite of summer all year long.

Cucumber Tomato Salad

This zesty marinara sauce may be simple to make, but it is legendary in our family. With a secret ingredient the way from my Grandma, this sauce is perfect on pasta or anything else you have cookin’.

Marinara Sauce

Baked Chicken Parmesan is a quick and easy version of a classic family favorite. Your family will fight for seconds!

Baked Chicken Parmesan

Pasta al Forno (or baked ziti as many call it) is a classic Italian dinner that is perfect for a cozy family gathering! This is also the perfect make-ahead dinner!

Pasta Al Forno (Baked Ziti)

Eggplant Rollatini is an extra special meal that is surprisingly easy to prepare! Stuffed with three creamy cheeses and topped with a hearty ground veal tomato sauce, this is a cozy dinner the whole family will love!

Eggplant Rollatini

This Italian Chicken Stew is a warm and cozy dinner the whole family will love! It's easy to assemble and dump into a slow cooker or instant pot and you've got yourself a killer dinner!

Italian Chicken Stew (Slow Cooker and Instant Pot)

Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers (also for Instant Pot)

Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers (also for Instant Pot)

This simple Weeknight Bolognese Sauce made with ground veal comes together in less than 30 minutes and is bursting with delicious flavor! Serve it over zoodles for a carb conscious dinner that is as tasty as it is nutritious!

Weeknight Bolognese Sauce

One Pot Italian Florentine Chicken Pasta is a seriously easy 30 minute meal that comes together into the most creamy, delicious pasta dinner your family will love!

One Pot Italian Florentine Chicken Pasta

Need a show stopping appetizer for this holiday season? Look no further, this Antipasto Salad Christmas Wreath is as festive as it is delicious!

Antipasto Salad Christmas Wreath

Spicy Sausage Pasta with Rapini is an easy and delicious dinner that will have everyone fighting for seconds! Made with rigatoni pasta, rapini, spicy Italian sausage and Tuttorosso San Marzano Style Chopped Tomatoes in Puree with Sea Salt, this is a definite keeper!

Spicy Sausage Pasta with Rapini

If you're looking for a hearty, delicious soup to warm you up on the coldest nights, this Bean and Sausage Soup is a total winner! Made with 3 different types of beans, Italian sausage and fresh escarole in a tomato broth, this is a seriously easy dinner the whole family will love!

Bean and Sausage Soup

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Turkey Tetrazzini

Grandma's Baked Artichoke Hearts is one of my favorite holiday side dishes. This is such an easy recipe and can even be made ahead of time. This is made with Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs and garlic powder and is a delicious addition to your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner! 

Grandma’s Baked Artichoke Hearts

These Chicken Cutlets are SO good, you'll never need another Chicken Cutlet recipe (isn't that always the case with recipes from Grandma?!)! Made with chicken breast, seasoned bread crumbs, cheese and a secret ingredients that sounds unconventional but makes these SO good! This is such an easy weeknight dinner recipe!

Chicken Cutlets

Drunken Stove Top Pork Chops is one of the easiest dinner recipes for busy families. This is low-maintenance cooking at it's finest and seriously delicious with fall-apart-tender thin-cut pork chops. Even your kids will love it (don't worry, the alcohol cooks off)!

Drunken Stove Top Pork Chops

Greens and Beans is a classic Italian recipe that's as delicious and healthy as it is comforting. Made with escarole, cannellini beans, chicken broth, garlic, crushed red pepper flakes and Romano cheese, you'll want to make this easy regional specialty again and again!

Greens and Beans

Rich, creamy and super easy to make, this Tarragon Chicken is a weeknight dinner that's as quick and comforting as it is delicious! Made with chicken breasts, fresh tarragon, white wine, chicken broth, shallots and heavy cream. You can totally switch up the herbs if you'd prefer something other than tarragon!

Tarragon Chicken Recipe

Hamburger Goulash Recipe

Hamburger Goulash Recipe

This Antipasto Italian Pasta Salad will knock your socks off! Made with rotini pasta, tomatoes, olives, fresh mozzarella, fennel, soppresata and artichoke heats, it's quick and easy to assemble and full of all the great Italian flavors, this will be your new go-to pasta salad recipe!

Antipasto Italian Pasta Salad

Italian Tuna Salad makes the perfect light and fresh lunch! This is a healthy (no mayo!) but satisfying option that is super easy to make and comes together in minutes so it's quick. Made with tuna, tomatoes, fresh basil and oregano, green onion, lemon juice and olive oil this will be your new favorite lunch option!

Italian Tuna Salad (No Mayo!)

What to do with that bumper crop of zucchini? Zucchini Pancakes! Made with Bisquick, Romano cheese, shredded zucchini, butter, garlic powder and onion, they are a super easy savory breakfast and are also a great make-ahead appetizer for a party!

Zucchini Pancakes

Pasta Pomodoro is a hands-down my family's favorite weeknight pasta! It's seriously quick and easy to make with the most simple ingredients like tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and olive oil. We all fight for seconds in our house!

Pasta Pomodoro

This classic Tuna Macaroni Salad recipe is the best cold salad to make for your next spring or summer picnic. It's such an easy side dish to throw together with simple ingredients like tuna, pasta, celery and mayonnaise and is full of fresh and delicious flavor!

Tuna Macaroni Salad

What's the best way to enjoy this gorgeous summer weather? A girl's night on the deck of course! So grab your best girlfriends and enjoy this Summer Antipasto Platter. Full of cheese, meat, olives and plenty of delicious grilled vegetables it's SO easy to make and crazy delicious!

Summer Antipasto Platter

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Bangin’ Sausage and Peppers Pasta

We all love a Caprese salad, but what's even better? Caprese Pasta Salad! Sweet tomatoes and basil, tender fresh mozzarella cheese and orzo pasta make a salad that you won't be able to stop eating!

Caprese Pasta Salad Recipe

Need a really quick and comforting dinner to feed the whole family? Make this Pasta with Peas, it's seriously easy and totally satisfying! All you need are pasta, peas, onions, broth and pancetta!

Pasta with Peas Recipe

Very Best Shrimp Macaroni Salad Recipe

Very Best Shrimp Macaroni Salad Recipe

One Pot Philly Steak Pasta has all the great flavor of the famous philly cheese steak sandwiches that we all know and love, but in a quick, creamy and cheesy pasta dish that the whole family will love! Tender slices of beef, sweet bell peppers and onions sautéed together and mixed with a savory, creamy sauce, penne pasta and plenty of cheese.

One Pot Philly Steak Pasta Recipe

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Sautéed Asparagus with Parmesan Gremolata

Looking for a quick, easy and delicious weeknight meal for your family? Look no further, this Creamy Chicken Fajita Pasta is full of tender chicken, sweet peppers and onions and a spicy kick that will keep everyone coming back for seconds!

Creamy Chicken Fajita Pasta Recipe

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Grandma’s Baked Eggplant Parmesan Recipe

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Pepperoni Chips Recipe

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One Pan Baked Italian Sausage and Veggies Recipe

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Cheesy Baked Ravioli Casserole Recipe

20 Minute Taco Pasta is such an easy one pot recipe. This tasty dinner is made in one skillet with ground beef and Barilla Pronto Penne Pasta. It's creamy, cheesy and full of great flavor that the whole family will love!

20 Minute Taco Pasta

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Spicy Dandelion Greens with Garlic and Capicola

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Recipe Ideas For What to Do With Leftover Champagne

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Supreme Pizza One Pot Pasta

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Cabbage and Beans

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Bacon Ranch Creamy Macaroni and Cheese

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Tuna Casserole aka Tuna Wiggle

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Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Pasta

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Grandma Eve’s Classic Swedish Meatballs

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Aunt Jeanne’s Cabbage Soup

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Easy Pizza Sauce

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Sauteed Broccoli Rabe with Garlic and Crushed Red Pepper

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Spicy Meat Hot Sauce

Caprese Quiche is an easy breakfast or brunch recipe. This is simple, feel-good food at it's finest with mouthwatering tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. It's great to make ahead or eat right away and perfect to whip up for Easter, Mother's Day or Christmas Morning!

Caprese Quiche

Grandma's Easy Chicken Cacciatore recipe is authentic and delicious! This classic dish is simple to make with accessible ingredients like tomato sauce, peppers, garlic and chicken. It's also pretty healthy and goes great with pasta or a big hunk of crusty Italian bread! #ad

Grandma’s Easy Chicken Cacciatore

This homemade Three Cheese Garlic Bread recipe is a super easy accompaniment to a delicious Italian meal (or any meal for that matter!). It's really quick to spread with butter, herbs and a ton of melted cheese and pre-cut so that it's even easier to pull apart and enjoy with dinner! This is a major family favorite!

Homemade Three Cheese Garlic Bread

This is part two of the only Meat Sauce recipe you’ll ever need. It’s an extremely detailed (but still simple and easy) recipe for my Grandma’s homemade, Italian Sunday Sauce and this seriously is the very best sauce you’ll ever taste. This second part is all about adding the meatballs and fall-apart-tender pork for your sauce as well as the secret ingredient and putting it all together!

The Only Meat Sauce Recipe You’ll Ever Need, Part 2: Sunday Sauce

This is part one of the only Meat Sauce recipe you’ll ever need. It’s an extremely detailed (but still simple and easy) recipe for my Grandma’s homemade, Italian meat sauce and this seriously is the very best Sunday sauce you’ll ever taste. This first part is all about making authentic meatballs and fall-apart-tender pork for your sauce as well as the secret ingredient that makes this sauce so delicious!

The Only Meat Sauce Recipe You’ll Ever Need, Part 1: Authentic Meatballs and Fall-Apart-Tender Pork

This Slow Cooker Italian Beef Stew recipe is one of my favorite easy comfort food meals. With tender meat, vegetables, tomatoes (and a little bit of wine for good measure!) this tastes fantastic served over potatoes, pasta or polenta with a nice, crusty piece of bread!

Slow Cooker Italian Beef Stew

This Meat Lover's Pizza Bites recipe is the ultimate game day appetizer! Pepperoni, sausage, bacon and melted cheese, enveloped in a warm biscuit and dipped in tomato sauce. These homemade snacks will be a welcome addition to any tailgate party!

Meat Lover’s Pizza Bites

This Best Ever Skillet Lasagna truly is the amazing! It's such a quick and easy recipe and the flavors cannot be beat (especially because it comes together in around 30 minutes!). This one is definitely a keeper!

Best Ever Skillet Lasagna

This Minestrone Soup is a quick and easy recipe. You can take it in whatever direction you want and change up the vegetables to make it your own. Click on the photo to read more...

Minestrone Soup

Garlic Scape Pesto is a tasty twist on a regular pesto. If you like garlic, you have got to try this! It's great over pasta as well as on meat. Click on the photo to read more...

Garlic Scape Pesto

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Chicken Piccata

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