You can thank our Nonna for these 11 delish Italian dishes

Do you love making Italian food at home? Well, then, you’re going to love taking a peek inside Nonna’s recipe box for 11 can’t fail Italian dishes and ideas for meals, plus one delish dessert. Once you’ve added them to your collection, you’ll never order take out Italian food again.

Easy Pasta Puttanesca

You won’t believe how quickly you can get Nonna’s Pasta Puttanesca recipe on the table for dinner. Even though it may have ingredients you may not be used to using, it will quickly become your go-to weeknight pasta.
Get the Recipe: Easy Pasta Puttanesca

Goat Cheese Pizza Sauce

Just by adding a hunk of goat cheese to marinara sauce, you’ll discover a new and wonderful flavor for a pizza sauce. Layer on fresh slices of mozzarella and your kids won’t want pizzeria pizza ever again.
Get the Recipe: Goat Cheese Pizza Sauce

Sourdough Pizza Dough

You may think of using your sourdough starter only for making traditional loaves of bread. However, once you use it to make a pizza crust, you’ll discover the tastiest pizza you’ve ever baked. Your family will agree.
Get the Recipe: Sourdough Pizza Dough

Easy Meat Sauce

Meat sauce is a traditional Sunday recipe in Italian households. This recipe offers an easy way to capture that tradition, plus offers ideas for vegan meat options that mimic the taste of the real thing without the guilt.
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Grandma’s Marinara Sauce

Marinara is the meat-free version of a meat sauce. So, it’s all vegetarian and the one sauce that can become so many different things in your kitchen, such as the basis for the delish goat cheese pizza sauce mentioned earlier. Get the Recipe: Grandma’s Marinara Sauce

Vegan Pesto Sauce

Nonna may not be vegan but she taught us how to make a basic basil pesto sauce. With a few substitutions, this becomes a wonderful vegan option for serving over pasta when you have vegan friends over for a meal.
Get the Recipe: Vegan Pesto Sauce

Fast No Rise Pizza Dough

Is it a busy weeknight and your family is clamoring for pizza but you’re looking to save money? No problem. You can make this fast, no rise pizza dough in a manner of minutes and get it in the oven for a fast dinner.
Get the Recipe: Fast No Rise Pizza Dough

Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls

Do you miss being able to buy cheese-filled rice balls at Trader Joe’s since the store discontinued them? Well, this copycat recipe will have your taste buds cheering. These risotto balls taste like the real thing.
Get the Recipe: Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls

Pizza Toppings Bar

It’s expensive to order pizza and add toppings. So why not create a pizza toppings bar at home so that everyone in your family can make their own pizza just the way they want it to taste. Bet you picky eaters will dig in, too.
Get the Recipe: Pizza Toppings Bar

Best Way to Reheat Lasagna

Leftovers are a great way to get dinner on the table fast. And pasta dishes are some of the tastiests leftovers out there. However, if you’ve ever tried to reheat lasagna, things might not have gone well. Well, not anymore.
Get the Recipe: Best Way to Reheat Lasagna

Italian Easter Cake

Even if you’re not Italian and even if it’s not Easter time, you’ll love this easy-to-make cake which comes with a hint of anise. You can make it in a bundt pan so it’s circular or in a regular pan. Plus, the icing is super simple.
Get the Recipe: Italian Easter Cake