Whether you’re Italian or not, chances are you love eating Italian food. The good news is that you don’t have to blow your budget ordering in for your local takeout joint. Instead, try one of these 15 at-home Italian recipes and impress the heck out of your friends and family.
Easy Pasta Puttanesca
Pasta Puttanesca is a classic Italian quick sauce that may be the fastest pasta dish you’ll ever make. It is ideal for busy nights when you want a hearty Italian meal that doesn’t require a lot of effort.
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Crock Pot Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Alfredo with Tortellini
When I made this Crock Pot Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Alfredo with Tortellini, I cooked the chicken thighs in the alfredo sauce first, using evaporated milk. Then I added heavy cream and, finally, the tortellini, turning this into a delicious, easy one-pot meal that tastes just like the restaurant.
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Risotto Shrimp Scampi
Risotto shrimp scampi combines two classic Italian dishes. It is a great go-to dish when we are having guests. With only a handful of ingredients, it’s easy to keep things on hand. And, if you have the risotto premade, it cooks up quickly.
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Goat Cheese Focaccia with Dates
Focaccia bread with goat cheese and dates makes a great brunch dish or hors d’oeuvre course. This is our go-to recipe for a potluck when we want to bring something more than just a cheese platter or vegetables and dip.
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Easy Tomato Focaccia
I love focaccia and I love pizza. So what could be better than tuning my focaccia into a puffy, delectable pizza-like creation with this Easy Tomato Focaccia Bread recipe. It feels like a gourmet version of the cafeteria pizza of my childhood. It’s nostalgic, but tastes so much better.
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Goat Cheese Pizza Sauce
Add a pop of unexpected but delicious flavor to your pizza sauce by blending in goat cheese, yes, goat cheese. You may not think this combo will work but your tastebuds will tell you otherwise.
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Easy Cold Pasta Salad with Italian Dressing
We love pasta but not hot pasta during hot weather. The simplest way to satisfy that pasta craving was creating a cold pasta salad, which, in the winter, can be served as a side instead of the main course.
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Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Alfredo Fettuccine
This Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo is such a delicious, quick and easy dinner. It features seasoned chicken that you serve on top of fettuccine noodles. Everything is tossed with a luscious alfredo sauce.
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Sourdough Pizza Dough
If you’ve never tried working with sourdough pizza dough, make trying this recipe a priority. Sourdough gives your pizza an extra bite, in a good way, and makes the chewiest, most delicious crust ever.
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Italian Sausage and Pepper Pasta in One Pot
This sausage and pepper pasta dish is a hearty, one-dish dinner that allows you to get supper on the table in under 30 minutes. Plus, the pasta and sauce hit all the right notes for a comforting Italian meal.
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30-Minute Creamy Chicken Corn and Pasta
This Creamy Chicken Corn and Pasta recipe is so easy to make and so delicious to eat. Bowtie pasta complements the seasoned chicken chunks. Also, it’s topped with bacon. Bacon makes everything better.
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Shrimp Scampi Over Linguine
This classic Italian dish is quick and impressive. It works as an easy meal at home or an impressive dish to serve to guests. You can use leftover shrimp from another meal and simply boil a pot of linguine to serve with it.
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Fast No Rise Pizza Dough
This fast, no rise pizza dough does not need any rise time. Simply mix, shape, add sauce, cheese and toppings. Then bake. In no time, you are sitting down to a piping hot slice of homemade pizza. Chef’s kiss.
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Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls
Arancini are cheese-filled fried risotto balls. Trader Joe’s used to sell them but no more. So we created this copycat recipe that makes for great appetizers or as a hearty side for a meat or poultry dish.
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Easy Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp scampi is a quick and easy meal that will certainly impress your guests. With minimal prep time, it lets you serve up a meal that many will think came from a restaurant.
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