Real Recipes From Real Home Cooks ®

Blue Ribbon Italian Recipes

Whether you're in the mood for comforting lasagna or looking for an easy tomato sauce recipe, search these flavorful Italian recipes.

Italian Chicken Packages on a serving platter.

Italian Chicken Packages

Lynn Zak avatar
By Lynn Zak
Remember "hobo packs" from your growing-up years? This is the same idea, only with chicken ...
(13 ratings)

Hugo Spritz

Kitchen Crew avatar
By Kitchen Crew
In 2005, Italian bartender Roland Gruber had a brilliant idea: Use a sweet floral base ...
(1 rating)
Zucchini Pasta in a serving bowl.

Zucchini Pasta

Rebecca Winslow avatar
By Rebecca Winslow
I recently started changing my lifestyle and spend a lot of time scouring my favorite ...
(5 ratings)
Balsamic Chicken Garden Medley on a plate.

Balsamic Chicken Garden Medley

Lisa Crum avatar
By Lisa Crum
My husband and I created this after developing a love affair with balsamic vinegar and ...
(12 ratings)
A bowl of Crock Pot Cheese Tortellini and Sausage.

Crock Pot Cheese Tortellini And Sausage

Phyllis Gesch avatar
By Phyllis Gesch
This might be THE easiest recipe on planet Earth. It just might be one of ...
(2 ratings)
A slice of Flourless Chocolate Torte on a plate.

Flourless Chocolate Torte

Connie Rawlings avatar
By Connie Rawlings
The men in my life (husband, sons, and grandsons) love this flourless chocolate torte.
(1 rating)
Sliced Roast Pork Loin With Balsamic Mustard Rub on a platter.

Pork Loin With Balsamic Mustard Rub

Adrienne Boswell avatar
By Adrienne Boswell
I made this for Memorial Day, and it disappeared. The meat is moist and melt-in-your-mouth ...
(16 ratings)
Strawberry Panzanella Salad in a serving glass.

Strawberry Panzanella Salad

Careema Bell avatar
By Careema Bell
This quick and easy recipe is a fun change of pace for a dessert. Inspired ...
(12 ratings)
Skillet Lasagna ready to serve.

Skillet Lasagna

Tammy T avatar
By Tammy T
This is one of the most requested meals to make from my children and the ...
(52 ratings)
Chard and Basil Pesto With Toasted Almonds in a bowl.

Chard And Basil Pesto With Toasted Almonds

Tammy Brownlow avatar
By Tammy Brownlow
I had an explosion of Swiss Chard in my garden this year. I came up ...
(2 ratings)
A bowl of Creamy Polenta with Parmesan cheese.

Creamy Polenta

Annamaria Settanni McDonald avatar
By Annamaria Settanni McDonald
Oh my gosh, do I love polenta! It is soooo good! It's also a hearty ...
(2 ratings)
Homemade Meatballs and Sauce over spaghetti.

Homemade Meatballs And Sauce

Christine Schnepp avatar
By Christine Schnepp
This is my personal recipe for sauce and meatballs. Enjoy!
(6 ratings)
Traditional Gnocchi in a bowl with tomato sauce.

Traditional Gnocchi

Anthony Nicometi Jr avatar
By Anthony Nicometi Jr
When I asked my mom if we had a family recipe for gnocchi, she told ...
(2 ratings)
A plate of Tuscan Chicken Pasta.

Tuscan Chicken Pasta

Beth Pierce avatar
By Beth Pierce
This Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta Recipe combines golden brown chicken breast pieces, fresh baby spinach, ...
(1 rating)
Spinach Artichoke Lasagna Rolls on a plate with garlic bread.

Spinach Artichoke Lasagna Rolls

Melody Perkins avatar
By Melody Perkins
One of the best lasagnas I've ever had! My family loved it.
(2 ratings)
A slice of Italian Liqueur Cake on a plate.

Italian Liqueur Cake

Patti Petty avatar
By Patti Petty
This is not the easiest or the quickest cake to make. The end result, however, ...
(2 ratings)
Slices of Crustless Ricotta Quiche on plates.

Crustless Ricotta Quiche

Desiree Macy avatar
By Desiree Macy
This is such a light and fluffy quiche. I serve it as a main dish ...
(4 ratings)
A bowl of Pasta Carbonara.

Pasta Carbonara

Marie E avatar
By Marie E
When I was an Au Pair in France, the mother's side of the family was ...
(2 ratings)
A platter of Cucidates (Italian Firecrackers).

Cucidates (italian Firecrackers)

Barb Wandrey avatar
By Barb Wandrey
My Great Grandma Huppenbauer made this recipe. Her maiden name was Gallo. She was very ...
(1 rating)
Italian Nut Rolls on a cooling rack.

Italian Nut Rolls/cookies

Elizabeth Fletcher avatar
By Elizabeth Fletcher
My mother got this recipe from a coworker many years ago. It takes a little ...
(1 rating)
A plate of Pat's Ricotta Cookies.

Pat's Ricotta Cookies

Patricia Dixon avatar
By Patricia Dixon
Chilling the dough overnight helps these tender cookies keep their puffy shape during baking. A ...
(2 ratings)
Bowls of Chicken Florentine Soup.

Chicken Florentine Soup

Cathy Jacobsen avatar
By Cathy Jacobsen
This recipe was inspired by a local Italian restaurant that we frequented often to get ...
(14 ratings)
Chicken Alfredo Pizza ready to be sliced.

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

Brandi Kirkpatrick avatar
By Brandi Kirkpatrick
My family is a traditional pizza kind of family, but one of my brothers mentioned ...
(11 ratings)
Texture inside Stefanie's Italian Ricotta Cookies.

Stefanie’s Italian Ricotta Cookies

Megan Kelly avatar
By Megan Kelly
My husband's cousin, Stef, gave me this recipe (hence the name). We add food coloring ...
(2 ratings)
326