Italian Inspired Dishes

The best Bolognese sauce is not a tomato sauce, it is a deep richly flavoured beef sauce with very few ingredients & takes it’s time simmering to perfection.

Italian Sausage Meatballs. Beautifully tender meatballs with the added flavour of Italian sausage added to the mix.

Perfect Pizza Sauce. The perfect sweet, spicy balance of tomato, herbs and garlic in a pizza sauce that complements any of your favourite toppings.

Blue Cheese Steak Puttanesca. Grilled steak with a quick cooked puttanesca sauce and melting blue cheese. Or try any favourite cheese like provolone or mozzarella if blue cheese is not your thing. Originally published April 2011. Yesterday was a glorious sunny day here in Newfoundland; our native readers will know how much we appreciate those. …

Cod Puttanesca. Pan fried pieces of cod get served on a bed of fettuccine with a quick cooked garlic and tomato sauce. A delicious weekday meal in about 30 minutes.

Pot Roast Bolognese + 2 leftover options! You’ll want to cook a larger roast with these easy leftover options that stretch Sunday dinner into the next week!

Double Crunch Fried Chicken Parmesan Burgers on homemade Parmesan Herb Buns with Chunky Tomato Compote! A family favorite chicken dish in burger form!

French Focaccia Bread is what happened when I had leftover French bread dough and starting experimenting. The result was a deliciously tasty, crispy, chewy satisfying bread!

Linguine with Meatballs in Blush Tomato Asiago Sauce. Juicy, tender meatballs in a deeply flavourful tomato sauce complemented with cream & asiago cheese.

Leftover chicken spaghetti with bacon may be the perfect early week meal, which uses leftovers from Sunday dinner.