Italian Inspired Dishes

Penne Pasta Salad with Shrimp Chili & Lime. A deliciously simple pasta salad that’s terrific to serve with cold cuts, grilled, chicken  or fish, or as an ideal BBQ side dish.

Puttanesca Pasta Salad – a simple and delicious pasta salad with the bright tomato flavour of a puttanesca sauce that can be served hot or cold.

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.

Tomato Parmesan Tart. Perfect for a celebration lunch with a gluten free option for the pastry too. It would also make a simple light appetizer course for your next dinner party.

Italian Sausage Pasta Puttanesca. A quick and easy dinner using grilled Italian or other sausage. You can have this one on the table in mere minutes and you can even use leftover sausage!

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!

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!

Grilled Chicken Spaghetti Margherita. A great pasta dinner with classic Italian flavours that makes use of a BBQ grill during the summer months or just pan sear the chicken to enjoy this meal at any time of year.

Caramelized Pear Prosciutto Pizza. Inspired by a favorite restaurant gourmet version, this recipe proves that you really can make the best thin crust pizza at home.

Quick & Easy Chicken Penne Timpano – quickly turn leftover pasta and tomato sauce into a delicious “pasta pie” using frozen puff pastry with this simple, easy recipe.