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Phyllo Chicken Prosciutto Margherita. A fantastic dinner party dish that can be prepared in advance, including the sauce. Just pop the wrapped chicken breasts in the oven when your guests arrive.

Sundried Tomato Almond Pesto Pizza. Such an amazing collision of flavors in this pizza. The crispy thin crust goes so well with the delicious nutty pesto, salty prosciutto and pungent goat cheese. Originally published  Dec, 2013. We often use homemade pizzas for entertaining, even at parties where we slice them into small pieces and serve …

Grilled Vegetable Soup. A quick, healthy and delicious blended soup featuring the best of summer’s vegetable bounty.

Prosciutto Pizza Margherita with Grilled Chicken. A thin crust margarita pizza base is used to build this incredible prosciutto pizza with a combination of flavours in what may become your ultimate pizza combination.

Chicken Cannelloni Margherita. Cheesy pasta rolls baked on a bed of tomato sauce and filled with a combination of creamy ricotta, chicken, garlic and herbs. Fantastic comfort food.

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.

Peach and Basil Salsa. At its summer fresh best! This salsa is so easy to make and is terrific on grilled chicken or pork as well as summer salads, as a wonderfully flavourful alternative to oily salad dressing.

Grilled Scallops with Lemon Basil Mayo on D’Italiano® Brizzolio Hamburger Buns. These succulent sandwiches are a super fast,  seafood treat for a casual summer dinner. Served with delicious, complimentary, flavour-infused mayo. Anyone who has been following this blog for very long knows that I have a thing for scallops. We get plenty of great seafood here …

Cheesy Tomato Basil Baked Tortellini with Parmesan Pepper Crumb Topping. A simple but delicious baked pasta dinner that’s sure to make it’s way into your regular dinner rotation.

This delicious calzone uses the 3 classic margartiha ingredients, basil and mozzarella and tomato, the latter being in the form of roasted tomato jam. You can find that recipe here. This calzone also gets a flavour bump from the additon of Italian herbs added to the calzone dough. Calzone Dough: MAKES ENOUGH FOR 6-8 Calzones 3-4 …