Baked Pasta With Sausage, Mushrooms and Mascarpone

A creamy baked pasta dish combining sausage and mushrooms that is elegant enough to serve guests yet easy enough for a mid-week family meal.

Sausage and Pepper "Bolognese"

Sausage and Pepper "Bolognese", An Italian American Ragu Taking the Italian American classic, Sausage and peppers and mashing it with the traditional Ragu Alla Bolognese from Emilia-Romagna. The result is a ragu Italian Americans can all their own.

Crispy Baked Pasta With Mushrooms, Sausage, and Parmesan Cream Sauce

This recipe starts off with crumbled Italian sausage cooked down in a bit of butter. I sauté a few types of mushrooms in the rendered fat, then flavor them with shallots, garlic, and a little bit of soy sauce and lemon juice. They get finished in a simple creamy sauce flavored with parmesan cheese. Add some pasta, top it all of with crisp bread crumbs, bake it directly in the cast iron pan you cooked it in, and you've got yourself a one-skillet meal fit for normal everyday folks who perhaps migh...

Roasted Italian Sausage, Pepper, and Mushroom Sandwich

Most non-grill recipes simply cook everything in a skillet, a method that can certainly lead to a tasty meal, but lacks a certain something. It wasn't until I thought about roasted peppers, and how great they tasted, that I finally got the idea that everything should go in the oven.

Easy Skillet Baked Ziti With Sausage and Ricotta

Nothing says comfort like a baked pasta dish loaded with creamy sauce and cheese. A great alternative to my full-fledged No-Boil Baked Ziti if time is short.

Classic Italian-American Stuffed Shells With Ricotta and Spinach

Italian-American stuffed shells, a classic baked pasta dish, are plump with a flavorful ricotta and spinach filling, coated in tomato sauce, and draped in melted mozzarella cheese. It's comfort food at its best.

Sausage and Pepper Risotto is Heaven in Your Mouth

A nostalgic dish, now in Risotto form

Italian Sausage with Cannellini Beans and Pickled Peppers

Nutty, chewy beans, savory chicken sausage on boldly flavored, pickled peppers: they're a perfect match.

Spinach ricotta stuffed shells

Stuffed shells - don't mess around with hot floppy pre cooked shells! Just stuff them raw and bake in loads of sauce. Works 100% perfectly!

Spinach and ricotta pasta shells

Need a break from spaghetti? Try these epic spinach and ricotta stuffed pasta shells.