Here’s a master list of go-to recipes in my family. You may have seen one or more of them mentioned in my published works. Some of these are designed for simplicity and can be made quickly and/or with store shortcuts. Others are labors of love but well worth the effort.
More will be added as I find the time. Eventually, I hope to add photos, too. In the meantime, click the title of any recipe to be taken to its page.
I apologize if some of the measurements are estimates or best-guesses. We don’t really measure as we cook. But I think I came close.
Buon appetito!
Appetizers
Salads
- Cannellini Bean Salad
- Cantaloupe Prosciutto Salad
- Caprese Salad
- Chicken (or Turkey) Salad
- Egg Salad
- Italian Flag Potato Salad
- Italian Potato Salad
- Macaroni Salad
- Meat Salad
- Pasta Salad
- “Regular” Potato Salad
- Tuna Salad (Creamy)
- Tuna Salad (Italian)
- Watermelon Feta Salad
Soups
- Pasta Fagioli
- Sausage Lentil Soup
- Soup Soup (basic broth)
- Wedding Soup
- Zuppa Toscana
Sides
- Easy Corn Casserole
- Fresh Pasta
- Gnocchi
- Greens and Beans
- Irish Soda Bread
- Ravioli
- Soup Peas
- Spaghetti Carbonara
- Sweet Potato Casserole
Main Dishes
- Chicken Cacciatore
- Crab-Stuffed Portobellos
- Dirty Rice
- Irish Stew
- Keto Meatballs
- Lasagna
- Meatballs
- Pork Carnitas
- Risotto
- Sausage and Grapes
- Shrimp Boil
- Stir Fry
- Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
- Stuffed Eggplant (award-winning recipe)
- White Chicken Enchiladas (Enchiladas Suizas)
Sauces and Gravies
Desserts
- Carmella’s Cherry Slices
- Dump Cake
- Family Birthday Cake
- Kolache
- Lady Fingers
- Mandarin Orange Cake
- Mini Nut Rolls/Nut Horns
- Orange Buttermilk Jell-o Salad
- Snow-Glazed Orange Cookies
- Sweet Monkey Bread
- Taralli
- Tiramisu
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