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Italian

Quick and easy recipes are my raison d’être, so of course I have some Italian recipe recommendations for you!

In the mood for pasta? If you’ve never made a classic pasta carbonara, start with my delicious no-cream version. Or… ever made pasta alla norma? You have to try it!

Need a winter warmer? Make crockpot chicken gnocchi soup!

What’s for dessert? Hmm. It’s going to be a hard choice between this easy Italian apple cake or this amazing thick Italian hot chocolate.

Gosh it’s so hard to choose favourites when it comes to Italian food… so have a browse below!

A white dish of creamy chorizo pasta with a fork in it with a red and white checked tea towel and on a marble background.

Easy Creamy Chorizo Pasta

A white dish of Italian pasta alla norma or eggplant pasta with basil and mozzarella on top on a green and blue cloth background with parmesan and a glass of water in the background

Easy Pasta Alla Norma (Tomato And Eggplant Pasta)

A red baking dish of eggplant lasagna with a piece missing on a cooking rack and with a red checked tea towel in the foreground

Vegetarian Eggplant Lasagna

A white dish of Mediterranean roast vegetables on a pale background, with a decorative spoon in it and with a green tea towel and herbs in the background

Mediterranean Roast Vegetables (Oven Or Air Fryer)

2 toasted veggie sandwiches on top of each other on a wooden board and with ingredients in the background

Italian Toasted Veggie Sandwich

A closeup of 6-ingredient sausage ragu and pasta

6-ingredient Sausage Bolognese With Fennel (Stove Top & Pressure Cooker)

A close-up of a dish of lemony tuna spaghetti with a fork in it

20-minute Lemony Mediterranean Tuna Pasta

4 smoked salmon bruschettas with smashed avocado and feta on a wooden chopping board

smoked salmon bruschetta with smashed avocado and feta

Sausage, sweet potato and orange traybake from above on a green and white checked cloth

Easy Sausage Tray bake (With Sweet Potatoes And Orange)

Someone taking a broad bean, mint and ricotta crostini off a plate of 4 with a lemon and checked cloth in the background

Ricotta On Toast With Fava Beans And Mint

A closeup of a fork in a bowl of pasta carbonara with another bowl in the background

Best Pasta Carbonara Of Your Life (Without Cream!)

An Artichoke and bacon grilled cheese sandwich stacked up on a white plate with ingredients in the background.

Toasted Ciabatta Sandwich With Bacon And Artichokes

A slice of ricotta lemon loaf cake on a plate - someone eating it with a fork

6-ingredient Ricotta Lemon Loaf Cake

A plate of food with broccoli, with Lemon ricotta pasta and Farfalle with a fork in it

20-minute Lemon Ricotta Pasta With Broccoli And Prosciutto

Squares of focaccia bread on a wooden cutting board

Shockingly Easy Italian Focaccia Bread (No-knead!)

A close up of some crispy pan fried gnocchi in cherry tomato sauce in a white bowl with a spoon

Pan-fried Gnocchi With Cherry Tomato Sauce (30-minute meal)

Close up of a Stove-top Mediterranean Chicken Casserole in a cast iron pan with a red checked tea towel

Mediterranean Stove Top Chicken Casserole

Someone pouring olive oil over a platter of toasted bread with olive oil and salt

2-minute Toasted Bread With Olive Oil And Salt (The Easiest Side Dish!)

a close up of some creamy pesto chicken in a cast iron skillet with a serving spoon

15-minute Creamy Pesto Chicken With Mushrooms And Parmesan

A close up of crockpot chicken gnocchi soup in a white bowl with a spoon

Easy crockpot chicken gnocchi soup (Olive Garden copycat, with pressure cooker version!)

A sun dried tomato and bocconcini naan pizza on a cutting board with dishes in the background

Super easy naan pizza with sun dried tomato and mozzarella (20-minute meal)

Mediterranean penne pasta salad in a clear glass container on a marble background

Mediterranean Penne Pasta Salad (Meal Prep)

Closeup of an easy apple cake (torta di mele) on a white plate

Easy Italian Apple Cake (Torta Di Mele)

closeup of 12-minute cherry tomato pasta in a white bowl with a fork.

12-minute cherry tomato pasta (pasta sciue sciue)

Easy baked gnocchi with sausage, peppers and tomatoes on a baking tray with ingredients in the background

Easy baked gnocchi with sausage, peppers and tomatoes (30 minute recipe)

A cup of thick hot chocolate in a brown cup with a whisk and other kitchen equipment in the foreground and background.

How to make thick Italian hot chocolate (5 minutes, 4 ingredients)

A piece of crispy mustard parmesan chicken on a white plate with lemon segments and salad and with a pretty bowl in the background.

Mustard parmesan crispy chicken

Closeup of someone eating lemon chicken orzo soup out of a white bowl with a spoon with lemons and other ingredients in the background

Creamy lemon chicken orzo soup (30-minute recipe)

A close up of a white platter of Bruschetta with sweet potato and Chorizo.

Sweet potato, chorizo and feta bruschetta

A closeup of a big white bowl of creamy chicken and mushroom pappardelle with a fork in the background.

Creamy chicken and mushroom pappardelle

Closeup of A white bowl of creamy chicken, bacon and mushroom orzo with ingredients and baking dish in the background

One pot creamy chicken, bacon and mushroom orzo

Baked spinach and ricotta shells on a white plate with a blue striped tea towel under and a bowl of salad in the background

Baked spinach and ricotta pasta shells

A closeup of a black frying pan with turkey linguine in it.

Creamy turkey, bacon and brussels sprouts linguine (great for leftovers!)

chicken with mozzarella and tomatoes in a cast iron pan on a green and white checked cloth from above.

One-pan cherry tomato and mozzarella chicken

Freestyle eggplant lasagna on a white plate with another plate and glasses in the background

Quick & easy aubergine lasagne (no sauce)

A closeup of a white bowl of kale pesto linguine with cutlery on a blue and white checked tea towel.

Kale pesto linguine with roasted tomatoes & crispy prosciutto

Ricotta gnudi photographed from above with a spoon in it and a piece of Italian bread on a wooden background.

Easy ricotta gnudi with roasted tomato sauce

closeup of Caprese quesadillas stacked on top of each other on baking paper and a wooden board with a bowl of green salad.

Caprese quesadillas with roasted vegetables

Pear, feta & walnut crostini

Pear, feta & walnut crostini

Sausage, butternut squash & kale gnocchi bake

Sausage, butternut squash & kale gnocchi bake

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