Italian

Nothing better than a homemade fresh pizza. Making your own thin-crust pizza dough is not as difficult as you might think.

I love this fresh and simple to prepare marinated peppers appetizer. Marinated peppers is always a favorite at my table.

Ciambotta is an Italian vegetable stew, in some regions maybe more like a thick Italian vegetable soup. Brimming with all kinds of vegetables, you can think of Ciambotta as an Italian version of the French vegetable dish, Ratatouille.

Chicken Breasts cooked with lemon and fresh sage is a delicious way to sauté chicken and easy to prepare.

Pasta with Olive Tapenade might look a little distrubing because the olive paste turns the pasta a blackish color. Might even remind you of black squid ink (also a great pasta idea). No less tasty and delicious, olive tapenade is a great idea for pasta.

Refer to this recipe to prepare the black olive tapenade.

There is nothing better than Cannellini Beans or Northern White Beans prepared in the Tuscan style from the northern region of Italy.

Pollo Contadino, a wonderful Italian peasant style chicken dish, as the Italian farmer's wife might prepare. Not a difficult chicken recipe to make, very delicious.

A classic Sicilian style tomato sauce, a versatile and essential basic in the Italian kitchen.This tomato sauce combines both fresh tomatoes for a bright flavor with good quality canned tomatoes. Takes a while to cook and simmer for a big rich flavor, but makes over 5 quarts of tomato sauce that you can use as the base for many dishes.

Tuscan bean salad is a favorite in our household. The white  beans are a satisfying addition in a nice marinated combination of fresh salad ingredients.