You often see polenta served on a plate as a side dish with a main course. But that isn’t how my family eats it. To eat it properly, once cooked you spread it over a clean wooden board, like a large cutting board, and top with my Grandma Angie’s Original Grilli Spaghetti Sauce, and then…

I’m here to tell you, String Beans Au Gratin puts that string bean onion mushroom casserole thing to shame. Shame, I tell you! 😁 Is your family going to complain when they see you making the string beans differently (if they’re even in the kitchen while you’re cooking!)? Probably. Are they going to beg for…

Potato Dumpling. That’s basically what Gnocchi is. And while there aren’t many ingredients, there is definitely a technique to forming and cooking it, for sure. Even though this was cooked at almost every Christmas dinner I had while growing up, I still struggled to cook it on my own as an adult. When forming gnocchi,…

This one isn’t one of our Italian family recipes, but it was one of my favorites growing up. I now make it for my own children and they love it as much as I did. It is simple and fast and can be made after a long day at work with little effort. You’ve probably…