no-cook heirloom tomato pasta with feta, basil, and smoked salt

One last light and bright pasta to beat back the end of summer dread.

meatless, pastaA @ italian enoughSeptember 19, 2022alfresco, summer, tuscan-umbrian, essentialComment

spicy aglio e olio, aka post-vacation pantry pasta

Coming home from vacation sucks a lot less if you have pasta waiting for you.

meatless, pastaA @ italian enoughAugust 6, 2022traditional, simple, essentialComment

spinach, snap pea, and couscous salad with a ton of dill

Meant for eating cold in the sun, maybe with a protein, maybe in a swimsuit, maybe with a lime white claw but definitely for the rest of your hot lil life!

salads, meatlessA @ italian enoughJune 16, 2022alfresco, originals, simpleComment

roasted mushroom lasagna marinara

The very best family-friendly celebration lasagna for when your family is part carnivore, part vegetarian, part Italian, and all about eating the same thing together.

pasta, meatlessA @ italian enoughDecember 26, 2021holiday, essential, italian-americanComment

cauliflower gnocchi with sage, walnuts, and brown butter

Brown butter, walnuts, and sage for fall? Groundbreaking, but at least there’s no butternut squash involved.

meatlessA @ italian enoughOctober 12, 2021fall, originals, simpleComment

creamy vegan mushroom and farro soup

A very simple vegan soup that will hit your reset button with a megaton hammer.

meatless, soups & stewsA @ italian enoughSeptember 29, 2021fall, healthyishComment

mushroom tagliatelle with pine nuts and parmesan cream

Mature fall mushrooms give us an autumnal alfredo for adults.

meatless, pastaA @ italian enoughSeptember 24, 2021fall, tuscan-umbrian, romanceComment

simplest tricolore salad

Elegant. Clean. Proud. Failure-resistant even when I’m not.

salads, sides, meatlessA @ italian enoughSeptember 23, 2021alfresco, healthyishComment

chickpea minestrone – minestra di ceci

A pantry-friendly minestronezation of chickpeas to welcome us back to official soup season.

meatless, soups & stewsA @ italian enoughSeptember 21, 2021simple, tuscan-umbrian, healthyishComment

no-cook cherry tomato butter

That 3-ingredient internet tomato butter thing again, only redesigned for summer and the onion is garlic and the directions are totally different and it’s also raw but still it’s basically the same concept.

meatless, pasta, saucesA @ italian enoughAugust 24, 2021Comment

fire-roasted ribollita (tuscan bread stew)

Ribollita is a sexier Italian way to say “reboiled stuff,” but I prefer to think of it as soup in a bread bowl that drowned and was subsequently set on fire.

soups & stews, meatlessA @ italian enoughMarch 18, 2021traditional, simple, tuscan-umbrian, healthyishComment

broccoli shells n cheese (aka ho-made velveeta sauce)

If you are someone who’s always been kinda underwhelmed by ho-made mac, it is maybe because you’ve been missing ho-made Velveeta.

mac n cheese, meatless, non-italianA @ italian enoughFebruary 26, 2021american Comments

no-stir truffle oven risotto with truffle and mushroom

If risotto is Italian to the core—technique driven, regionally specific, and deceptively tough to get right—then oven risotto, which is the same dish while being absolutely none of those things, is definition Italian Enough.

risotto, meatlessA @ italian enoughFebruary 20, 2021romance, tuscan-umbrian, fallComment

Green chile queso mac and cheese

Mac n cheese dreams are made of sodium citrate. What?

mac n cheese, meatless, non-italianA @ italian enoughFebruary 14, 2021southwesternComment

low-key tuscan kale gratin

The question, “what do I make to go with ___?” can always be answered with: vegetables treated like they’re mac and cheese.

sides, meatlessA @ italian enoughFebruary 10, 2021holidayComment

minimalist minestrone

AKA an easy, veg-heavy, weeknight-friendly “oh, are you sure you have to go so soon?” sendoff for all the random stuff that’s been in your fridge slash pantry for way too long and yes, it absolutely does have to go now.

soups & stews, meatlessA @ italian enoughFebruary 5, 2021cozy, simple, tuscan-umbrian, healthyish Comments

creamy skillet baked gnocchi

Sorta like creamed spinach only it’s kale and also it’s gnocchi and it’s like no ingredients and no cream and no time and it too can be yours for lunch or whenever.

pasta, meatlessA @ italian enoughDecember 19, 2020simpleComment