Italian Recipes

It’s no exaggeration to say that I make banana bread a lot. I have a go-to banana bread recipe that I almost always use, and I have made modifications depending on how I plan to enjoy the loaf.  But here’s the thing: When I get a craving for banana bread, …

Growing up, there were two things my mother and I often baked together: chocolate chip cookies and banana bread. We always seemed to have brown bananas lying around, whether on the counter or in the freezer. And what’s the first thing we did when we had overripe bananas? We used …

This tiramisu recipe blows the Olive Garden tiramisu recipes out of the water! The delicious homemade flavors of this traditional Italian dessert will melt in your mouth to give Olive Garden’s tiramisu, and the tiramisu at any other Italian restaurant a run for their money. I’m not trying to toot …

Light, fresh, and easy, this Italian Cod Fish Salad Recipe, or Baccala Insalata, is a Lenten staple that deserves to make a spot on your table this Easter season. When I think of Baccala Insalata, I think of growing up. We would eat this delicious insalata di baccalà quite frequently. …

We Italians take our holiday cooking VERY seriously, and Easter Sunday is no exception. All of these Italian Easter dessert recipes have been tried and tested by all of the Mortadella Head authors, and are sure to be a hit on your Italian Easter table. Ever since I was a …

​I write a lot about how I make meals ahead and freeze them.  Lasagna, manicotti, meatballs and a lot of other awesome freezer meals.   I love having a good green vegetable on the side at most meals.  So let’s learn how to freeze broccoli rabe. Life gets busy.  Especially if …