This dish combines Italian sausage, fresh mozzarella cheese, and peppers to make this flavorful dish. I love that there is a hint of spice which really brings out the flavor of Italian sausage. They make their dish with penne pasta, but if you don’t happen to have any of this on hand, I think any pasta that you have will do. If you want to be low carb or gluten free, you can take a pass on the pasta, it makes a hearty dinner all by itself.

For my recipe I used red and yellow bell peppers. This is primarily due to the fact I hate, loathe, green bell peppers. Please feel free to use any type of bell pepper that you and your family enjoy. I have made my dish with spiral pasta.

Olive Garden Grilled Sausage Rustica

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As the summer begins to wind down, I am enjoying the last of my basil plants for this summer. Every year I grow a couple of basil plants and the weather is just beginning to cool off, and I know that my personally harvested basil is coming to a close. During the summer I often make salad caprese, and pesto. I think the 20 dollar a bag pine nuts at Costco made me whence too much, and made me think of Alonti’s. I honestly eat there about once a week. One of my favorite items there is their pesto made with pecans.
If you have never made pesto, I promise it is very easy. A food processor is the tool you want to use. Armed with some good quality extra virgin olive oil, fresh garlic, nuts, and some Parmesan cheese, and you can make pesto in under five minutes. It will take you longer to cook the pasta than to make the pesto.

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The first time I had ever made potato gnocchi was at a cooking class when I was working at Whirlpool. Whirlpool in Benton Harbor, has this magnificent kitchen that they have cooking classes in. Potato Gnocchi was one of the dishes that we made there. While it is a little messy, you are going to find that this is an easy and versatile pasta. You can use this gnocchi in a recipe, or you can use any sauce that you like. I love a dish like this because it can really help you extend left over sauces. I am going to finish this gnocchi up with a little butter and Parmesan, but you could use some left over pasta sauce, or make up some Alfredo sauce and have a wonderful dish.

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So often I get my recipe suggestions from people just like yourself.  Many people requested this tasty dish.  So I knew I had to go and try this baked pasta recipe for you.  The recipe has lasagna noodles in it, if you have another type of noodle you want to use, I would suggest you could use that instead.  I am going to show you how to make a pasta dish full of this, because not everyone has the small single serving dish.

I will include my recipe for the beef, I am using a flat brisket simmered slowly in the oven in a tomato sauce.  If you have some left over roast beef I think that would work equally as well.

Olive Garden Baked Pasta Romana with Beef

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Gorgonzola sauce is actually a classic Italian sauce that many people have enjoyed, thanks to the people at Johnny Carino’s this sauce has been introduced to so many of us. If you are looking for a sauce that is creamy like an Alfredo sauce this may be a wonderful sauce for you. This pasta sauce which is made with Gorgonzola cheese has a sophistication that is perfect for when you want something more.

Johnny Carino’s Gorgonzola Chicken

Yield: 4 servings.

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