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Cucina by Elena › Quick and Easy Italian Recipes

Quick and Easy Italian Recipes

Quick and Easy Italian Recipes are here to simplify your life! These tasty, quick, and easy Italian-inspired recipes require little time with minimal ingredients, so you don’t sacrifice flavor. The next time you are wondering, what’s for dinner? Browse the quick and easy Italian recipes section to get a meal on the table fast with fantastic flavors. Try my Sausage and Broccoli Pasta for a yummy dinner.

Bacon wrapped asparagus on a serving platter with serving utensils. Crispy brown edges and sauce.

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Recipe (Oven, Airfyer, Grill)

Baked Chicken and potatoes recipe in a white baking dish. The potatoes and chicken have a golden brown top with herbs as a garnish. A side of lemons for serving.

Baked Chicken and Potatoes Recipe (One Pan)

Famous La Scala chopped salad in a small wooden serving bowl with a fork. Extra dressing on the side. Focaccia bread for serving.

Famous La Scala Chopped Salad Recipe (Italian)

peas and pancetta recipe in a large white serving bowl with a wooden spoon ready to serve. Serving bowl on a wooden board.

Peas and Pancetta Recipe (Easy Italian Side Dish)

salami cups appetizer recipe on a white background. Balsamic glaze drizzled over the top. Close up of one of the cups.

Salami Cups Appetizer Recipe (Crispy Antipasto Bites)

A plate of creamy mushroom pasta made with fettuccine pasta. extra cheese on top and ready to eat. Fork on the plate.

Creamy Mushroom Pasta Recipe

Broccoli pasta in a white bowl with blue flowers. The pasta is cream and delicious and ready to eat with a fork.

Easy Broccoli Pasta Recipe

porchetta sandwich with Italian Salsa Verde on the side. The sandwiches are on a metal serving platter.

Porchetta Sandwich with Italian Salsa Verde Recipe

Italian Salsa Verde recipe in a pretty bowl with a spoon in it.

Italian Salsa Verde Recipe (Easy!)

baked stuffed mushrooms with golden brown tops in the pan.

Stuffed Mushrooms (Easy Holiday Appetizer Recipe)

Fork in a bowl of pumpkin Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter Sauce.

Pumpkin Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter Sauce Recipe

Bowl of the finished butternut squash orzo with a fork ready to eat.

Creamy Butternut Squash Orzo Recipe

Cherry tomato pasta on a white plate.

Easy Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce Recipe (Quick!)

Stack of two halves of Caprese sandwich with basil pesto on parchment paper.

Caprese Sandwich Recipe with Basil Pesto (Panini)

Assembled Mortadella Sandwich with Pistachio Pesto and Burrata with pesto on the side.

Italian Mortadella Sandwich

Tall drink next to a leftover pork tenderloin sandwich.

Leftover Pork Tenderloin Sandwich

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