Does anyone know a good Italian recipe that doesnt cost alot of money to make?

Question

My boyfriend loves Italian food, it's his favorite. I want to make him an all italian dinner, but I have NO idea what I am doing when it comes to that kind of food. I can make a really good sketti and meatballs, but i kinda wanted something a little more unique, but good... I am a pretty good cook, overall, I just never really have cooked Italian before.

I will pick a best answer...thanks so much everyone!

btw,if its not that cheap, i dont care..and i can make spaghetti and meatballs, i wanted chicken marsala, or lasagna, or something like that.....and the ACTUAL recipe or a link thanks!

Answer 1

Chicken Cutlets-I make these all the time!

Buy thin cut chicken cutlets. Mix 1 egg and about 1 cup milk together in a bowl. Coat cutlets with egg mixture. Coat in breadcrumbs. Fry in saucepan with olive oil. When golden-brown and cooked, take cutlets out and pour extra oil into the sink. Then, put a little chopped galic into the pan, cook until a little brown. Use 1 can of ground peeled tomatoes. (How large it is doesn't matter.) Into the pan. Pour a little water into the pan, so it is not so thick. Stir in basil and cook until bubbling. Serve with spaghetti. Good luck!

Answer 2

Stuffed Peppers. You take large green bell peppers(each one is one serving so how ever many people you are feeding, if your bf has a big appetite he would prob eat two)cut the tops off take out all the seeds and white stuff. Take a pound of raw hamburger, a cup of instant white rice, one egg, a half cup of bread crumbs, a couple shakes of garlic salt and italian seasoning, and a half cup of tomato sauce from a jar. Mix all that stuff together and stuff each pepper to the top, don't overfill cause the pepper will split when it cooks. Take a full can of sauce and the rest of the can you already used and pour it in a big pot. Put the stuffed peppers in a single layer in the bottom of the pot open side up. Cook on stovetop low/med heat covered for about an hour and a half. Keep checking to make sure that the peppers and sauce are not sticking or burning to the botton of the pot. Stir it every now and then. Check the inside of the meat with a fork after about an hour. When it's not pink anymore they are done! Serve with garlic bread and pasta with the sauce over it.

Answer 3

Chicken Parmagiana is my favorite...

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
bread crumbs
Canned or homemade red sauce
Parmesean cheese

dip the chicken breasts in seasoned bread crumbs and brown in a few tablespoons of oil or butter. Place them in a baking dish, then pour the sauce over the top. Cover the top with Parmesean cheese and bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes until done. Serve with spaghetti and extra sauce, garlic bread and a nice salad.

Answer 4

Trader Joes sells prebreaded chicken pieces. Cook it in the over according to directions.
Then take a 9x/9 pan and pour one cup of pasta sauce on the bottom (choose your fave, but I am partial to TJ's four cheese).
Lay the chicken on the sauce, and cover with another cup of pasta sauce. Then sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese all over the top. Bake for about 15 minutes at 375 until cheese melts.

You can serve with a Caesar salad, some garlic french bread and a nice red wine.

Answer 5

Heres some good Lasagna recipes:

Lasagna

1 large jar prego sauce
1 package lasagna noodles
mozzarella cheese
1 carton cottage cheese
1 lbs hamburger
cheddar cheese

Brown hamburger (spray baking pan) spoon enough prego into bottom of 9x12 inch pan to cover. Lay uncooked noodles on sauce. Add rest of sauce to browned meat. Spoon 1/2 onto noodles, cover well, spoon layer of cottage cheese. Cover generously with mozzarella and cheddar cheese. Repeat layers making sure all noodles have sauce on them. Cover tightly with alumninum foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Uncover and bake another 15 minutes. Check noodles with fork to see if they are tender.

Quick Lasagna

1 1/2 lb hamburger
2 cans (8oz) tomato sauce
8 oz lasagne noodles cooked and drained
1 package (8oz) mozzarella cheese
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 cup water

Brown meat, stir in onion soup mix, tomato sauce and water. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. In 2 quart baking dish alternate layers of noodles, meat sauce and cheese, end with cheese. Bake in moderate over 15 minutes or until bubbly. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Hope these help you out!

Answer 6

Get eggplant, prepare like lasagna.
Serve with any meat dish
try sausage cooked in glaze
orange yogurt. one quart pan add sausage needed
Cooking sausage parboil for 4 minutes,
Using fresh mineral water of orange flavor 1 pint
1 cup jellied orange, or jam add 2 garlic cloves.
Boil down to a medium sauce
3/4 pint sauce finished add to yogurt plain or vanilla 1 pint
Thoroughly mix
heat and finish cooking sausage
serve eggplant lasagna with sausage on bed of lasagna
serve sauce separate with dipping breads
This is one for hot creamy chocolate cocoa and cookies

Answer 7

Ravioli: you need pork and beef mince for the sauce,ravioli you find them in any supermarket don't know the cost.
onions,garlic,dry or fresh oregano and basil,all in pot with a little of olive oil salt and pepper fry until tender then add in mix mince half way add half glass of red wine live to evaporate then add 1 or 2 chopped tomato's can cook for 1 hr or more you'll see if need .at the end of that add some cooking cream make sure the sauce its nice and thick >cook the ravioli in lots of water with salt and a little of oil or butter to prevent sticking while they are cooking see instraction for time of cooking, (some got different timing!) get them out just 2-3min before add to hot sauce for that remane time then serve with lots of parmigiano! buon'appetito

Answer 8

Chicken Catccatorre: c
chicken parts( i use drum sticks,& thighs)
canned tomato sauce
4 bell peppers
onions
flour
veg.shorting or oil

wash chicken and pat dry remove any heavy excess skin. put
flour in a plastic bag season with pepper,garlic powder, oregeno
(salt if wanted and other liked spices) shake chicken in flour and
put in the heated oil in large skillet, brown on all sides.slice peppers and onions. transfer chicken to a large pot add tomato
sauce to cover add spices let cook about 45 mins. to hr add peppers and onions let cook until tender. time varies (i worry about chicken). also water can be added to sauce depending on the thickness you like. serve over your favorite pasta or I like it over white rice, with Italian bread and butter.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Lasagna, for sure!