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Lisa’s Red Polenta – Follow Lisa on Substack!

17 November 2024
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Hello Sunday Dinner Lovers! Curious as to what the recipe is for Lisa’s Sunday Dinner this week? Follow her on Substack! Lisa’s posting all her recipes there! Here’s the link: https://substack.com/@lisasitaliankitchen
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Real Italian-American Eggplant Parm (and Eggplant Parm Panini!)

03 November 2024
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There is nothing like down-home Italian-American goodness! The majority of Italian-American households have a nice casserole of Italian-American Eggplant Parm on their Sunday Dinner table. Enjoy as a main dish, for your primo, as a side dish to your secondo, or as a wonderful
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Real Italian Eggplant Parm!

27 October 2024
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I grew up eating Italian-American Eggplant Parm in the United States. When my family would visit Italy, I’d eat the Italian Eggplant Parm, a different version! I always noticed the difference: they are both delicious in their own way, but with very different flavors. This
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Lisa’s Chicken Scarpariello (with Italian Sausage Meatballs!)

06 October 2024
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This is Shoemaker’s Chicken, a traditional Italian-American dish! You won’t find this in Italy! It’s a wonderful combination of sausage meatballs and chicken in a vegetable and tomato sauce. Perfect over a plate of maccheroni or by itself!  Watch Lisa make this
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Lisa’s Peperonata

29 September 2024
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Many years ago, I had peperonata in Tuscany around a family table over a rich plate of pasta. Based on cucina povera, or an Italian tradition of using poor-man’s ingredients to fill up and create hearty meals, peperonata is a recipe I love! You get all your veggies with the
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Lisa’s Carbonara (or Eggs and Bacon, Italian Style!)

15 September 2024
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This Carbonara recipe brings back such happy memories for me. When my children were young and we lived in Florence, we would go to Rome for a weekend – lucky for us, we discovered a fabulous Trattoria/Hostaria – da Edmondo. They were generous enough to share their
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Lisa’s Pasta alla Checca

21 August 2024
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This recipe, from Menu 30 in Lisa’s cookbook Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner?, was made for the slow pace of summer. Just boil your pasta, drain, and throw it in a big bowl with sweet cherry tomatoes, lots of garlic, fresh-picked basil leaves, and a quality extra-virgin
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Lisa’s Melt in your Mouth Beef Tenderloin with Parmesan and Basil Aioli

11 August 2024
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Summer Sicilian dinners are easy! We love eating outside, al fresco and keep our menu simple. This grilled beef tenderloin with a five minute aioli sauce is perfect for a Sunday Dinner al fresco. Quick, simple and delicious! You can watch Lisa make this recipe on the Lisa’s
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Lisa’s Sicilian Tomato Sauce

04 August 2024
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Lisa’s Sicilian Tomato Sauce is one of my inventions that goes back to the days when my children were little and we were on the beach in Sicily. Everyone was hungry and wanted pasta for lunch. So we ran back up to the house and, using what I had in the kitchen, Lisa’s
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Lisa’s 10 Minute Stuffed Peaches

18 July 2024
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Eating al fresco is done on a daily basis in Sicily. Due to the weather, as it’s usually warm, but also because of the beautiful landscape! Eating outside in the fresh air is a Sicilian tradition. This peach dessert is a perfect ending to an al fresco meal : you grill the
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A Word From Lisa

Welcome to my Italian kitchen! Born as a natural extension of my cookbooks Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner?, This is Sunday Dinner, and the line of frozen food I developed for QVC and HSN, Lisa’s Italian Kitchen spotlights my line of Sunday pasta sauces, with recipes and insights on how to best use the sauces to match! I hope you enjoy the site and make the sauces part of your own Sunday Dinner tradition with family and friends. As always, tutti a tavola e buon appetito!

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