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Lisa’s Red Polenta – Follow Lisa on Substack!

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 Eggplant Parm!

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 Melt in your Mouth Beef Tenderloin with Parmesan and Basil Aioli

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 Sweet Pepper Tart

Summer calls for easy recipes that you can pair with a glass of Prosecco or an Aperol Spritz outside. This Sweet Pepper Tart is just such a recipe! With the creamy goat cheese, crunchy peppers, and bitey black olives, it’s delicious with every bite. Plus, the recipe pairs
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Lisa’s Orange and Polenta Cake from Sicily!

This is one of my favorite desserts from the island of Sicily! Typical of Sicilian desserts, it’s refreshing and delicious but not overly sweet and uses a wonderful combination of unique ingredients. It pairs well with any dinner- pasta, grilled fish, even pizza. Buon
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Lisa’s Ooey-Gooey Mushroom Lasagne

This is a wonderful recipe for rich, decadent Northern Italian lasagne! Full of creamy, velvety Besciamella sauce, sautéed mushrooms, and delicious Fontina and Parmigiano cheeses. While this is a perfect dish to serve in the Fall, it’s also wonderful to serve in the Spring,
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Lisa’s Ooey-Gooey Four Cheese Italian Mac & Cheese

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When Lisa’s children were little, they loved this dish. Always insistent that her children eat healthy food on the Mediterranean diet, Lisa was very adverse to her children eating macaroni and cheese from a box or any other packaged food. But, like all children,
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Lisa’s Tiramisù with Frutta di Bosco (Wild Berries!)

Tiramisù is a pudding, not a cake! It should be eaten with a spoon as it is soft and whipped. Loving Tiramisù as she does, Lisa has made various versions. You can learn how to make Lisa’s Limoncello Tiramisù on the Lisa’s Italian Kitchen Facebook page and her Classic
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Lisa’s Tomato Pie

Lisa’s memories of Naples, Italy harken back to her childhood. Her parents moved to Naples in the 1950s, before she was born, and lived there for many years. Later, after she was born, Lisa would go back to Naples with her parents for summer vacations and trips her father
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Lisa’s Lasagne in Bianco (White Lasagne)

As some of you know, Sunday Dinner Lovers, Lisa worked in Alessandria, a post-World War II town in Northern Italy, in the early 1990s. When Lisa arrived, her mother called to ask how she was settling in. Lisa responded- “Mom, there’s no red sauce here! I don’t
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