PESTO ALLA GENOVESE

Make this beautiful, vibrant basil pesto for dinner tonight! It can be prepared, while the pasta is cooking. Add a simple green salad, and some toasted, buttered bread slices and dinner is served. Healthy, quick and ready in less than half an hour.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Slow cooker Italian meatballs doesn't get any better then this! Flavourful, melt-in-your-mouth meatballs are gently simmered in a rich, luscious tomato sauce. Only ten minutes of prep and no stirring involved. Modern method but tastes like what nonna used to make.

Homemade Simple Marinara Sauce

Rather than reaching for the jarred stuff, next time try making this simple 4-ingredient marinara sauce, instead. It's easy to prepare and is ready in less than 30 minutes! I use this sauce in just about everything except for lasagna. It's great in a parmesan dish, and over canneloni, gnocchi, or pasta. Sometimes I use any leftover sauce on pizza, as well.

Calabrian Style Meatballs Simmered in a Butter-Onion Tomato Sauce

I remember walking into nonna's house at ten in the morning and smelling her Sunday sauce simmering on the stove. Oh, did it smell delicious! I would sit in church, thinking about her sauce. My stomach would growl so loud during mass, that the people who came in late, standing at the back of the church, could hear me. By the time we got back to nonna's, I was starving. We still had to wait another hour before we all sat around the table to eat. That last hour always felt like torture, but one bite of nonna's meatballs and all was forgotten.

Pesto Rosso with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Walnuts and Garlic

Fresh Tomato Garlic Sauce

Need a refreshing dish that doesn't take long to prepare for those hot summer days? Try this fresh tomato garlic sauce tossed with short pasta, like penne or farfalle. Top with parmesan cheese and you have a meal ready in minutes.

60-Minute Lasagna Meat Sauce

This sauce is ready in 60 minutes but with the additions of basil, sage and bay leaf make the sauce taste as if it has been simmering all day on the stove. This sauce can also be used with your favourite pasta. This is my go-to sauce for lasagna. It is ready in an hour (plus 15 minutes prep time).