Speedy recipes index
Time is very important in our life and in these last years we have less and less time for the kitchen but it's always very important to prepare tasty meals for our family.
This section helps you to cook Italian dishes in short time. All the recipes are tasty, easy and fast to do.
Consult the following pages and choose the recipes you want among appetizers, first and second courses, side dishes and desserts.
Mozzarella-and-rocket piadina
Rocket-and-mozzarella-cheese piadina. Recipe, menu planning, calories, matched wine. Typical Italian street food or appetizer. Vegetarian recipe.
Cheese-and-cherry skewers
Cheese-and-cherry skewers. Recipe, menu planning, calories, what wine? Italian appetizer
Grape-and-cheese skewers
Grape-and-cheese skewers. Appetizers for a buffet, alfresco dinner, ceremony menu. Recipe, menu planning, calories.
First courses
Fresh fusilli with tuna & olives
Fresh pasta with olive-and-tuna sauce. Recipe, menu planning, calories, paired wine.
Dumplings with chick peas and clams
Potato dumplings dressed with a tomato sauce also made with chick peas and clams.
Pasta salad, Caprese-style
Pasta salad, Caprese-style. Mediterranean recipe, menu planning, calories. What wine? cold dish for alfresco dinner, buffet party, BBQ, daily menu.
Ravioli salad with trout and melon
Ravioli salad. A new trend to dress ravioli: melon-and-smoked-trout sauce. A surprising and tasty cold dish for your summer party or a meal, buffet-style.
Spicy spaghetti with assorted vegetables
Spicy spaghetti with assorted vegetables. Vegan recipe with calories and matched wine. No-tomato sauce. Mediterranean diet recipe.
Blueberry risotto
Blueberry risotto. Italian risotto recipe with calories, paired wine and two menu ideas for our family menu and special occasions.
Strawberry risotto
Strawberry risotto. Recipe, menu planning, calories, paired wine. Main dish for daily menus and special occasions.
Risotto with rosé fresh grapes and sausage
Risotto with rosé grapes and sausage. Recipe, calories, menu idea, paired wine.
Risotto with white grape
Grape risotto. Italian miin dish with white grape and walnut cheese for your family or celebration menu, Italy-style. Calories and wine included.
Sauce with ham and peas without tomatoes
Sauce based on peas and ham for dressing Italian short pasta
Sauce with cream, ham and eggs
Sauce based on cream, ham and egg yolks for dressing Italian short pasta.
Spaghetti with anchovies and capers
Spaghetti with anchovy fillets and capers. Recipe, calories, wine to match. Pasta recipe idea for your daily menu.
Cocoa tagliatelle with light cream & walnuts
Cocoa tagliatelle tossed with light cream and walnut sauce. Recipe, menu idea, calories, paired wine.Perfect for a special occasion.
Tagliatelle with smoked sturgeon
Tagliatelle with smoked sturgeon. Italian-style tasty main dish, easy to do. Full Italian menu idea.
Second courses
Boiled meat stew with tomatoes and herbs
Boiled meat stewed in aromatic-and-tomato sauce. Easy-to-do and quick Italian recipe meat idea.
Orange-flavored turkey breast
Turkey breast, cubed and cooked in orange juice. Quick and tasty recipe for children and adults. Low fat and calorie recipe for your winter dinner menus.
Citrus-flavored grouper fillets
Citrus-flavored grouper fillets. Tasty, easy-to-do recipe. Calories, wine to match. Mediterranean diet recipe.
Baked breaded fish fillets
Breaded baked fish fillets. No fried, low-fat and low-calorie recipe for the Mediterranean diet.
Baked omelette with aromatic herbs
How to cook a tasty omelette in the oven; you can also serve it as an appetizer
Turkey roulades
Turkey breast roulades. Rolled turkey slices, filled with bacon and herbs. Recipe, calories, matched wine.
Veal Marsala
Veal Marsala. Recipe, menu planning, calories, paired wine. Veal escalopes flavored with Marsala-and-butter sauce.
Sautéed fresh tuna
Sliced fresh tuna cooked in a non-stick frying pan with olive oil and lemon
Side dishes
Mushrooms salad
Mushroom salad. Low fat recipe. Ingredients: mushrooms, truffles, emmental cheese and olive oil. Other version too. Calories.
Lemon-flavored green salad
Lemon flavored corn salad with apples. Low fat and calorie recipe for the Mediterranean diet. Vegan recipe too.
Winter salad
Vegan winter salad made with fennel, oranges and canned corn. Mediterranean diet recipe. Calories.
Lettuce with apples, sultanas and pine nuts
Side dish made with lettuce, pine nuts, sultanas and apples for meat or fish recipes. Vegetarian winter plate.
Green salad with apples and walnuts
Side dish with lettuce, radicchio, apples and walnuts. Green salad to be serve in different occasions. Calories.
Lettuce and orange salad
Lettuce and orange salad. Authentic Mediterranean diet recipe. Calories and menu planning.
Sautéed courgettes (zucchine trifolate)
Courgettes, sautéed with oil, garlic and parsley
One-plate meals
Garlic-and-oil bruschetta recipe
Italian bruschetta. Ingredients (bread, garlic and oil), recipe directions. Bruschetta calories. Bruschetta etiquette. Mediterranean diet.
Tomato bruschetta (tomato-and-garlic toast bread) recipe
Italian tomato bruschetta How-To. Ingredients, doses and directions. Menu ideas. Tomato bruchetta calories.
Garlic-and-smoked-salmon bruschetta recipe
Italian bruschetta with smoked salmon and garlic: doses and recipe. Calories, nutrition facts, matched wine.
Cherry tomatoes & mozzarella
Cherry tomato and mozzarella salad. Summer cold dish. Recipe for a buffet menu too. Calories. Paired wine. Mediterranean diet recipe.
Caprese salad
Caprese recipe: mozzarella cheese and tomato salad. The right ingredients and doses. Calories and fat. Matched wine. Mediterranean diet recipe.
Autentic italian recipes - Pasta omelette
Remnants of food - omelette with dressed pasta
Baked pasta omelette - Our recipe
Baked frittata made with pastasciutta
Desserts
Pineapple-and- kiwi salad, Italian-style
Fresh-and-candied fruit salad for winter menus. Kiwi fruits, candied cherries, pineapple. Recipe, calories.
Cooked cherries
Cooked cherries. Recipe, menu planning, calories. A special low-fat dessert.
Strawberries and pastry cream
Strawberries and pastry cream. Recipe, menu planning. Dessert for children and adult.
Peach-and-melon salad
Peach-and-melon fruit salad. Recipe, menu planning, calories. No-cooking dessert.