DAY Recipe

Meatless pasta loaded with bold flavors.

8 to 10 servings

INGREDIENTS
8tablespoons olive oil
3/4pound red bell peppers, diced
6large garlic cloves, chopped
1/2teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
11 1/4-pound eggplant, unpeeled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1tablespoon dried leaf oregano
128-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice
1cup thinly [...]

Start with pear slices wrapped in prosciutto; offer a radicchio and fennel salad and breadsticks alongside the pasta, and rich tiramisè to end the meal.

2 servings; can be doubled

INGREDIENTS
6ounces farfalle (bow-tie) pasta (about 2 1/2 cups)2tablespoons olive oil2canned anchovy [...]

“Our family vacations in Albany, New York, wouldn’t be the same without one dinner at Nicole’s Italia in nearby Guilderland,” says Stephanie Clauson, Wayne, New Jersey. “I’d love to get the recipe for the spinach salad.’

Makes 6 servings.

INGREDIENTS
2tablespoons white [...]

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
4bone-in skinless chicken breasts , cut in half crosswise (about 2 to 2 1/2 pounds total, if your pieces are smaller use additional pieces)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup white onions, diced 1/4 inch pieces
8 garlic cloves , finely chopped
1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 2-3 lemons)
2 1/2 cups fat free chicken broth
1/2 cup water
1 1/4 lbs small red potatoes , quartered (look for potatoes about 2 inches in size)
2 cups cooked chickpeas (canned rinsed and drained is fine)
16 small pimento [...]

INGREDIENTS

2 mackerel fillets
2 onions
2 garlic cloves
10-15 black olives (according to taste)
1 teaspoon fennel seeds (ground with pestle and mortar)
1 tablespoon parsley
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
1 teaspoon pesto sauce
olive oil

DIRECTIONS

In a pan, heat a tablespoon olive oil.
Add finely sliced onions and garlic.
Cook until the onions start to soften (get shiny) and add olives, parsley, ground fennel seeds and a pinch of pepper.
Rub a pinch of salt into the skin of each fish [...]