Italian

    A close-up of a wooden spoon stirring a thick, chunky tomato sauce with visible herbs and pieces of vegetables. The sauce looks rich and glossy.

    Melissa Jo’s Sunday Sauce

    A hand with red-painted nails holds a cheesy, baked slice loaded with spinach, herbs, and gooey cheese—just like The Best Pizza Sliders—cheese strings stretching down. In the background, a blurred kitchen adds warmth.

    The BEST Pizza Sliders

    Chicken breasts simmer in a skillet with a golden, caper-studded sauce, garnished with chopped herbs. The sauce looks rich and glossy, coating the browned and tender chicken pieces.

    Grandma’s Chicken Piccata

    A plate of macaroni pasta with a creamy, tomato-based meat sauce, garnished with fresh basil leaves, served on a decorative plate with vegetable illustrations, on a wooden surface.

    EASY Creamy Beefaroni

    A bowl of rigatoni pasta in a creamy tomato sauce, garnished with grated cheese and fresh basil leaves, with a fork resting on the side.

    BEST Vodka Tomato Cream Sauce

    A close-up of a ladle holding chicken soup with shredded chicken, diced carrots, celery, onions, herbs, and dumplings over a pot of soup.

    Italian Chicken Soup

    Close-up of creamy pasta garnished with fresh parsley, cracked black pepper, and lemon slices. The pasta strands are coated in a rich sauce and arranged on a white plate.

    Creamy Lemon Pasta

    A red pot filled with simmering tomato-based meat sauce sits on a woven mat. The sauce is thick, with visible herbs and chunks of meat, and steam is rising from the pot.

    Melissa Jo’s Lasagna Meat Sauce

    A baked lasagna in a foil tray, topped with melted cheese, tomato sauce, and sprinkled with chopped herbs, fresh out of the oven.

    Melissa Jo’s Family Lasagna

    A close-up of creamy pasta with spiral noodles, green herbs, and peas, scooped up on a spoon above a bowl filled with the same pasta.

    BEST Porcini Pancetta Pasta

    Close-up of rigatoni pasta mixed with a chunky tomato and ground beef meat sauce, with a spoonful lifted above the rest of the pasta in the pot.

    EASY Beefaroni!

    A round metal pan in an oven holds breaded chicken breasts topped with melted mozzarella cheese and sprinkled with chopped parsley, likely chicken parmesan, baking to a golden brown.

    Melissa Jo’s Chicken Parmigiana