If you’ve never made homemade pasta before or have and it didn’t turn out too well, this authentic malfatti recipe is for you! Malfatti means “badly formed” in Italian, and it describes these Italian ricotta dumplings to a tee. These badly formed spinach ricotta dumplings may look hard to make, but they’re not. The Napoli sauce is even easier to make.

Make the Napoli sauce first and let it simmer while you prepare the malfatti. The Napoli sauce starts by cooking onion and garlic in olive oil until soft. Add a can of crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, water and a pinch of sugar, and let the sauce simmer of the stovetop for about 20 minutes.

The simple malfatti dough is made with baby spinach that’s been wilted with onion and garlic. Ricotta cheese (dry ricotta, not wet ricotta) is stirred in along with basil, an egg, an egg yolk, Parmesan cheese and flour. The mixture is shaped into quenelles (football shaped) and boiled until they float. Put them onto a bed of the Napoli sauce in a casserole dish and bake until they start to lightly brown. Serve with additional grated Parmesan and fresh basil leaves.

Be sure to buy the driest ricotta you can find. If it’s very wet, it will be hard to shape and handle the malfatti. Serve these easy Italian baked ricotta dumplings in Napoli sauce with a salad and hot, crusty bread. My pesto breadsticks would go great with this dinner.

Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 4 to 6

Ingredients

Sauce

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cloves  garlic, minced
• 1 small onion, minced
• 1 can (24 ounces) crushed tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar

Malfatti

• 1 bag (10 ounces) baby spinach (about 6 packed cups), chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic,  minced
• 1/2 a small red onion, minced
• 1 pound (16 ounces) ricotta, drained well (ricotta needs to be somewhat dry)
• 1/4 cup basil leaves, julienned
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus more for serving
• 1/2 cup flour

Here’s how to make it:  

1. To make the sauce, heat the olive oil a skillet. Add the garlic and onion and cook, stirring, until soft, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, water and sugar. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat and cook on low, stirring often, for about 20 minutes.
2. To make the malfatti, heat the olive oil in a skillet. Add the spinach, onion and garlic. Season with salt and pepper.  Cook until spinach is wilted. Remove to a bowl and let it cool.
3. Add the ricotta, basil leaves, egg, egg yolk, Parmesan cheese and flour to the cooled spinach. Mix well. Season with salt and pepper. If the mixture is too wet to form into dumplings, add a little more flour. Form the dumplings into football shapes (about 1 1/2 tablespoon per malfatti).
4. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook the dumplings a few at a time until they float to the surface, about 2 minutes. Remove to   paper towels. Repeat until all the dumplings are cooked.
5. To assemble the casserole, pour the sauce into a baking dish. Top with the malfatti. Bake in a preheated 350-degree F oven for about 15 minutes. Serve with additional grated Parmesan cheese and fresh basil leaves.

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Nashville Hot seems to be all the rage lately. You can’t open a restaurant menu or scroll through recipes online without seeing something from Nashville that’s hot. These easy grilled or baked chicken legs decided to join the party. They are juicy and pack some spice!

The chicken legs are seasoned with salt and black pepper before being grilled or baked until juicy and cooked through. A simple Nashville Hot sauce is made with hot sauce (use your favorite), vegetable oil, sugar, garlic powder, smoked paprika and a shake of cayenne (add as much as you like). The cooked chicken drumsticks are tossed in the sauce or you can baste it on during the last few minutes of cooking (or do both!). Either way, these chicken legs are on fire!

You could use chicken thighs, chicken wings or chicken breast for this chicken dinner. Keep in mind that cooking times will vary depending on the chicken pieces used. Serve this Nashville Hot chicken with a cold salad like cole slaw, potato salad, macaroni salad or cucumber salad. And don’t forget the pickles!

If you like this Nashville Hot recipe try our Nashville Hot chicken tenders, Nashville Hot chicken wings, Nashville Hot fried shrimp and homemade Nashville Hot sauce.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes to grill and 40 minutes to bake (ovens and grills vary)
Total Time: 30 to 50 minutes
Servings: 4 to 6

Ingredients

• 2 –  3 pounds chicken legs

Sauce

• 1/4 cup hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
• dash of ground cayenne pepper

Here’s how to make it:

1. Heat the grill to medium heat or the oven to 375 degrees F. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Grill the chicken, covered, turning often, until cooked through, about 20 minutes. If you bake in the oven, put the chicken on a baking sheet and bake, turning occasionally, until cooked through, about 30 to 40 minutes. (Chicken should have an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.)
2. While the chicken cooks, whisk together all of the sauce ingredients. Toss the cooked chicken in the sauce or you can brush the sauce on the chicken during the last 10 minutes of cooking.

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It was the photo of this shrimp recipe that first caught my eye. The creamy shrimp made my mouth water. The shrimp were served over crisp, buttery French bread slices. In the middle of a diet and reducing my carbs, I almost scrolled past it until I thought how delicious these creamy shrimp would be served over mashed cauliflower. Wow! So glad I stopped scrolling!

Large shrimp are seasoned with smoked paprika, ground cayenne or crushed red pepper flakes, and garlic before being pan-seared in clarified butter (or regular butter). Heavy cream, lemon zest and lemon juice are stirred in. The sauce thickens while the shrimp finish cooking. The whole process takes less than 5 minutes.

This creamy garlic shrimp recipe is on the table in about 15 minutes. The longest part of this seafood recipe is cleaning the shrimp. I bought shrimp already de-headed and shells split so they were much faster to clean. Use only raw shrimp for this recipe. Save the precooked frozen shrimp for another day.

Serve this garlic shrimp for dinner  over mashed cauliflower, mashed potatoes, rice, grits or even egg noodles. Or, you could serve it over skillet-toasted French bread slices like in the original recipe. Shrimp toast, anyone?

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients

• 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• dash of ground cayenne or crushed red pepper flakes (I used crushed red pepper flakes)
• 3 – 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons clarified butter or regular butter
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup heavy cream

Here’s how to make it:  

1. Mix the shrimp with the smoked paprika, crushed red pepper flakes and garlic in a bowl.
2. Heat the butter in a large skillet. Put the shrimp into the skillet in a single layer. Cook over high heat for 1 minute.
3. Add the heavy cream, lemon zest and lemon juice.
4. Cook, stirring, until shrimp are cooked through and sauce has thickened, about 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

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Who doesn’t love a good chicken chili, especially in the cooler months? This easy chicken chili recipe is made with navy beans, corn, chopped green chiles, lime and spices. Delicious! Another bonus is that it cooks in the slow cooker. No muss, no fuss. The only fuss you do have is soaking the navy beans, which really is easy to do. You could do this the day before so they’re ready to go when you want to cook the soup.

Serve this chicken chili with your favorite toppings. We like avocado, red onion, cilantro, a little grated white cheese and tortilla chips. Pack the leftovers for lunch the next day.

Cuisine: American / Mexican
Prep Time: 30 minutes plus  2 to 4 hours to soak the beans
Cook Time: 5 to 6 hours
Total Time: 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 hours plus 2 to 4 hours to soak the beans
Servings: 4 to 6

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups dry navy beans, washed well
• 3 cups water
• 2 bone-in chicken breast halves
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chiles
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon chicken bouillon granules
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 tablespoons lime juice (or more to taste)
• toppings: shredded cheese, cilantro, avocado,  red onion, fresh jalapeno,  tortilla chips, lime wedges

Here’s how to make it:

1. Put the navy beans into a soup pot. Add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Turn the heat off, cover and let them soak for 2 to 4 hours. Drain beans.
2. To a slow cooker, add the soaked beans,  water, chicken, corn, onion, chopped green chiles, garlic, chicken bouillon granules, ground cumin and chili powder. Cover and cook on low for 5 to 6 hours or until beans are tender.
3. Remove the chicken to a plate. Let the chicken cool enough easy to handle, then remove the chicken and shred. Put the chicken back into the slow cooker. Add the lime juice. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with desired toppings.

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Flavorful Korean beef in about 20 minutes? Yep! On nights that you have almost no time to make  dinner, this will quickly become your go-to recipe.

Serve this easy Korean ground beef recipe over rice or your favorite Chinese noodles. It a great meal-prep recipe, too.  If adding a poached egg, simply put it on top of the beef right before serving. (Here’s how to cook a poached egg.)

Cuisine: Korean
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/2 cup  brown sugar
• 1/4 cup  lite soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon  toasted sesame oil
• 1/4 teaspoon  ground ginger
• crushed red pepper flakes
• chopped green onion and  Sriracha, for garnish

Here’s how to make it:

1. Brown the ground beef in a skillet. Drain off fat.
2. Add the garlic and cook about 30 seconds.
3. Add the brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger and crushed red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, about 3 to  5 minutes. Serve over rice or noodles. Garnish with chopped green onions and Sriracha, if desired.

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There are all sorts of salmon recipes available to home cooks. From  mirin and soy-glazed salmon to sweet red pepper-glazed salmon to creamy Tuscan salmon to Parmesan pesto salmon, there’s a salmon recipe for everyone. But what if you want a simple baked salmon? If you want simply salmon baked to juicy, flaky perfection, we’re going to tell you how. It’s easy!

All you need to bake the perfect salmon is olive oil, salmon fillets, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. The olive oil is spread over parchment paper in a casserole dish. Place the salmon fillets skin side down on the olive oil-coated parchment and sprinkle with sea salt and black pepper. Bake in a hot oven for about 12 to 15 minutes. That’s it! You can enjoy the salmon as is with fresh lemon wedges or use in recipes calling for cooked, flaked salmon.

If you want to fancy up the salmon, you could add your favorite seasoning, herbs or minced fresh garlic before baking. This method can be used of any type of fish, just remember that the cooking time will vary with the thickness of the fish.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 12 to 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 salmon fillets (about 5 ounces each)
• sea salt and freshly ground pepper

Here’s how to make it:  

1. Line a baking dish with parchment paper. Drizzle the olive oil all over the parchment paper and spread to coat.
2. Put the salmon skin side down into the dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. (If you’re adding any additional seasonings or chopped garlic, add it now.)
3. Bake in a preheated 450-degree F oven for about 12 to 15 minutes.

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In Florence, Italy, they fry chicken with a basic flour and egg coating, but pack it full of flavor with a lemon, garlic and herbs. It is absolutely delicious!

This easy Tuscan fried chicken recipe has just a few ingredients, but will make you want to renew that passport. To save money, though, you can make this chicken recipe at home for dinner.

Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 1 hour to marinate
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, cut up
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon  dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon  dried thyme
• 1 – 1 1/2  cups  flour
• 4 eggs
• vegetable oil, for frying

Here’s how to make it:  

1. Combine the lemon juice, garlic, rosemary and thyme in a plastic zipper bag. Add the chicken and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
2. Put the flour into a bowl and the eggs, beaten well, into another bowl. Heat about 2 inches of oil in a  skillet until it’s 375 degrees F.
3. Remove the chicken from the marinade. Dip the chicken in the flour and then into the eggs. Place in the hot oil and cook until golden brown on both sides and cooked through (165 degrees F), about 15 to 20 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining chicken.

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Baked ham takes centerstage when Easter rolls around. There are so many different ways to cook a holiday ham. This honey-glazed spiral ham has just six simple ingredients and is ready in under two hours.

A bone-in spiral-cut ham is brushed with a simple glaze made with honey, brown sugar, ground ginger, ground mustard and ground cinnamon. The ham bakes in the oven covered for about one hour, and then uncovered for about 45 minutes more. Baste the ham as it cooks and let the pan drippings drip down into the spiral slices.

If you’re not sure how much ham to cook for your Easter gathering, think about 3/4 pound per person for a bone-in ham and about 1/2 pound per person for boneless ham. If you want to add more moisture to the ham, pour in about 1 cup of apple juice, water or broth. Fully cooked hams can be served warm or cold. If you are cooking a fresh ham, it must be cooked before serving and reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour and 55 minutes
Servings: 24

Ingredients

• 1 bone-in fully cooked  spiral-sliced ham (about 10 pounds)
• 1 cup honey
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Here’s how to make it:  

1. Put the ham into a roasting pan.
2. Combine the honey, brown sugar, ground ginger, ground mustard and ground cinnamon in a saucepot. Heat over low until warm and smooth. Brush half of the glaze over the ham, letting it drip down between the slices. Cover the ham with foil.
3. Bake in a preheated 325-degree F oven, basting occasionally with pan drippings, for about 1 hour. Remove the foil and brush with the reserved glaze. Bake uncovered about 45 more minutes.

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If you want to make grilling a little healthier try this easy citrus-glazed salmon recipe. Grilled oranges may be your new obsession after you do, and many orange marmalades only have about 50  calories per tablespoon. Not bad!

If you don’t want to cook outside, you could make this salmon recipe on a grill pan. Serve with your favorite vegetable or a salad.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 4 salmon fillets
• 1/4 cup  orange marmalade
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil (optional)
• olive oil spray or  olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon  garlic-pepper seasoning blend
• 1 orange, cut into slices

Here’s how to make it:

1. Combine the marmalade, lemon juice and basil.
2. Lightly spray the skin side of the  salmon fillets with the olive oil spray (or drizzle with a little olive oil).
3. Turn the salmon over and sprinkle with the garlic-pepper blend and salt, to taste.
4. Place the salmon, skin side down, on a preheated grill. Cook, brushing with the orange marmalade, for about 12 to  15 minutes, or until fish is cooked through.
5. While the salmon cooks, add the orange slices to the grill. Cook until softened. Use grilled orange slices as garnish.

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This hasselback chicken recipe with spinach and ricotta sounds fancy, but it’s super easy to make. Serve with a salad and your favorite vegetable.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

• olive oil
• 1 bag (10 ounces)  baby spinach
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• paprika
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Here’s how you make it:

1. In a skillet, heat a little olive oil and cook the spinach until wilted. Add the ricotta and cook about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Cut slits in the chicken breasts 3/4 through (do not go all the way through) about a 1/2 inch apart. Place in a baking pan. Season with salt and pepper and fill each slit with the ricotta-spinach mixture.
3. Sprinkle the chicken some paprika. Top with the mozzarella cheese.
4. Bake in a preheated 350-degree F oven for about 25-35 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. If desired, broil for a couple minutes to brown up the top.

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