10 great italian meat Recipes

ground beef, italian style breadcrumbs, grated cheese, parsley, eggs, choped fresh garlic, onion , choped (optional), salt & pepper, milk

eggs, spaghetti sauce (meat or marinara works fine, leftover is great!), leaves fresh basil, chopped, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, butter, salt, pepper

beans (great northern, pinto, black, navy, lentils - any or all), ham hocks, chopped kielbasa (, or other sausage, if you love meat), water (vegetable, chicken, or beef) or 10 cups stock (vegetable, chicken, or beef), chopped onions, minced garlic, italian tomatoes, crushed red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper (optional), freshly ground black pepper, sage or 2 tbsp basil or 2 tbsp parsley or 2 tbsp oregano (or any combination of those herbs), freshly squeezed, lemon , juice of, salt

olive oil, onion, finely chopped, mild green chilies, chopped and drained, garlic, finely chopped, great northern beans, drained, white kidney beans, drained, low-sodium chicken broth, ground cumin, dried oregano or italian seasoning, cayenne, cooked turkey or chicken (white meat) coursely chopped, salt

hot italian sausage meat, ground beef ; lean (you don;tsp need all the fat), whole yellow/spanish onions; chopped fine, whole head of garlic; minced, whole jalapeno peppers; seeded and chopped, dehydrated scotch bonnet peppers ; ***optional*** be careful handling this stuff it is hot and not for the faint of heart. this is the only warning you will get!!!!! seriously!!! and don;tsp touch your eyes. nose or private parts while making unless you wash the pepper oils off your hands first with soap and water. better yet, use rubber gloves when making.

garlic bread, this goes great with any italian dish , and is simple to make., garlic powder, oregano, basil, dired minced garlic, kosher salt, parmesean cheese, butter, softened, italian bread, preheat oven to 375 degrees. combine spices in a mortar in pestle, and grind until the salt and minced garlic have been broken down and combined. if you don tsp have a mortar and pestle, simply put the spices in a zip loc freezer bag, and beat with the flat side of a meat tenderizer or rolling pin until crushed and combined. slice loaf in half length wise, and spread each half with a half stick of butter. divide the spice mixture in half, and spread each half evenly over each piece of bread. wrap each half in aluminum foil and bake for about 15 minutes. to crisp it up a bit, open the foil up and bake another 5 to 7 minutes.

diced tomatoes (san marzano or any good quality italian tomato, or if you can tsp find any, hunts or a similar brand w), tomato sauce, tomato paste, red wine (cabernet or merlot works great), vegetable broth (or you can use water), onion, fine diced (if you want more onion flavor, just use a large onion), garlic (again , add more or less according to your taste, i use 3 teaspoons), dried basil, dried oregano, fresh parsley (fresh please, it really makes a difference), sugar, red pepper flakes, red wine vinegar (at the end of cooking), olive oil (to saute onion and garlic), salt, pepper, fresh basil, fine chopped, ground meat (beef, turkey, chicken, sausage or any combination, you can also use diced pork sausage as well. if y), vegetables, fine diced (celery, peppers, red or green bell, spicy such as jalapeno, cubenelle, banana, etc. any of your favo), fresh mushrooms , rough chopped (you will use more mushrooms than the other vegetables because they cook down more)

olive oil, red onion (large) diced, red pepper seeded and diced, yellow pepper seeded and diced, green pepper seeded and diced, ground turkey, hot italian turkey sausage meat removed from casings, chili powder, ground cumin, diced tomatoes with liquid (28 oz), chili beans (15 oz), great northern beans (15 oz) drained and rinsed, kidney beans (15 oz) drained and rinsed, black beans (15 oz) drained and rinsed, dijon mustard, cilantro chopped, fresh dilled chopped