Combine some penne pasta with a delicious red sauce made with eggplant, and you have a meatless pasta favorite for dinner tonight! Then, grab the skillet and create a dish with grilled peppers and onions, chicken and sausage and a burst of flavor with pickled chili peppers! Chicken Scarpariello is an Italian go to favorite!
dried oregano
Greek Meatballs “Soutzoukakia”
Growing up Italian, homemade meatballs were a dinner staple enjoyed over pasta, in a sub roll or as savory appetizers before the main meal. But last week, while teaching a cooking class on Greek foods, I had to set my Italian roots aside and absolutely drool over Greek Meatballs known as Soutzoukakia. These morsels of magic have a wonderful combination of spices like cumin, cinnamon and oregano with a red sauce that completely enrobes them with even more flavor! Greek Meatballs are delicious with seasoned Orzo, rice or, dare I say, on a bed of Italian pasta?
