Easy Italian WEEKNIGHT RECIPES | What We Eat in a Week
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
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Wouldn't it be great if we all had the time and energy to make a giant lasagna or a big pot of ragù every night? That's not possible for most people-including us! In this video, we're taking you behind the scenes to share some of our favorite, Italian recipes that we eat on busy weeknights. They're simple, easy, require few ingredients, and are all delicious!
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00:00 - Easy & SImple Weeknight Dinner Recipes
00:42 - Monday Meal Prep
04:53 - "Secra e Suriaca" - Italian Beans & Greens
06:27 - Meaty Tuesday
08:25 - Beef alla Pizzaiola
09:28 - Wednesday Risotto Alternative
13:30 - Mamma Rosa's Rice & Egg Recipe
14:37 - Lazy Thursday "Junk Food"
16:30 - "Cotolette di Melanzane Ripiene" - Stuffed Eggplant Cutlet
17:23 - TGIF Because PASTA!
20:14 - Pasta alla Carrettiera
21:29 - Pasta Grammarian in Action!
#weeknight #easy #recipe
We hope you guys have a great (and yummy) week! What are some of YOUR go-to recipes for a busy weeknight?
Penne all’arrabbiata è semplicissima e buonissima.
Anche orecchiette con cima di rapa e salsiccia.
Pasta al pomodoro.....simple but always delicious
I like to make a basic Bollito Misto, using Italian sausage and chorizo.
In my instant pot, i make some rice (with chicken broth instead of water). While that’s cooking, I crumble and fry some Italian sausage. Then I toss them together. I make extra to have for work lunch or another night. (I don’t mind leftovers though. I know some people won’t touch food that wasn’t made that day.)
I had to pause because !!! Mamma Rosa's rice invention is literally THE ONLY dish my nonno knew how to cook, bless him. Only variation is he added zucchini too. On the handful of times through their 60+ year marriage that my nonna was not around to cook for him, this is what he'd cook himself. Otherwise his culinary skills were capped at preparing a fruit salad for the both of them every morning, and manning the espresso machine after lunch. This brought me so much nostalgia!
Wonderful memories. Good Italian grandpas rarely had to fend for themselves in the kitchen, and good Italian grandmas preferred it that way!
It occurred to me this week that this channel is unlike any other RUclips channel, and in fact is like “old” (1990s?) television: it comes out on a certain day, at a certain time, and I look forward to it. It’s has become a scheduled “go to” event in my week. Thanks so much to both of you. (And this week we got FIVE recipes!!!)
lol a lot of channels are like that - it helps them game the algorithm
An old 90s show that makes me laugh.
I love the "yes please" at the end when Eva asks if cheese is wanted. So nice to see good manners still in practice when the home🤗
This is proof that Italian cuisine is very varied (and it is only a very small part). Brava Eva as usual.😋
Super varied! I had this sweet Italian lady teach me to cook. Her husband's family was from a different region so got to eat and learn both. But that was only a fraction of the cooking.
Italian cuisine is truly simple, economical, and made with a few ingredients adapted through countless regional recipes, but with some simple tricks and underlying principles. Learning Italian cooking is really a great investment of time!
A good frittata is always my go to in case i don't have time to cook something more elaborate, and it is also a good "empty fridge" recipe.
I usually make a pot of lentil soup that begins with a soffrito, includes potatoes and tomatoes. It's something that stretches throughout the week. Also, a quick go-to favorite is spaghetti aglio e olio.
Would you mind sharing your recipe, by chance? :)
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My favourite for when I'm busy is a simple pasta aglio olio e peperoncino
Thank you Eva for showing us your amazing cooking skills and helping all of us learn Italian cuisine, and thank you Harper for no longer making videos about making Eva eat processed American food. Bravo!
I pretty much just eat pasta with whatever sauce I can throw together while the pasta cooks. Usually either fresh tomatoes or passata depending on the time of year, but other times just whatever other veggies I have in the house, with oil and garlic and some kind of seasoning. And sometimes I will just put a little oil and cheese on plain pasta and eat a sausage on the side.
Sausage and lentil soup is one of my favorite easy go to weeknight meals. It's not just for New Year's Day!
beans and sausage too if you don’t mind canned beans. the cool thing about letils is that you can use dry ones without soaking them
@@uncopino Cannellini sausage and grilled shrimp.
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I made the beans and greens today with spinach. Soooooo good. This is going to be one of my new comfort foods for sure. I'm now looking forward to my bean cooking day even more, thank you so much for this recipe! I'm living close to the Italian border and Eva has made me love Italian food even more.
I felt Eva's "in dialect?" so much. There's often just no words in standard language for regional dishes.
Love from Germany
My favorite easy meal to make is zuppa di ceci! I serve it with a drizzle of olive oil and toasted homemade sourdough. It's easy for me because I can make a big batch and let it cook for a few hours while I do something else, and I'll have 4-5 days' worth of dinners! I make the bread when I'm home all day on Wednesdays and slice/freeze for later.
Ceci never fail to delight! The sauce they make when cooked with pasta is a gift from heaven.
Love Zuppa di ceci. Had it for the first time in Umbria (Deruta) in 2016. Husband makes it now and I made homemade seasoned croutons out of rustic bread which was how it was served in Deruta. With your bowl of soup, you got a small bowl of croutons.
Oh nice - I just looked it up, and that looks like something that could easily be made vegetarian by simply swapping chicken stock for vegetable stock. Gonna have to try that sometime!
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 I always make it with veg stock so it's vegan! So delicious!
White bean soup with collards, lemon & stewed tomatoes is a winter go to. Summer go to is avocado toast with spicy mustard, tomatoes, arugula and bean sprouts on sourdough
I made cannellini and escarole with tomato sauce, at least once a week for my family, with crusty bread and potato, egg and cheese frittata. I was floored how much my kids loved it! Our favorite meal..
I'd love to see a show about Eva's culinary background. As a professional chef I respect her basic kitchen skills- she has work habits well beyond what most cooks learn at home- even in Italy. Also, she's got an encyclopedic knowledge of Italian dishes. It get it that she's an outstanding cook, but tell us about her professional experience!
@@dolce13651 Congratulations. That's the most ignorant statement I've heard all week, not to mention bigoted. I'd love to see YOUR basic cooking skills, if you even know what they are. I'd drop a few Q & A's, but there's a slim chance you've figured out how to Google.
@@dolce13651 what are you talking about, are you seriously saying that a home cook is better than a professional chef? what kind of racist garbage human are you?
@@williamhedrick5950 I read this comment thinking it was towards you and was thinking “what a lunatic”
@@paulettaquadrozzi6111 It's obvious you wouldn't know the difference between a trained cook and an amateur, so enjoy your McDonalds.
@@paulettaquadrozzi6111 I never asked you to eat my food, in fact I didn't ask you anything. I simply complimented Eva on her exceptional kitchen skills and noted she's not just another kitchen hack.
This was an inspiring video but it was also indicting: I no longer have an excuse to grab convenient and terribly unhealthy fast food! These dishes were all quick and easy, if you use your time correctly, and were much healthier fare than what a drive thru provides. Thanks for being so real with us and for all of the allowances you advised us on for variations in each dish. Sundays are always better with Harper and Eva!
Yes, I do find it takes a touch of planning, but other than that it’s simple.
@Ramon Clements Se da noi in italia i fast food non hanno molto successo un motivo c'è,anche il piu scarso degli italiani sà cucinare un piatto di pasta decente in 15 minuti,senza contare il risparmio...
con quello che trovi in frigorifero puoi fare un piatto di pasta nel 90% dei casi,è uno stile di vita,l'unico problema(per gli stranieri), è imparare che la pasta va buttata in acqua bollente e salata,per un massimo di 12 minuti,non deve restare appiccicata al muro come si vede in alcuni video,deve essere al dente! 😂😂
Exactly the comforting video I needed as I lay in bed sick today. Thank you Harper and Eva!
We hope you feel better soon!
Red beans and rice would typically be cooked on Mondays - wash day, in New Orleans. The beans would simmer while the laundry was being done. It’s one of my favorite dishes. Simple and delicious.
Eva and Harper your videos make me so happy. You put so much effort into making them and this one especially made me feel very connected to you- It's the simple dishes that leave me most satisfied too. In my family it's a tradition to eat escarole (cut in stripes) with warm potatoes (also cut thinly) with a simply dressing (white balsamico, mustard, pumpkin seed oil and some salt) from october to april. So I have this salad almost every day as part of my dinner.Thank you so much for sharing your joy of food with all of us!
What Eva said last is so true.
Today, after quite some pasta-less days, I was craving in my heart for a plate of spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino, another extra-simple recipe that keeps coming back.
Thank you for your videos. ❤️
And btw in winter my parents cook for dinner a warm and comfy Sicilian recipe called "incucciatu": basically quick, handmade flour and water pasta crumbles cooked with mushed pumpkin and then mixed with fresh ricotta!
That sounds delicious! My family is from Sicily (Syracusa region,) but they never made anything like that to my recollection. I will have to look that recipe up.
I can't wait for your cookbook!!!! Love both of you...
We need more what I eat in a week videos!
can yall do another of these? this easy stuff is always the best type of recipe
Puttanesca has definitely become an easy weeknight staple. So fast and so delicious! I’m glad I gave it a chance because of your channel, it’s become one of my favs!😊
Yes, I’m surprised that didn’t get at least a mention. It’s so easily made, but not fussy, sort of “dump and go”.
Thanks guys a lot of good ideas. Is interesting how Carrettiera is so different region by region. Here in Tuscany is even simpler but good. Just tomatoes salsa (maybe some fresh tomatoes) garlic, chili peppers, oil and absolutely parsley.
You are such an amazing Chef Eva, simple recipes and common sense techniques make all the difference in the world.
I grow basil and make a lot of pesto, freeze it in small containers and then enjoy pasta/pesto through out the winter.
Thanks guys for sharing your love of Italian for with us.
This is yet another brilliant episode from you two. The eggplant recipe looked fantastic and I will definitely try it. I love eggplant now but when I was a child if my mother presented it at dinner I was usually sent to bed for refusing to eat it.
Me too! Except when pa was home and not somewhere across the country on a field job, he'd say, "In ya or on ya, boy".😂 c1960s. Rural Oklahoma.
Finding you guys was the highlight of the pandemic for me. So creative, funny, and wholesome! I could honestly watch a what you eat in a year and still want more. 😊
I love listening to the two of you
Your Friday night spaghetti dish was the best especially accompanied with a Whole Prosciutto! My dream dinner!!!!
Thank you guys!!!!
That part totally cracked me up!!!
this is exactly what I've been looking for thanks. Can you guys do a video on Colatura di alici? It's delicious and I'd love more ideas on how to use it.
I love the way Italians cook beans because it's so similar to the way we do it in Mexico, the difference is we eat them with tortillas and cheese 😋
These two are adorable. I love this channel and I try Eva's food quite often. The Beans & Green will be next for me!
Enjoyed all these recipes! I'd love to hear the Italian equivalent recipe for Cajun Gumbo, Pot Roast, Chicken & Dumplings, etc. -- please tell us how the Italians cook some of these standard American dishes. Looking forward to more recipes every week! Thank you!
I would say most Europeans would have no idea what these dishes are 😅
If I could eat dinner with you both I’d request Eva’s zucchini raviolo. 🤤 I’ve made that before after seeing that video and I’m obsessed with it.
One of my favorite go-to recipes for busy days is pasta “sciue sciue” especially if I have good tomatoes in the garden.
And that is from Napoli! 😂
First: this is the best channel I've come across, by far. Thank you RUclips algo, and thank you Ava and Harper.
Second: I'm actually super surprised you don't have an herb garden. I planted my first herb garden about 6 months ago and it has already paid for itself over and over. I highly recommend it!
When an American marries an Italian, who adjusts in terms of food? It seems the Italian will never eat amiericanized italian foodm
Why should we since we have the best cooking culture in the World?
@@marioguidotomasone1265 Yeah, you definately have the best culture around food; absolutely no narcissism, or misplaced grandiosity, or slavish adherance to tradition, or nationalism that borders on fascism. No italian has ever done any of those things. The _best_ cooking culture.
@@EdenLippmann what a horrible comment.
I wouldn't either, the authentic Italian food far outweighs the American version of Real Italian.🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹. Ava voice reminds me of my nonna. We had rice all the time she was from Northern Italy 🇮🇹 around Laga maggiore, it's so beautiful and the lakes and mountains are exquisite....Mangia🇮🇹💔🇮🇹
@@lindacallahan7388 Oh, look: it's exactly what I was talking about.
One of our local markets has begun to carry Tuscan kale - lanciano, I think that's the correct name. Anyway, it is phenomenal in the preparation of beans and greens. Typically I use Swiss chard or rapini, but this is a good switch sometimes. And I will substitute great northern beans or navy beans if I do not have cannellini, but I NEVER use kidney or pinto or black beans this way. The white beans add to the creaminess of the dish in my opinion.
Lacinato "dinosaur" kale is the only kind I can get my husband to eat! Still working on getting the kids on board.
Great episode, guys! My wife and I recently became bean converts, thanks in no small measure to the great work that Steve Sando does over at Rancho Gordo. Based in Napa, his beans are avail at some food specialty stores, but the widest selection and best prices are on their website. Stock always varies, but they frequently have the Marcella bean available… named after that queen of Italian cuisine, Marcella Hazan. Thanks again for a bounty of great recipe ideas!
Enjoyed this very much. I’d also love to see more side dishes and veggies. Have loved all you’ve shared so far. Thank you!
The Stuffed Eggplant would also be good dipped in pizza sauce, or a good tomato sauce. Love the beans and greens but I would add pork belly to mine
Eva’s dad does the same!
Yes, yes!!
Hi Harper and Ava! My heritage is Italian and I died laughing in the beginning of your video. After you said "let us know your favorite week night meals". I looked at my husband and I said "beans and greens" at the same time you said "beans and greens". I live in southern Maine, Harper (😁), and I am still picking kale and rainbow Swiss chard from my garden. At least once a week we make this meal with whatever greens we have available, garlic, a dried chili pepper, and olive oil. One of our favorites is a combo of broccoli raab and kale. We usually serve it on rice, or occasionally with pasta and a good grating of pecorino. Do you ever come back to Maine?
Ciao to a fellow Mainer! We actually haven’t been back since we moved, but we’ll visit again at some point
My favorite quick dish I can make during the week is the one you've highlighted: pasta allo scarpariello! It tastes amazing, is filling, and I know I can make it in about 20 minutes. I always keep the ingredients on hand just in case I need a quick meal. I also made it for a party recently. Everyone was amazed. Thank you to you both.
I'm eating the beans 'n greens right now. You're absolutely right, Harper, simple ingredients cooked well can be amazing! Thanks for more delicious recipes, Eva.
Would love to try those beans! Unfortunately we can only get them canned, where always a lot of salt is added. Can't find them raw, unless I order online.
Also my compliments for this episode! It's inspiring to see what you use as weeknight staples and very helpful for busy families like mine. In the Netherlands (where I'm from) the usual is boiled potatoes, some sort of boiled veggies and meat with gravy. But I love to try out other simple to make, but healthy, dishes.
Surely you can get dried beans in Holland.
Go to an Indian or eastern European grocery store!
@@charlesmills6621 yes, just not the cannelini kind. Others plenty.
@@edinburghwalker5569 we kind of live in a remote area, so no shops like that nearby 😅
You can find them at middle eastern markets. They last pretty long if you store them dry in a fridge or cool place so buy a lot when u can
It makes me so happy that you take such good care of yourselves with such beautiful and simple foods. Every dish looks like heaven.
This is a great episode. Thank y’all so much.
It ALL looks so delicious!😋 Thank you again, Eva and Harper 🤗♥️
This was a fabulous episode. We love you two and thank you
Eva, I always learn so much from you. Thank you ❤
I loved this episode! Simple recipes for a busy day OR a single person!
Thank you that confirms my dinners for the whole week love you guys much respect.
Great ideas for easy week night meals.
I looooooove this video! More of what you eat in a week whenever you can! I know it's not easy filming everyday for a week! Thank you so much 🥰💕 Much love from Miami ❤️🌞
LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
Rice croquettes/arancini...THE BEST
So true about the pasta! I can't live without it.
Such simplicity..🫠❤
The Friday pasta is something we used to make! Great with some spinach. We used cheese ravioli
Yessssss, easy everyday dinner recipes, thank you 🥰
Great video, enjoyed it and every night the meals just got better. Delicious! 😋
Excellent video as always! I'm particularly excited to try that rice.
Brava, Eva!! Excellent recipes!
Made the beans and greens today… wow! Love it!
The two of you are a cherished new tradition in our family. We are a healthy mix of Sicilian/American (people who wish they were Italian), enjoying culture mixture. We celebrate the American traditions with heavy Italian/Sicilian influences.
We celebrate St Joseph's Table as well as Thanksgiving (different times of year). We love Pasta Grammer. Your content is truly lovabd relatable. Love your recipes♡Eva
Looks sooo yummy!!! Definitely making the eggplant & pasta 🥰
I only watched one video where you guys were making bruschette and Mamma Mia! I was hooked! I love the way Eva and Harper interact with each other and how they carefully explain each dish. Simple and to the point! Thank goodness for the RUclips algorithms because now, I keep seeing you guys pop up with new and exciting dishes! Yes, I subscribed and created a playlist! Keep it coming! A presto! ❤
I love red lentil soup. It cooks in the time you prep your garnishes, and I can flavor it any way I want: Indian, Turkish, etc. Endless variety!
Love them both
We just found you guys. You are sweethearts and we appreciate alll of these videos . We are taking our cooking skills and adjusting them from an American type diet to a fusion of other cultures. Thank you ❤
It's funny how over time certain channels find the way to the top of my list. You two are killing it! Thank you! Fully expecting some holiday stuff, no pressure :-)
My hubby and his family is Italian. I really enjoyed this and will use it! 🇮🇹
What I ABSOLUTELY LOVE about Eva is her honest & wholesome recipes❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️. True healthy eating🧡💛❤️
So many new ideas for me to try!
I love that these are so simple. I feel like I can make this!
Love you two! I can’t wait to try fridays dinner ❤
Bravissimi e simpatici come sempre👏👋
You guys are awesome! This is my favourite video of all of them! Because it’s so applicable to every day life! 👌💪😊
Brilliant as per usual!
I made the beans and greens, and omg. I deviated slightly by making garlic infused oil and cooking with that. And added sauteed onions. Heaven.
You're making me hungry (as always)! 😋😊
I think this is one of your best videos. Thanks!
You have a busy week and yet you manage to cook wonderful dishes Eva, I love the eggplant dish you cooked that looks fabulous. They all look so good 😍
I loved every minute of this video, but the end was the best part when you put all kinds of good stuff on the table, wine, veggies, cheese, prosciutto, I wish I were at the same table with you guys.
I tried the bean recipe!!! Wow!! So much flavor in something So simple!!
My favorite go to meal is Pasta Aglio e Olio, and my favorite pasta with it is angel hair. Thanks for your enjoyable videos Eva and Harper, you’re a breath of fresh air!
sandwich , Nachos with all the toppings and pasta shells with schredded cheddar and chicken are easy go to meals
Great video keep making them you guys are great
Loved this one! Great inspiration for those days, when it has to be fast!!! Please Eva could you show us how to make pasta alla sorrentina, had this in my last holiday in Italy and dreaming of it since.
Amazing dishes. Pasta aglie e oglio is our go to for a simple weeknight meal. Simple and delicious. Also tomato, cucumber, onion salad with vinegrette and pieces of day old bread mixed in - yum. I have never tried making rice that way but my youngest daughter Dina does, and she loves it. Love and blessings❤❤
thanks for the great ideas!
Eva thank you for the bean recipe. I grow Haricot beans and also Chard in my garden. Lovely recipe and I cannot wait to try it. Thank you
Loved this video! Def have to try some of these dishes soon!!
I love you guys. Ava keeps my heritage alive. I'm 3rd generation Italian and like to cook like my mother and grandmother. Unfortunately since I moved out of Brooklyn New York to South East Georgia I'm not able to find authentic foods like back in NY. So I order what I can online and do my best to keep my meals old world. 💕
Lots of great, fast dishes. Love the ending.
I watched it 3 weeks ago, came back to watch again!! Love the unique weeknight solutions!! Also, I lost it when you brought out the pancetta!!! 😋 Deliziosa!!
Thank you again for a great video!