7 Delicious Red Sauce Dinners To Feed A Family

Because every night should be Italian night.

1. Jennie's Homemade Manicotti

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The Italian version of enchiladas, this recipe is no work at all considering the baked, cheesy goodness that results. Get the full recipe at Food52

2. Birthday Lasagna

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This isn't your average ricotta lasagna -- instead, it employs a bechamel to make it over the top creamy and gloriously decadent. Get the full recipe at Food52

3. Al Forno's Penne with Tomato, Cream & Five Cheeses

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Don't have the ingredients for this baked pasta? No problem -- this technique can work with whatever forgotten ends you have lying in the cheese drawer. Get the full recipe at Food52

4. Eggplant Parmigiana

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Step aside, bland, runny eggplant parmigiana of the past. This cheese-drenched recipe will soundly kick the booty of those sad, dry parms of the past. Get the full recipe at Food52

5. Sunday Pork Ragu

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Vibrantly red, studded with chunks of sausage, and flecked with plenty of fresh parsley, this is an old-school favorite, refreshed. Get the full recipe at Food52

6. Eggs in Spicy Minted Tomato Sauce

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Technically this is a riff on an Israeli dish, shakshuka, so it's not Italian. But it is saucy. Get the recipe.

7. Rao's Meatballs

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A hundred year old meatball recipe for ultra-tender meatballs with a surprising magic ingredient: water, and lots of it. Get the full recipe at Food52