Lidia Bastianich makes an Italian feast that takes you through four meals, including baked rigatoni, skillet gratinate with chicken, shrimp marinara and meatballs.
Grocery list:
Extra virgin olive oil
Unsalted butter
Salt
2 large eggs
8 oz Muenster or Taleggio cheese
2 c grated Grana Padano cheese
2 lbs skinless boneless chicken breasts or chicken tenders
1 1/2 pounds large shrimp, peeled, deveined
1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground pork
1 pound ground veal
Rice
Flour
Bread crumbs
1 c vegetable broth or stock
1 c white wine
Garlic
12 Shiitaki mushrooms
Bunch scallions
3 zucchini
Red, yellow bell pepper
Carrot
Celery
2 onions
Frozen peas or fava beans
Fresh basil leaves
Dried oregano
Fresh parsley
Fresh sage leaves
Crushed red pepper
2 35-oz cans of Italian plum tomatoes
1 lb rigatoni
Sandwich rolls
