White Meatball Pizza
Yield: 1 - 10" pizza, 6 slices

Ingredient Amount
3 ea. Buona Vita Meatballs, 2 oz.
½ cup white sauce, prepared
1 ea. Pre-baked pizza crust, 10"
4 oz. Shredded mozzarella cheese
3 tablespoons Ricotta cheese

Method
1. Slice each meatball into 6 or 7 pieces, set aside.
2. Spread prepared white sauce over pre- baked pizza crust. Arrange sliced meatball evenly around pizza and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Dollop ricotta cheese around the pizza and bake in a 450F. oven until golden and bubbly, approximately 15 minutes. Cut pizza into 6 slices
Meatball Carbonara Hero
Yield: 2 heros

Ingredient Amount
1-1/2 cups Pasta sauce
1 tablespoon Butter
6 ea. Buona Vita Meatballs, 2 oz.
2 ea. Italian loaf, 8", split
1 oz. Parmesan cheese
2 oz. Shredded mozzarella 1 pkg.

Method
1. Prepare carbonara sauce according to package directions. Add the meatballs and keep warm.
2. Remove meatballs from sauce and place three meatballs in each piece of bread. Top each hero with 2 tablespoons of carbonara sauce, 1/2 oz. Parmesan and 1 oz. Mozzarella. Wrap each hero in aluminum foil and bake in 35F oven until bubbly, approximately 15 minutes.

Meatball Stroganoff
Yield: 4 portions

Ingredient Amount
1 ounce Gravy Mix
8 oz. Sliced mushrooms
8 ea. Buona Vita Meatballs, 2 oz.
8 oz. Egg noodles
1/4 cup Sour Cream
1 tablespoon Chopped parsley

Method
1. Prepare brown gravy according to package directions and keep warm
2. In a large pan, saute mushrooms with a tablespoon of water until wilted. Add the prepared brown gravy and meatballs to the mushrooms and keep warm.
3. Cook egg noodles according to package directions, drain and put into a warm serving bowl
4. Stir sour cream into meatball sauce, pour over noodles and garnish with parsley.

Banquets - Use 1/2 gal. Pesto Sauce to 4 lbs. Pasta uncooked. Cooked 8 lbs.
Pesto Pasta

1 lb. Pasta
3 oz. Cream
8 oz. Pesto Sauce
Boil Pasta - drain - mix pesto and cream together - mix into pasta for hot pasta - or can be used for cold pasta salad.
(Opt.) Can add diced red pepper, mushrooms, broccoli, string beans, potatoes or cauliflower into dish. Hot or cold.
Chicken Pesto (or Turkey) Salad

1 lb. cut up or diced Chicken
6 oz. Pesto Sauce
2 oz. Mayonaise (opt.)
2 oz. Water
Use cooked chicken. Mix Pesto, water into chicken - for cold salad - can also mix into cook pasta.
Same can be done with diced ham, pork or shrimp.
Chicken Breasts or Fish Fillets

1 lb. cooked Chicken Breast (or Fish)
4 oz. Pesto Sauce
1 oz. Water or cream
Cook chicken breast or fish. Mix pesto and water. Spoon a stripe down center of chicken breast. (Opt.) Can garnish with cooked vegetables. (Opt.) sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms.