Sometimes I find a lot of inspiration at restaurants and will often think about how I could recreate a dish at home for a fraction of the price. Today, friends came over and we tinkered a bit in the kitchen recreating recipes from the Olive Garden Restaurant.

Thanks to my friends at at Simon & Schuster, several months ago they provided me with the new book, America's Most Wanted Recipes to play with. I finally got a chance to check out the book and we tackled Olive Garden restaurant recipes in the book. Be sure to check back all this week for the recipes of the following dishes we made!