So I was with friends from high school having dinner last week, and one of my dear friends asked for some healthy recipes, that follow a heart healthy protocol. This dish definitely does just that. This is a simple and tasty chili that is more like a soup. I always have chicken cooked and ready…
Category: Recipes-Dinner
Italian Spare Ribs in Red Gravy
My father bless his heart, loved his “gravy” and his pasta. This was not lost on his oldest daughter, as nothing screams comfort food to me more than a heaping bowl of pasta, gravy and some delicious simmered meat. My father loved to infuse his gravy with flavor long before it was a thing! But…
Pumpkin Gnocchi with Sage Butter and Maple Drizzle
OK, so if you really read my blog and don’t just pass by briefly, you know I love fall and pumpkin everything, not necessarily in that order. I have been making gnocchi every which way to Sunday, forever. For one, it was super easy for me not to goof up back in my early days…
Rustic Italian Heirloom Tomato Tart
Since I was a little girl I have absolutely loved tomatoes. Growing up my Dad use to make a tomato pie that was so heavenly I would devour this thing as if it were my last meal. When I got married and moved out, my Dad showed me how to make his tomato pie, he…
Harvest Corn Chowder
Fall is here and as much as I love the beach, I love Fall equally. For one thing, the NY Yankees are in the playoffs, then there’s football, hockey, bonfires, apple picking, pumpkin everything, and soup! I just love making food when the weather gets a nip in the air. Something about a nice bowl…
Mexican Chorizo Stuffed Delicata Squash
Whenever I am feeling out of sorts I love to find a farmer’s market and wander around for inspiration and to remind myself that healthy eating is my choice. The other day I had a chance to catch my local farmer’s market on a rare Friday off. It was so nice to walk around and…
Ultimate Veggie Burger
For many years, since I was a young girl, l have had an aversion to red meat. It wasn’t really a conscious acknowledgement towards veganism, it just seemed wrong for my body. The only time I would consume red meat was to enjoy and devour my Grandmother’s meatballs. My mother never really worried about this…
Perfectly Pan Seared Duck Breast
Sometimes in the rush of a busy week, I like to take one day for myself to unwind and treat myself like the rock star that I believe I am! That means if I feel up to blogging I do it, if I just want to lay around the pool I lay around the pool. …
Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit Bake
My father grew up in the midst of the Great Depression, he was also the youngest boy of twelve children, born to Italian Immigrant parents, he was the first generation born in this country, and his father passed away shortly after the birth of my aunt, his sister. This left my Grandmother Lena with the…
Mexican Inspired Chicken Mole
I had planned to “drop this recipe” before Cinco de Mayo. But as the saying goes, “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans,” and life, happened. None the less, you can enjoy this recipe year round and I will tell you this, one of the easiest ways to amp up your…
