Jump to recipe I know what you are thinking, how can this roast chicken be any different than what I have made before? I feel you, I felt the same way until I made this and now, I am hooked, as is the family. This is not your Mother’s Roast Chicken. Trusssst ME!!!! I can…
Category: Recipes-Dinner
Neapolitan Beef Braciole
Jump to Recipe Growing up Italian, the granddaughter of Italian Immigrants and only the second generation born in the United States, you take for granted the food that you grew up on and assume that everyone had dined with family over these same foods on Sunday. That the mounds of pasta, homemade Chianti, bowls overflowing…
Spanish Style Mussels with Chorizo
Jump to Recipe I love seafood and fish. I feel so healthy and light when I eat it. It just feels right for my body. I have a fondness for mussels that began early in my childhood as my mother, and I loved Spicy Mussel Marinara and I couldn’t get enough when she made it…
Mexican Chiles Rellenos with Spicy Rojo Sauce
Jump to Recipe I have said it a million times, and I will say it a million more…I absolutely love Mexican food! I love everything about it, the tastes, the complexity of the flavors and the simplicity of it all at the same time. Now I am saying the simplicity in making the ingredients meld…
Mediterranean Mini Meat Loaves
I am so excited about this recipe I can hardly contain myself. For one it is relatively healthy, and for another it just tastes so damn good. Listen, I know there are some meatloaf purist who want nothing more than good old-fashioned meatloaf the way Mom made it with ketchup and all. Me personally, if…
Tuscan Meatball Soup
Jump to Recipe My love of soup began early in my childhood. I was always surrounded by some simmering pot of lovely goodness. Whether it was lentils and beans, homemade chicken soup, Pasta Fagioli, or Tuscan Meatball Soup, I loved having a nice hot bowl of soup and of course, this always meant hot Italian…
Pollo Blanco Chili
Jump to recipe 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…
Italian Spare Ribs in Red Gravy
Jump to Recipe 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…
Pumpkin Gnocchi with Sage Butter and Maple Drizzle
Jump to Recipe 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…
Rustic Italian Heirloom Tomato Tart
Jump to Recipe 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…