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We had some Doritos left over from a recent event and I wasn’t sure what to do with them. Sure I could eat them, but then I have the guilt of eating all of these chips when I’m suppose to be dieting. So instead I turned it into a flaky crunchy baked chicken cutlet crust. …
Coming from a big Italian family, we love to cook and I love exploring Italian recipes, sharing them with my family and making them my own. That’s how this recipe came about. My uncle and cousins decided to give this recipe a try and after hearing their success and rave reviews, I knew I needed …
I used to love my mother’s meatloaf growing up. This meatloaf recipe has a fine consistency, so its almost like eating a tasty meatball. I was never a fan of chunks in my meat whether it be onion, pepper or anything else. To me, the chunks of veggies disrupted the consistency and were never cooked …
So what do you do when you have too much basil leftover from your farmers market haul? You make pesto! What do you do when you have lots of pesto? You whip up pesto chicken meatballs of course! An easy and tasty way to both use up your extra pesto and liven up your meatball …
Like most Italian American families mine was close. Not just emotionally but physically. No grandparent lived more than 10 minutes away at any time. And this ensured that a large percentage of my childhood was spent in their homes. It also meant that a large percentage of my childhood was spent stuffed: the claims of …
Pound cake is called pound cake because it requires a pound of each ingredient. A pound of flour, a pound of butter, pound of sugar, pound of eggs. Which makes this one of the most literal desserts, and possibly the heaviest dessert. At first I was very intimidated. I wondered if all the ingredients would …
I had some leftover wonton wrappers so I decided to turn them into the crust for mini breakfast quiche cups. I took a muffin/ cupcake pan, greased the inside and folded the wonton wrapper into it. Then added some egg, broccoli, seasoning and topped it off with some cheddar cheese. If you have other veggies …
I love this recipe because it is super simple to make, and it’s fast with only 3 ingredients. Yes that’s right. Banana as the content, Egg as the binder and to make it fluffy and cinnamon for taste. You don’t even need a mixer for this one. Just mash a ripe banana with a fork …
Asparagus is one of my favorite vegetables. My inspiration for this recipe came about when I got a bit over excited during asparagus season and bought several bunches from my corner produce stand. Searching for something that wasn’t just a side dish or an accompaniment to other veggies I decided to make an asparagus strata. …
Hollandaise Sauce is famous for complimenting and topping eggs benedict, salmon or, in this recipe, asparagus. The challenge and technique of making it the right consistency with the right balance of lemon, butter and egg yolk. For this recipe we place the ingredients in a metal bowl over a boiling pot of water as a …