Homemade [Garlic] Croutons
Fact: Homemade croutons are 100X more delicious than store-bought croutons! These easy 3-ingredient homemade croutons infused with fresh garlic and olive oil can be made in a pinch and will take your salads from blah to best-ever. Learning how to make homemade garlic croutons will change your salad game! These croutons are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, unlike their store-bought, rock-hard counterparts. Serve homemade croutons warm,…
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Healthy Baked Tortilla Chips
Homemade baked tortilla chips (made with olive oil) will be your new healthy snacking addiction! Eating a whole bag of chips and salsa or guacamole is about to be way less regretful: they’re much healthier than store-bought ones! Warm baked tortilla chips sprinkled with your favorite seasonings right out of the oven…WOW. This weekend is game day! You’ll catch me watching the Buffalo Bills vs. Patriots game munching on these…
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Easy Cheese Calzone
Cheese calzones are an Italian classic. A calzone is a cheese stuffed pizza pocket (AKA folded pizza). Any toppings you like on pizza can be baked into these cheese calzones! Serve with homemade marinara. Cheese calzones are quick to make for a weeknight dinner, as a game-day snack, on a weekend date night, or as a fun activity with the kids! Last weekend, the hubby Eric was craving calzones, which…
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BEST Salami Sandwich
The best salami sandwich includes the most unlikely ingredient: olive oil steamed green bell peppers! That’s right: a soft bun, olive oil steamed peppers, hard salami and cheddar cheese. It’s a work of art that’s lived in my family for generations. Serve with homemade dill pickles! Salami, cheese, peppers and a bun. You can’t get more simple or more delicious! My great grandmother, Bertha, past this recipe to my grandmother,…
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Simple Arugula Salad (With Mushrooms & Balsamic)
This arugula salad with a simple balsamic vinaigrette is tossed with sliced mushrooms, candied nuts and shaved cheese. The pepperiness of arugula, earthiness of mushrooms, sweetness of candied nuts, and saltiness of pecorino cheese is one of the best salad combinations ever! Some of my favorite recipes are created by mistake! A late-night simple arugula salad with leftover ingredients from the fridge and pantry turned into something magical. Serve with…
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Lemon Garlic Salmon
This lemon, garlic and herb baked salmon is my go-to salmon recipe! It’s fresh, flavorful, healthy and so easy. It’s perfect for weekend and weeknight dinners and lunches alike! This Lemon, Garlic & Herb Baked Salmon recipe is my New Year’s fix! It’s fresh and bright but also warm, comforting and flavorful – the perfect mix for the post-holiday cleanse! Easy and delish! Serve with virtually any sides, from Simple…
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Most Delicious Dishes (of 2021)
Cheers to the most deliciously popular dishes of 2021! 2020 was nuts, 2021 was wild, 2022? I have no words. But I do have a collection of my most deliciously popular recipes of 2021 for you to kickstart the New Year! Here’s the top 10 dishes (and some of my favorite bloopers). I can’t describe the amount of gratitude I have for all of you that have tried them, commented…
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Parmesan, Pancetta & Olive Oil Popcorn (Best Seasoning!)
Parmesan and pancetta popcorn is a ridiculously delicious and easy hors d’oeuvre, appetizer or snack! Popcorn seasoned with olive oil, finely grated parmesan cheese, crispy pancetta and black pepper is a must-try for popcorn lovers. It’s like the carbonara of popcorn! All I want for New Year’s Eve is a big bowl of parmesan pancetta popcorn, a Sparkling Apple Cider Martini or Blood Orange Cocktail, and time with Eric (so…
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This or That (Would You Rather): Food Edition
We’re playing a game of food this or that, asking each other “would you rather” food questions and guessing each other’s answers! Who knows who better?! What better way to celebrate the end of the year than to duke it out with some friendly husband and wife competition! Cupcake or pie? Taco or quesadilla? Fried clams or fried calamari? Who shall be the reigning champion of our game? Watch the…
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Italian Bagna Cauda
Bagna Cauda is a traditional Italian olive oil dip, served hot, infused with tons of garlic and anchovies. Dip assorted raw or lightly steamed veggies and crusty bread in this “hot bath” of heaven. Roughly pronounced “banya cowda” translating to “hot bath” in English, this Italian anchovy and garlic infused olive oil dip is assertive and complex and unexpectedly delicious, even for those who aren’t big anchovy fans! The best…
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