Farrotto Butternut Squash Farro Risotto loaded with perfectly roasted butternut squash cubes and finished with a crispy sage brown butter drizzle. An easy, hearty, meatless and festive recipe not to be missed. Farrotto In a nutshell what you have here is a creamy risotto where farro grains are used instead of rice and slowly infused with a divine saffron veggie broth, just like you would a classic risotto. The perfect meal for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday dinners ahead. No ...
Holiday
Garlic Knots Recipe
The best homemade Garlic Knots recipe from scratch using our homemade Italian pizza dough recipe. Easy and comforting with pillowy soft center and crispy baked bottoms, generously brushed with a divine parsley garlic olive oil sauce while still sizzling hot. Garlic Knots Think of them like the fun cousin of breadsticks, an Italian American creation, a New York thing that took place in a pizzeria somewhere in or around Brooklyn or Queens many moons ago. The jury is still out on the exact ...
Smashed Fingerling Potatoes Recipe
Crispy smashed fingerling potatoes recipe, oven baked then drizzled with a basil pesto or an Italian style parsley basil chimichurri sauce, heavy on the garlic and balanced by a fresh squeeze of zesty lemon. Smashed Fingerling Potatoes Boiled until tender then gently smashed and roasted coated in olive oil until perfectly crispy all around the edges where the flesh was exposed. As soon as they come out of the oven you want to generously douse them with a luscious garlicky sauce like basil ...
Vegetarian Stuffing Recipe + Video
Best Italian Vegetarian Stuffing recipe for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. Caramelized leeks, celery, no meat sausage, fennel and the classic holiday flavors from fresh rosemary, sage and dried cranberries are tossed with dry bread cubes and veggie broth then baked until golden. Rich, savory and divine, watch the how to VIDEO below! Vegetarian Stuffing Recipe You'll fall in love with this easy, comforting classic Italian bread stuffing from scratch. I like to think of it like a ...
Italian Roasted Potatoes Recipe
Italian Oven Roasted Potatoes infused with rosemary, garlic and olive oil. A classic recipe for Patate al forno with perfect crispy edges, an easy Sunday dinner staple and a holiday favorite. Out of this world delicious! Italian Roasted Potatoes I love to think of this dish as the ultimate Italian scalloped potatoes minus the cream. Probably the best use for Yukon Gold potatoes ever. Their thin skins and waxy texture makes them the best potato for slicing so thin you could read the morning ...
Italian Focaccia Bread Recipe
This Focaccia Bread recipe is an easy, no-knead, tasty treat or side. A tantalizing Italian flatbread topped with rosemary, heirloom cherry tomatoes or olives. Perfect on its own, used to make Italian panini, or even used as a base for pizza. Italian Focaccia Recipe If you’ve never had homemade focaccia bread before, you’re missing out on a love affair you shouldn’t deprive yourself of. Every bite of that perfectly crispy, yet soft bread is a wonderland of discovery. You don’t need any ...
Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf Recipe
If you’re in for a luscious Thanksgiving side dish, you’ll be twitterpated with this Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf recipe. Brown and black rice is lightly toasted with savory aromatics, then simmered to a softened perfection. Paired with sauteed vegetables and dried cranberries, to create a magical experience for your mouth. Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf I am slightly giddy over this festive recipe. Once you make it, you’ll completely understand my slight obsession. When I stock up on my ...
Gnudi Ricotta Gnocchi Recipe + VIDEO
How to make the best homemade ricotta gnocchi from scratch, step by step recipe tutorial + quick recipe video! Classic Florentine dumplings or “ Gnudi “ made with whole milk ricotta cheese instead of potatoes, gnocchi are light and fluffy little pasta pillows with an airy, irresistible texture. Gnudi Ricotta Gnocchi Recipe You guys, once you give this gnocchi recipe a try I doubt you’ll want to ever go for the store bought variety ever again. So easy to make, you can whip up a batch ...
Lemon Greek Yogurt Cake Recipe
Easy and quick lemon Greek yogurt cake / bread recipe with a citrusy bite from fresh lemon zest balanced by the sweet aromas of vanilla and powdered sugar finish. Lovely sprinkled with some healthy chopped pistachios, a few berries or some of these balsamic roasted figs. Whatever tickles your taste buds. Lemon Greek Yogurt Cake There’s no butter in my recipe, as always I go to my healthy fat of choice: the extra virgin olive oil, forever and ever! You can bake this cake in a simple ...
Nut Roll Recipe
An Eastern European Christmas and Easter tradition, this nut roll recipe can be made with ground walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, raisins and even a poppy seed filling. Nut Roll Recipe Risen with instant yeast and made exquisite by the addition of sour cream to the nut roll dough, this recipe is super easy to make and a holiday favorite. It literally tastes like Christmas! Loaded with ground or roughly chopped walnuts, vanilla extract and a burst of citrus from orange zest, your house will be ...