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! Vegetarian Stuffing You'll fall in love with this easy, comforting classic Italian bread stuffing from scratch. I like to think of it like a vegetable loaded festive panzanella; savory, ...
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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 ...
Brown Butter Sage Sauce
A quick and easy brown butter sage sauce or “ burro bruno e salvia" in Italian, ideally tossed with butternut squash or mushroom ravioli, fluffy gnocchi and sprinkled with toasted bread crumbs or pine nuts! This easy brown butter sage sauce makes the perfect sauce for pan seared scallops, salmon, chicken and steak. Not to mention it is quick and impressive! Serve it gently tossed with butternut squash ravioli or sweet potato gnocchi, then sprinkled with hazelnuts, pecans, toasted pine nuts ...
Best Pumpkin Bread Recipe
The best pumpkin bread recipe from scratch loaded with dark chocolate chips, canned pumpkin puree, smooth extra virgin olive oil (no butter), then covered in sea salt caramel and toasted coconut. Easy like Sunday morning, insanely delicious and a must on the Thanksgiving table! Best Pumpkin Bread Tis' the season for comforting quick breads to go with your pumpkin lattes and this beauty right here is without a doubt the absolute best pumpkin bread I've ever had. Loaded with morsels of ...
Cannoli Cream Filling Recipe
An authentic, easy Sicilian cannoli cream filling recipe / dip, I picked up while in Sicily last summer, served with chocolate dipped pizzelle cookies. How to make cannoli filling or dip, the simple Italian way! Because who doesn’t love cannoli right ? Authentic Cannoli Siciliani that is, filled with the freshest sheep’s milk ricotta cheese and candied fruit or nuts. Before I hear it from the "Cannoli Police" I would like to tell you that there is nothing groundbreaking about this ...