Quick and easy grilled chicken thighs, perfect served on a bed of rice with vegetables and fresh fruit like peaches, mango and pineapple. Or throw them in some cute street tacos, fajita bowls or lettuce wraps with your favorite salsa. Marinated in a flavorful, gluten free honey lime, garlic, ginger and soy sauce marinade and loaded with as many red chili flakes as you can handle of course ;) The recipe calls for 2 pounds of chicken but I know you’d regret not doubling it once you taste ...
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Baked Spanish Rice Recipe
This baked Spanish rice is a trip to Latin America in a rustic bowl. Imagine sweet fire roasted tomatoes, smoky cumin, a kiss of paprika, plus a good pinch of fragrant coriander seeds. Let me count the ways I love this baked Spanish rice, okay ? Initially it was going to be just that, a side dish, a lovely hearty healthy side dish to go next to the Spanish style perfectly grilled chicken from last week. It's one of those easy things you could even make in advance and have ready for your ...
Spaghetti Frittata Recipe
Disclosure: this is a sponsored article by Bertolli, compensation was provided. All views and recipes are my own. Summer is officially here, and what better way to escape the heat than with a spaghetti frittata under the shade of a Pergola, Italian style? Getting the family together for brunches al fresco, to celebrate the love of Italian life and food, this is what summers and Sundays are made for. The beauty of an Italian meal, such as this spaghetti frittata, lies in the fact that ...
Vegan Mushroom Risotto Recipe
Meatless Monday calls for this creamy vegan mushroom risotto . It was brought to my attention that some people think that a vegan risotto would simply not be as creamy and comforting as a regular risotto since it is missing the magic creamy ingredient: butter ! So why bother ? Well, well, well, do I have news for you kids ?! The creaminess of a vegan risotto could be equal to that of a regular risotto. That's because the creaminess of the risotto really comes from the rice grains that are being ...
Shrimp Capellini Pomodoro Recipe
Shrimp Capellini Pomodoro, a fresh tomato sauce with basil and shrimp for when cherry tomatoes and basil are taking over the garden. Quick and easy, absolutely the best homemade summer pasta sauce ever! Shrimp Pomodoro “ Umido di Gamberi al Pomodoro Piccante “ like shrimp scampi but better, the magic of this dish comes from lots of garlic (no onions), red pepper flakes and freshly squeezed lemon juice combined together with those fresh tomato juices. Capellini noodles, also known as angel ...
Vegetarian Kale Soup Recipe
A healthy, good for you, easy vegetarian kale soup that is loaded with nutrition and pureed into a smooth bowl of goodness! Simply replace the dairy with coconut cream and keep it vegan If you prefer. Kale Soup Supernatural spinach, kale, a zucchini for body and texture, together with a bunch of herbs and a little kick from green chili peppers make this soup simply perfect! Feel free to add a cup of cooked quinoa at the end to make a meal of things, more like a hearty stew. I suspect this ...
Sauteed Chicken Livers in White Wine
Nutrition packed sauteed chicken livers in a leek white wine sauce, the absolute best chicken livers recipe! Sauteed chicken livers it’s what’s for dinner kids! Absolutely channeling grandpa today, because the day we had sauteed chicken livers was a really special day. It was a true delicacy back in the day, and in the peasant's life this was the equal of your finest grass-fed fillet mignon today. Not even kidding about that, sauteed chicken livers in white wine leaves a gravy behind you'll ...
Roasted Tomato Soup Recipe
A rustic Italian roasted tomato soup recipe made with the last of summer's heirloom tomatoes, slowly roasted with garlic, onions and a splash of white wine! This roasted tomato soup recipe kids, ahhh! But before I even dive into telling you about how I could eat this each day every day, spring, summer, fall and winter until the end of time, I’ll rewind a little to explain how this actually came to be. To make my recipe make some sense, you'll need to rewind a couple of weeks back. My ...
Ricotta Frittata Recipe
Ricotta Frittata or "Frittata e Ricotta" , a one pan Italian omelette, an easy dish of leftovers meant to feed a crowd, started on the stove top in your cast iron skillet and finished in the oven. Just because it is made up of leftovers, a frittata recipe doesn’t mean it is allowed to be a mediocre meal. Au contraire kids, a good ricotta frittata is supposed to be like a fluffy cloud made of custard and filled with tiny pockets of delicious surprises. Creamy ricotta and sweet ...
Eggs In Purgatory Recipe (Uova in Purgatorio)
Sicilian Eggs In Hell, eggs in purgatory or Uova in Purgatorio, rustic Italian eggs cooked in a spicy arrabiata tomato sauce with a parsley pesto drizzle. A peasant dish easily made for one, two or for a crowd, this rustic meal is ideally served over creamy polenta or with Italian bruschetta to mop up all that sauce and creamy yolks. This is what happens when I have any leftover Arrabiata sauce, hence the term eggs in hell, that sauce needs to be on fire! Can you handle the heat?! If not, ...