Easy Honey Balsamic Chicken that is made with chicken thighs and a fruity raspberry balsamic vinegar marinade, for the loveliest sweet and sour flavors. Started in my cast iron skillet and finished in the oven with roasted butternut squash. These honey balsamic chicken thighs are everything you guys! Easy, flavorful and nutritious, you really can’t beat this weeknight dinner. Simply whisk up a honey balsamic marinade, and while you cut up the butternut squash the chicken thighs will ...
Italian Dinner Recipes
Puttanesca Sauce Recipe
An authentic spaghetti alla Puttanesca Sauce recipe or Suggo all Puttanesca, made with anchovies, capers and black olives. A favorite classic Italian pasta dish! So what is Puttanesca sauce or Suggo all Puttanesca ? An incredibly flavorful, traditional Southern Italian tomato sauce “ in the style of a prostitute” , dating back to the 20th century. How is that for a history lesson ? You are welcome kids ;) Traditionally served with spaghetti, the sauce gets its flavor from lots of garlic, ...
Grilled Fig and Goat Cheese Pizza Recipe
Easy grilled fig and goat cheese pizza made with my rustic thin crust pizza dough, creamy whipped goat cheese, sweet fresh purple figs and caramelized onions. If your taste buds are into purple figs and goat cheese, and you fancy pizza as much as i do, then i got us the loveliest grilled fig pizza appetizer today! I am on a goat cheese kick right now, it started with the goat cheese crostini and tomato tart, and I simply can’t get enough. Also, it so happens that fig harvest is here. ...
Frutti di Mare Recipe ( Seafood Spaghetti )
The ultimate spaghetti Frutti di Mare recipe, made with baby clams, mussels, squid and shrimp in a thick red Arrabiata sauce. Fra Diavolo style seafood spaghetti, better than your favorite Italian restaurant. A very popular Italian pasta dish meaning " fruit of the sea ", made with the freshest seafood you can get your hands on. This fancy looking dinner is one of the easiest, most impressive meals you can have on the table in 30 minutes on a Tuesday. I swear on my saffron! I chose wild ...
Best Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers Recipe
Hands down the best vegetarian stuffed peppers recipe ever, easy, hearty and healthy made with wild mushrooms and arborio risotto rice Italian style. Cooked in a San Marzano tomato sauce, can be finished on the stove top, in the oven or even your crock pot. You guys, I’m just here to talk about what is the best stuffed peppers recipe of all time! I swear on my saffron, they are irresistible! I totally realize the thermometer shows like 95”F outside, but seriously, who doesn’t love good ...
Italian Steak Recipe -Palermo Style
A Palermo Style Italian Steak Recipe or Bistecche alla Palermitana. A perfectly grilled rib-eye steak topped with a salty crunchy mixture of garlicky capers over a bed of wine broiled tomatoes. Finally I got the Italian Steak of your dreams! I’m serious, been meaning to post this since we got back from Sicily, because duhh, Palermo-Style Italian Steak is a thing around there ! First let me just say: I miss Palermo, the poster child for the perfection of imperfection, we really had a thing ...
Ricotta Meatballs Recipe
These ricotta meatballs swimming in a classic arrabbiata sauce made with the finest San Marzano tomatoes are everythiiiiing! Fluffy and moist, the absolute best Italian meatballs recipe ever! Served with spaghetti, linguine, rigatoni or bruschetta, the only question is: can you handle this? They are simply Italian beef meatballs with ricotta cheese inside the mix to make them extra magical. You already know I can’t bake a great thing without ricotta, and I don’t mean just muffins ...
Autumn Salad Recipe with Roasted Butternut Squash
The best autumn salad recipe, highlighting fall produce like roasted butternut squash, beets and brussel sprouts on a bed of heirloom black rice dressed in a citrusy blood orange vinaigrette. | Food style by: Florentina | Food Photo by: MihaMatei.com | The perfect autumn inspired salad to feed a crowd and a staple at our Thanksgiving / Friendsgiving dinner party. As soon as the temperatures drop and it is bearable to blast my oven, the harvest vegetable roasting begins. From butternut ...
Squid Ink Linguine and Clams Recipe
The linguine and clams recipe you need in your life: squid Ink linguine pasta in a garlic and herb white wine sauce Sicilian style. Insane! I’ve been waiting since Sicily to share this linguine and clam sauce recipe with you! Because I just had to have the wild baby clams in here and that was the hold up. Extra garlicky in a white wine clam and lemon sauce, please don’t fight over this you guys. For my entire Sicily travel adventure this summer, I ate some variation of this dish like ...
Italian Beef Stew Recipe
A rustic Italian beef stew recipe or " Stufato di Manzo " with red wine gravy, tomatoes, mushrooms and potatoes. Italy in a pot! Who’s bringing the wine ? I used all mine in the stew, so it is a drunkard style dinner tonight! Just like in the case of a rugu alla Bolognese, there are endless variations of Italian beef stew recipes as well. From family to family, from region to region, from one season to the next, this one pot wonder changes like a chameleon. I sure do hope that makes ...