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Honey Balsamic Chicken Thighs Recipe with Butternut Squash ( Easy )

Honey Balsamic Chicken Thighs

September 29, 2016 by Florentina 1 Comment

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 ...

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Puttanesca Sauce Recipe Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

Puttanesca Sauce Recipe

September 24, 2016 by Florentina 22 Comments

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, ...

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Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe Italian

Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe ( Italian )

September 2, 2016 by Florentina 2 Comments

Stuffed Tomatoes or Pomodori alla Lucani, a lovely Italian dish from Basilicata made of baked sweet tomatoes stuffed with a toasted bread crumb and pine nuts mixture. I have the loveliest Italian stuffed tomatoes recipe for us today. You guys, I just can’t let go of the tomatoes season quite yet, especially as we just harvested a nice batch of grandpa’s heirlooms. We’ve been living on his cucumber tomato salad all summer long, but to make a meal of things I decided to stuff some as well. There ...

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Seafood Spaghetti Recipe ( Spaghetti Frutti di Mare )

Frutti di Mare Recipe ( Seafood Spaghetti )

August 2, 2016 by Florentina 23 Comments

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 ...

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Best Stuffed Peppers Recipe

Best Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers Recipe

July 20, 2016 by Florentina 34 Comments

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 ...

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Italian Steak Recipe

Italian Steak Recipe -Palermo Style

December 21, 2015 by Florentina 27 Comments

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 ...

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Ricotta Meatballs Recipe in Arrabiata Sauce

Ricotta Meatballs Recipe

November 30, 2015 by Florentina 65 Comments

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 ...

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Autumn Salad Recipe

Autumn Salad Recipe with Roasted Butternut Squash

November 8, 2015 by Florentina 39 Comments

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 ...

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Squid Ink linguine and clams recipe

Squid Ink Linguine and Clams Recipe

October 25, 2015 by Florentina 7 Comments

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 ...

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Italian Beef Stew Recipe

Italian Beef Stew Recipe

September 29, 2015 by Florentina 27 Comments

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 ...

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