On a cold rainy day, their is nothing better then coming home to a bowl of hot hearty soup. It warms you from the inside out. Especially Minestrone Soup. It is loaded with vegetables and the perfect amount of pasta. It not only warms you up, but it fills you up as well. Minestrone Soup […]
There is nothing better then the smell and taste of fresh picked strawberries. Every year in late Spring I always look forward to going to the local strawberry picking farm and spending an hour or two just filling our strawberry baskets with the sweetest berries that you could possibly imagine. On the way home, with […]
Growing up in an Italian household, Amaretti cookies were a common thing to see on our holiday table. Whenever I make them it brings back memories of seeing my parents and grandparents sitting at our long dinning room table drinking espresso from little demitasse cups while we as kids would run around, stopping every once […]
For my kids, their was nothing better then coming home from a long day at school to the smell of Oatmeal Raisin Cookies baking. With their crispy exterior and their soft chewy centers, I could always get them to smile no matter how hard their day was. When I baked these the other day, my […]
If your family loves Chicken Parmesan like my family does, then they will love these Rollatini’s. Stuffed with mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan, spinach and sun dried tomatoes and topped with sauce and more cheese how can you go wrong. Rollatini’s to me are like Italian comfort food. They are perfect for the average weekday meal or […]
Every year when the winter doldrums have set in, I start counting the days till I see the first buds peaking through the ground. You know the first pop of color from the crocus and daffodils, there green leaves poking out even if there may be so remnants of snow scattered about. Then finally the […]
If your looking for a one pot easy weekday meal, look no further. Lasagna soup is the way to go. It has all the yummy flavors of lasagna without all the hassle. I must say it is one of my family’s favorites. How can it not be, its cheese saucy pasta with tons of flavor. […]
I don’t know about you but on a cold winter day all I want is comfort food. Chicken with forty cloves of garlic just screams comfort to me. The best part is it doesn’t take hours to prepare. This classic French country dish is perfect for a weeknight dinner or a elegant dinner party, giving […]
You know when you have those last two bananas that look less then appealing and because of that no one will eat them? Well that same situation just happened in my house. I refused to let them go to waste, but I didn’t want to make plain old banana bread. I wanted to jazz it […]
You might say Oatmeal cookies don’t get chocolate chips, and where are the raisins? Espresso powder in Oatmeal cookies, that makes no sense, but let me put an end to your doubt. These cookies are a great combination of Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookie and an Oatmeal Cookie. There crispy on the outside and chewy on […]