French Avocado Egg Salad–Simple Heavenly Spread Between Bread

This humble sandwich is delicatessen worthy, hands down. The simple pairing of the two basic main, but essential ingredients is a sandwich shoppe match made in heaven. The soft buttery texture and flavor of avocados blends perfectly with the creaminess of the eggs and mayo. The remainder of the ingredients compliment, simply. This undemanding spread…

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Guest Chef Wednesday! Miriam Shěn’s Delectable 15 minute Egg Fried Rice

Today’s beautiful recipe is compliments of my dear friend Miriam Shěn. She and I met years ago in college and our bond was instant and permanent. Among many similarities, we share the same passions about our family’s cultures and deep love of cooking. Miriam is Japanese American by culture, but met her husband, a native…

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Guest Chef Wednesday! Ree’s Baked Eggs in Hash Brown Nests

These delicious nestled eggs along side biscuits and sausage gravy are heaven on a plate! Add some sliced fruit of choice and you can call this one hearty breakfast, brunch or dinner! Fun and easy to make. Baking the potatoes in the microwave speeds up the process. This recipe makes 24 nests, but you can…

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Rustic Sicilian Godfather’s Pasta Rags “Una Pentola” One Pot

Today’s offering is yet another Una Pentola (One Pot) pasta dish. Which interestingly uses the wide, flat, luscious and highly underrated pasta rag from yesterday’s post. The options are as endless as the wind blows so I decided to “ripetere” (repeat) the recipe…kind of. 🙂 This time I chose to use Sicilian sausage for the…

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Pasta alla Carbonara Una Pentola: “One Pot”

We all know what pasta embodies, but have you ever wondered what “carbonara” means? Carbonaro means charcoal in Italian, but to this day, the connection to this savory, flavorsome dish remains uncertain. Some food historians believe this pasta may have been popular among charcoal makers working in the Apennine Mountains; or perhaps it is called…

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Italian Bacon & Egg Pasta with Tomatoes & Kale

Una Pentola (One-Pot) Bacon & Egg Pasta with Tomatoes & Kale Another perfect, simple, quick, easy and flavorful example of “Northern Italian Peasant” food at it’s finest! This recipe was inspired by my Mama Carmela’s love of fresh field greens. At the first sight of mustard greens, she would gather her tools and the hunt…

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