Photo Source: Liv Life What is more pure and economical than “homemade?” By making your own “anything” you are placing a part of yourself into your creation. We’ve all heard the term “made with love.” So, when you prepare your creations you are indeed infusing it with your own personal energy! Speaking of “infusions” here’s a…
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Pasta alla Puttanesca “Una Pentola” One Pot
The history of pasta Puttanesca carries many colorful Italian folk tales (Refer to my prior post) This slightly salty, piquant tomato sauce is full of flavors that will certainly pique your culinary senses. Don’t allow the use of anchovies to scare you away—this sauce tastes nothing like fish. Their use simply enhances the delicious tangy flavors. Puttanesca…
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…
Capers: More Than Mere Adventures! When & Why to Use this Highly Under-rated Little Green Orb…
Capers are a tasty pungent additive or seasoning for many Italian, Mediterranean and French dishes. Many Foodies are simply crazy about the flavor that they impart. Caper berries are mainly olive green in color and are about the size of a small pea. Usually available in a pickled form, capers are an important commercial plant…
20 Minute Creamy Easy Peasy One Pot Stove Top Macaroni & Cheese with Ham
This is a very basic and easy, creamy macaroni and cheese recipe made in one pot on your stove-top in minutes! Perfect for quick lunches or dinners and fun to make too! Add some coleslaw or a small salad and a slice of bread or biscuit and there you have it! One quick scrumptious meal…
How Many Cups in a Gallon? How Do I Go Gluten Free? Ready to Convert? Conversion Charts 411 & 101
I began today’s offering with a noble intent; to help all of you reading take the guess work out of your cooking adventures. How many times have you wondered how many teaspoons were in a tablespoon? Or quarts in a gallon? Is my baking pan the right size? The charts are endless, but necessary when…
Savory Bacon Cheddar Jalapeno Herb Scones—Super Simple & Superb!
Savory scones you say? Absolutely! Packed with cheesy, spicy, herby flavor! Perfect with soup, stew, salad & pasta. Serves as handy little sandwich breads as well. Fun to make so include your loved ones or even those you would like to become your loved ones…baking makes fine friends 😉 Ingredients 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour…
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…
Guest Chef Wednesday! Jamie & Jana’s Roasted/Braised “Chicken in Milk”
As Jamie Oliver states in the introduction of the recipe, “A slightly odd, but really fantastic combination that must be tried.” This couldn’t be more true! Furthermore, who doesn’t love roasted chicken? It’s one of my family’s favorite weekend dinners of choice. When my friend and Once Upon a Spice follower, Jana Young Baron introduced…
Three “C” Oatmeal Pecan Cremes
This is the product of accidentally sticking my finger in the center of a cookie while removing them from the oven. A marred cookie remains one unless you fill it. So, a light bulb went off and I told myself “fill them with butter cream frosting!” These delicious little bites quickly became a household and…
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