Glazed Smoked Salmon at its Finest! Get to know your food: Did you know that salmon is considered anadromous: born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, and then return to fresh water to reproduce? They maintain one color when living in fresh water, then change color when they are in salt water. Good to…
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Magic Dust aka Steak Rub & Herb Butter-Rare, Medium or Well?
I call the incredible concoction encrusted on this gorgeous steak “Magic Dust” It’s an exceptionally delicious and simple steak rub that tastes like your local steakhouse’s—maybe even better! This pleasingly powerful powder has the ability to turn a naked steak into a culinary masterpiece! Rib eye is my choice, but most any marbleized cut will suffice. Also,…
Fat Tire Amber Ale BBQ Grilled Chicken
Grilled Fat Tire Amber Ale BBQ Chicken It’s Fire Up the Grill Week at Once Upon a spice & I wanted to kick it off with a quintessential summertime meal–the perfect trio! The chicken and corn can be prepared on the grill and the macaroni salad made the day before. No Stove-top Heat Necessary! The…
Sicilian Sausage Alfredo & Italian Cheese Braided Pizza Bread
Another Saturday (or any) Night Special at home! I’ve converted my Mama Carmela’s ham bread recipe into a “busy chef” version using Alfredo sauce as the base and also for dipping. If you want to simplify the process, pop on over to your nearest pizza shoppe. Most pizzerias will sell pounds of their dough to…
Quick, Fast, Easy & Foolproof 30 Minute Pizza Dough
Super Quick Pizza Dough Since we’re in Pizza week here at Once Upon a Spice I wanted to share a very tasty Pizzaria style dough that’s ready to top in about 30 minutes! This soft pillowy base works wonderfully for Quick, Fast, Easy and Delicious pizza, stuffed breads, calzones and stromboli. So easy to put…
Quattro Formaggi Pizza Margherita
It’s Pizza Week here at Once Upon a Spice and I wanted to begin by sharing the simple, but amazingly impressive Pizza Margherita. PLEASE NOTE: This pie is no slouch! The intense flavors of this remarkable, straightforward, herb-filled, cheesy, molten, pie of love can stand up to any meat-packed version. The marriage of the essence of these…
Breakfast Pizza: Greens Eggs & Ham-Paleo & Traditional Recipes
Paleo is the ultimate “go to” way of eating these days. So, I’ve decided to convert as many of my recipes into Paleo versions as possible. However, I will also add the traditional recipes as well for the “non-Paleo crowd. 2 in 1! My promise to you: These Paleo recipes will not be slight…
Tuscana Quattro Formaggi Red Pepper & Olive Pasta with Basil Cream One Pot!
Tuscan food, by tradition, is light, appetizing and extremely colorful. Feel free to experiment with any foods that fit into the latter category. Not a fan of olives? Use roasted eggplant! Want more veggies? Add roasted asparagus, chopped cherry tomatoes, zucchini–the list is endless! Create, Create! Here’s my version of a lighter, but very satisfying…
Chili & Pasta? Cincinnati Skyline Chili One of Ohio’s Finest! And a little history
A much-deserved repeat for pasta week! Skyline Chili! Growing up in our conventional Italian household, serving this type of sauce over pasta was unheard of–bordering blasphemous! Yet, I can still remember the first time I experienced this incredible, piquant potion poured over pasta—brimming with beans and golden cheeses and spiked with red onions. Heaven! I knew…
Pasta Alla Puttanesca Una Pentola-One Pot!
Una Pentola One Pot! The featured photo with Brio displayed on the plate of the cascading Puttanesca is not my own, but it is my namesake so I simply had to share 🙂 The history of pasta Puttanesca carries many colorful Italian folk tales. This slightly salty, piquant pasta sauce is full of flavors that…
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