Recipes tagged with: Italian

This is a perfect side with any dish or add as many vegetables you want to make it a meal.  You can either add your favorite flavor profile; Italian, Asian, Indian, Mexican, etc...   

I love to make a big batch and scoop out servings during the week. Just warm and enjoy (or eat cold)

In our modern age you can now find riced cauliflower in the freezer section and ready to go.  Or you can pick up a head of cauliflower and rice yourself.  

I just love meatballs and these are a prefect spring dinner.  I served over sautéed spinach and OMG amazing!

These were ready in 30 minutes and a perfect 1 pot dinner!

Enjoy

My family loves when I let them know we are having Chicken Parmesan for dinner! It's funny because many times when we go out to dinner my husband will order Chicken Parmesan then say, "that is not as good as your".  I always ask him why he orders it when we both know he won't like it!  

I love my chicken very thin for cutlets and therefore for parmesan.  I hope you love my chicken parmesan.  It's so easy to make your own tomato sauce - here is my recipe!

Enjoy

OMG is my first reaction!  I love chicken saltimbocca but you need to make it and eat immediately and I decided to make it an entire day in advance and this was simply amazing.

My husband does not like the word meatloaf!  However every time I make him one he loves it including this recipe.  I used all of the ingredients as my Chicken Saltimbocca but used ground chicken.  Enjoy this delicious Paleo dish today (or tomorrow).  

As you can see from the photo I made 2 individual loafs and it was perfect.  You can make just one or even 4 mini loafs!  You pick..

Here are all of the ingredients you will need to prepare this dish!

A simple dish can be the perfect romantic dinner for 2 or a quick dish for a family dinner.  Many Italian dishes are very simple yet extremely flavorful. 

You need 2 pans and less then 1 hour to prep, cook, set the table and enjoy this dinner!  This is quick and easy for a weeknight dinner or perfect for entertaining. Just add a fresh green salad to complete this dish.

Making a torte is one of my favorites.  The name sounds fancy and they look so beautiful on a cake stand.  I love the combination of chocolate and almonds in this torte, served with a glass of red wine sitting by the fire.  The perfect sweet ending!

You can also find this recipe in my cookbook:

Great make-ahead appetizer for you next dinner party!

These are perfect for any entertaining!  These will go fast so make plenty!  I serve out of the pot with toothpicks next to them for easy serving.

This recipe was inspired by Alex Guarnaschelli while i was watching the food network during the Thanksgiving weekend.  I just love cauliflower and have an herb garden which includes parsley therefore this recipe was created!  I also always have canned coconut milk on hand for my smoothies.  

During her segment she suggested the cauliflower be marinated for at least 2 hours.  I marinated for exactly 2 hours.  She said it could be marinated overnight and I don't think that's a great idea because I marinated one overnight at first and the coconut over powered the other favors so this recipe is my #2 cauliflower.

I was home alone for a few days after Thanksgiving and made this for me.  It lasted me several meals and I enjoyed every bite.  My parsley pesto is more like a dressing then a pesto.

Enjoy!

This recipe is not only delicious, but beautiful to the eye! Italians do eat with their eyes but if it looks beautiful, we know it will taste wonderful! You can use cod, haddock, flounder, or any other white flaky fish for this recipe. I just love the spinach, garlic, and combination of herbs to make this a perfect dinner!

A huge thank you to City Fish as they provided all of the seafood for my.  

This is my holiday fake out! My family loves this dish but don't realize its cauliflower.  I add in lots of garlic and being Italian we enjoy freshly grated parmesan cheese.  You can certainly omit if you wish!

You may also find this recipe in my cookbook: .

We have been on the go for all of December and tonight I felt like a comfort salmon dish.  I am starting HEWfit in a few weeks and decided salmon and pasta was a perfect dinner for us.  As an Italian pasta was always a frequent visitor but over the past several years it makes a rare appearance.  When we do eat pasta it's a small amount.  Tonight the salmon will be the star but it will be yummy for us to enjoy!  

Go ahead and give this recipe a try!  I bet it would also be great with spaghetti squash too.  

I have found myself to have daily visits to Joseph's Classic Market theses days and creating new recipes.

Not only do we have amazing markets here in Palm Beach Gardens but our farmers markets are spectacular spectacular and only 2 miles from my house each Sunday.  How perfect is that for me!  At the market I always go to Benders tent as they have everything I need and it's fresh.  The prices are great and it's per items so there is no waiting to weigh.  They had cubanella peppers 4 for $1.00.  Of course I got 4 and grilled 2 with our steak dinner.  Looking at the remaining 2 this dish came to me and I served it with sweet potato pasta!  YUMMY Paleo dinner....

I was going through my spices and decided to use Cumin for dinner. I am always going for the Italian spices and thought it was time to switch it up a little. Grabbed a jar of Cumin and Paprika and this is what happened in my kitchen!

PS - We love being back in town and able to shop at the best seafood store around!  

This is another great custard pie recipe that brings back many wonderful memories with my Nana.  Adding pine nuts and almonds brings this custard to a new level perfect for entertaining.

You can also find this recipe in my cookbook: !

I always see deviled eggs at parties and everyone gets so happy as they are popping them into their mouths! I love to take an original receipe and make it look super pretty in a trifle dish! I promise this will be a hit if you bring this to your next party!

This easy recipe is perfect for a weeknight family dinner or even entertaining.

Make this in advance and just warm to enjoy!  xo

This pasta recipe is great for using up leftovers for a quick weeknight dinner! My kids always loved pasta bakes for dinner and so did the entire cheerleading team.. I miss those days..

I just realized that there are a lot of sweet potato recipes on my blog.  I do love sweet potatoes.

This recipes was inspired by a recent trip to Bolder.  My friend Monica and I went out to lunch and they had these hugs sweet potato fritters on the counter with a marshmallow topping.   We each ate one but OMG they were filling and the topping was really sweet.

I decide to make my healthy (Paleo) version.  My husband just loved these and asked me to save 2 for breakfast with his eggs in the morning.  I even gave one to Jake - of course he just loved it too!  

Enjoy!  These are super yummy

PS
I just used one large sweet potato and made about 8 fitters.  Just a FYI

Caponata is a Sicilian dish that was always served as an appetizer.  You can dice it very small and use a dip with endive leaves or prepare chunky.  It is a great accompaniment to many dishes such as a grilled swordfish or over roasted chicken.

My husband was out doing errands on found a farmers market and came home with eggplant.  I love eggplant.  I decided to cook them up francaise style and I made sandwiches with fresh french bread and sliced mozzarella cheese.  Then pressed on as a panini.  Delicious!

I can just eat by drizzling a little EVOO and some fresh basil!  Perfecto....