My mom is French. My dad is Italian. I am a chaotic mixture of the both and love crossing these cultures in the dishes I create. Meet Fretalian Onion Soup…a progeny of the ever-so-loved French onion soup…made with an Italian twist. Thus…FRE-TALIAN. This is, hands down, one of my most favorite Tiny Kitchen recipes. It…
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Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms
Omaha, Set, Hut. While Peyton Manning may not be in this year’s Big Game, you’ll still be screaming TOUCHDOWN after scoring big with these Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms! Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms…the perfect appetizer!
Homemade Balsamic Glaze
This is a great finishing glaze for tons of recipes, from appetizers to main courses.
The Best Tomato Sauce Ever!
Isn’t it great when the Best Tomato Sauce Ever happens to also be the easiest! You’ve got an hour. You’re hungry. Let’s Eat!
Oven-Roasted Beet Salad
New Year, New You! I think I’ve heard that in at least a dozen advertisements and it’s only the second week of January. Everyone is starting fresh in 2017…and with that comes the usual New Year’s resolution to eat healthier and to get back into working out. Well, I can’t help you with the working…
Broiled Cod with Roasted Red Pepper Coulis
KEY LARGO (AP) – On January 4, 2016, less than one year ago today, Fucci caught his first fish. It might as well have been an AP Newswire release, because I can tell you, it’s not for want or lack of trying over the years that this was my first real catch. (To you avid…
Sautéed Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles)
Sautéed Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) are fun to say and easy to make. They’re a perfect side dish that pairs well with anything from fish to meat.
Presto! Pesto!
Don’t ask me why, but for some reason, some members of my “so-called” Italian family—who shall remain nameless—don’t like garlic. Simply shameful. To be totally accurate, let me qualify that a bit…or justify it as they do…they don’t like “too much garlic.” Now, where that falls on the scale of how much is too much…
Broasted Truffle-Smacked Brussel Sprouts
Poor Brussel Sprouts. They always get a bad rap. But then again, so did Kale…and look at where it’s at these days. It went from a garnish on a cafeteria’s Blue Plate special to sitting on some of the fanciest menus in the World. It’s even taken potato chips to task as a healthy snacking alternative….
Beer Bread
Bread. Bread. Bread. Just saying the word makes me happy. There is nothing like the smell of fresh bread filling the house (or apartment, in my case). But who has time to bake fresh bread these days??? Umm….YOU DO! I do. We all do with THIS recipe. And once you try it, I guarantee you…
Drunken Turkey Sandwich
A few years back, I was on a plane to Colorado, traveling home with a friend to visit my family for Thanksgiving. I remember during the flight, we came to the realization that Halloween had the corner on the market when it comes to good holiday jokes and that there are no really good Thanksgiving…