Food

I know I promised some recipes for traditional Italian Easter desserts; I’ll be working on those over the weekend and next week.  In the meantime, I’m going to be adding some recipes for some of the cookies I made for …

If you’re an Italian-Sunday dinner traditionalist, this may not be for you.  For one, these meatballs are made with ground turkey.  And I don’t fry them; these are baked.  Plus I add a little sumthin’ sumthin’ to them that gives …

A friend/husband’s co-worker posted this recipe to my Facebook page recently.  I took it as a subtle hint that, if I should happen to try out the recipe, he wouldn’t mind sampling one or two.  So I …

Even as I’m typing this, I’m thinking, “this may seem pretty boring”.   Banana bread?  Yawwnnnn.  It’s not as exciting as, say, the RnR March Madness going on the next page!  (Have you voted yet??)  

I’m working on some new recipes …

I’m not a new parent but I’ve just learned what could be consider one of the most basic, common-sensical  parenting techniques when it comes to food – have your child cook with you.  They’ll be more apt to eat it!    …

My sister-in-law and I spent a Saturday evening recently – after all the kids were in bed (between the 2 of us, there are 6 kids under the age of 10!) – just watching hours of The Cooking Channel and …

A frittata is an Italian omelet that typically combines eggs, vegetables, occasionally meats, and cheeses.  Unlike an “American omelet” where the eggs are usually folded around the filling, the ingredients in a frittata are all combined and cooked together, like …

“Research tells us 14 out of any 10 individuals likes chocolate!”

Haven’t gotten your honey a gift yet?  Surprise him or her with these home baked treats: dark chocolate-covered strawberries and spicy dark chocolate brownies.

Spicy Chocolate  …