A dish so dastardly decadent that it can only be consumed a couple of times per year!! This is the plight of the delicious and delightful Easy Au Gratin Potatoes! The ultimate in special occasion only food. Hey, Thanksgiving is tomorrow! It's Easy Au Gratin Potatoes time again!!! Seemingly simple to make, but the secret is creating a bechamel sauce first. Then adding the cheese to melt. ...
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Italian Beef Braciole
Winter holiday time is really my favorite time to cook. The weather gets a little chillier, the food gets a little heartier. One thing I don't make much during the warm months is the all day slow cooked Sunday tomato sauce with meat. Well that changes once the Fall arrives. And when I decide to cook the Sunday sauce, Italian Beef Braciole is definitely going on the menu. My family and I are big ...
Italian Style Meatloaf
Every dad needs to have a can't fail meatloaf recipe. When it's time to cook dinner for your family, having a go to recipe for meatloaf is indispensable. Meatloaf is one of those simple and universal comfort foods that most people have tried and enjoyed over the years. My parents definitely had meatloaf solidly in the dinner rotation growing up. Now my kids get to enjoy it too. This Italian Style ...
Spicy Pasta
With this simple Spicy Pasta recipe, you can wow your family with dinner in mere minutes, and tingle their tastebuds while you do it. Italians call this an arrabbiata sauce, translated to angry sauce. Many people when they make pasta with tomato sauce think that once the basic sauce is done they just have to add it to the pasta and the work is done. But there is so much creativity and ...
Peppermint Cannolis
As previously stated, cannolis are probably my favorite dessert. It doesn't get much better than a delicious cannoli shell filled with amazing tasting cannoli cream with the subtle hints of orange zest, cinnamon, and vanilla. Now, let's think about what we can do to Christmas up the cannoli a little bit? The answer is hopefully obvious. Behold, the peppermint cannoli! A word about cannoli ...
Creamy Cannoli Pie with Salted Caramel
Cannolis are probably my favorite dessert. Here in the South you don't find cannolis in a lot of places, so it is pretty exciting when you can find them. And if you love cannolis it is fun to try to learn how to make them. Particularly when the holidays are upon us, I am all about the cannolis. What is a holiday dinner with no dessert, and no cannolis!? It just doesn't get much better than the ...
Classic Fettuccine Alfredo
Okay, this is my simple take on the simple Italian pasta dish fettuccine alfredo. The story goes that fettuccine alfredo was invented in the early 20th century by an Italian restaurateur by the name of Alfredo Di Lelio. Mr. Di Lelio's alfredo sauce is a mixture of butter and parmesan cheese. Certainly this was not the first invention of pasta with butter and parmesan cheese, as this was described ...
Pappa Al Pomodoro Soup
This is a fun and simple recipe for some super fresh and delicious Pappa al Pomodoro soup. To me, October through February is the prime soup season! And this soup will not disappoint!! You don't generally see this soup on a restaurant menu, but believe you me, this is about as classic Italian soup as you can find. Pappa al Pomodoro translates into English a tomato mush, and that is exactly what ...