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Chicken, Italian, Main

Lidia Love

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Today, please check out an amazing Lidia Bastianich recipe: Breast of Chicken in a Light Lemon-Herb Sauce. I make this all the time. You can set all the components up in advance, and then bake it when it’s getting close to din din time. Yeah. You heard me. I said, “din din.” […]

American, Main, Meat

Comfort Food: Turkey Meatloaf

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Meatloaf is not glamourous or gorgeous, but it sure is good. I made mine with ground turkey, but you could easily use this recipe with ground beef or the traditional meatloaf mix of ground beef, pork and veal. This loaf gains all of its flavor from the first part: Sauteeing […]

Italian, Main, Meat, Pasta

Mommom Sacco’s Meatballs

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I live in a land of meatballs and sauce or gravy (whichever vernacular you prefer), but honestly I will only eat meatballs made by my fam. I am a snob like that 100 percent. Ain’t no shame in my game. Now, if you asked me for my Mommom Sacco’s recipe […]

Baking, Italian, Main, Pizza, Vegetarian

Old-Fashioned Sicilian Tomato Pie

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Old-fashioned tomato pie is totally a thing in South Jersey and Philadelphia. Pizza shops and bakeries all over the region have their own versions. This one uses fresh plum tomatoes in the sauce. So I’m definitely making this on heavy rotation when it’s peak Jersey tomato season. This dough comes […]

French, Main

Lemon Chicken with Croutons

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This is currently a favorite dinner for my husband and son: Lemon Chicken with Croutons. It is from one of my most beloved Barefoot Contessa cookbooks: “Barefoot in Paris.” Perhaps it’s my love of all things French from the style to the art to the oldness to the chicness, but […]