Latest Recipes

Chicken, Italian, Main

Lidia Love

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.” The recipe is from one of my most prized cookbooks, “Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen.” The recipes are fantastic, and Lidia explains her […]

Soups

Stuffed Pepper Soup with a Healthy Twist

This Stuffed Pepper Soup with Ground Chicken and Farro has all of your fav tastes from stuffed peppers, but it is prepped and cooked in half the time! I use farro – an ancient grain packed with protein and fiber – instead of rice in this pot of yumminess. You can of course use rice, if you choose!  I top my bowl of awesome soup with fresh herbs – basil […]

Appetizers, French

Escargot Go Go

Calling all Francophiles: For reals, escargot may seem way too high falutin to rock out at home, but this dish could not be easier. First of all, you do not need the snail shells that slipped out of Julia Roberts escargot-fine-dining contraption in “Pretty Woman.” Those shells are legit just for show. Escargot are actually sold in cans! You DO need baking ramekins, but even if you don’t have those […]

American, Main, Meat

Comfort Food: Turkey Meatloaf

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 onions, garlic, tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce. Add this to your meat mixture and let it stand in the refrigerator […]

Italian, Main, Meat, Pasta

Mommom Sacco’s Meatballs

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 20 years ago, I would be keeping this under lock and key. But as time has gone on, I realize […]