Category Archives: Recipes

Baked Chicken and Asparagus over Polenta

Want something different for dinner tonight? About a month ago, I came across this new pantry stock item that I found in our local grocery store.  It was on sale so I stocked up.  For those of you who have … Continue reading

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Saffron Baked Sole on a Bed of Basmati and Kale Rice

Hi my ItalianSisters friends.  Today’s dish is Saffron baked sole on a bed of basmati and kale rice.  While not necessarily an Italian recipe, it is a concoction of mine, so it totally belongs here.  This is one of those … Continue reading

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Tomato Vegetable Orzotto with Red Wine

Orzotto is an Italian dish similar to rizotto but made with pearl barley instead of rice.   If you are used to making rizotto with arborio rice, you will notice the difference as orzotto tends to not be as laborious. … Continue reading

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Princess Dress Cupcake Cake

Simple and Easy to Make Princess Dress Cupcake Cake     The Princess Dress Cupcake Cake is a perfect dessert for a baby shower or little girl’s birthday party.  You will need thirty five cupcakes to construct the dress as … Continue reading

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Upside Down Pineapple Cake

   All too often I hear people say, “Oh I can cook but I can’t bake” or vice versa…and for some, we may feel like imposters in the kitchen when we attempt to try our hand at culinary baking skills.  … Continue reading

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Best Tiramisu Recipe

I’ve searched high and low to try to find a ‘mascarpone-less’ recipe for Tiramisu.  Tiramisu is Italian for ‘pull me up’, which literally translated, means “pick me up”. After much searching, I found some recipes with combinations of cream cheese … Continue reading

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Vegan Chocolate Cake

“Oh Mom, vegan food can be quite delicious you know”? From the time I first started introducing foods to my daughter many years ago, she had a violent distaste for meat.  I tried Gerber starter meats in a jar, I … Continue reading

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Everything you see I owe to Spaghetti…(Sophia Loren)

“Everything you see, I owe to Spaghetti”..(Sophia Loren) If you hadn’t already noticed, my banner picture on this blog is a photo of ‘Sophia Loren’ and her sister ‘Anna Maria Scicolone’. Sophia is the profiled blonde on the left who’s … Continue reading

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Zucchini Flowers

Fried zucchini flowers are one of those delicacies that remind me of summer picnics when I was a kid. It seems so stereotypical but most Italians I know, recall the large family picnics at the beach, where every ‘mother’ among the … Continue reading

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Calabrese Rice Croquettes

Calabria is the region of Italy, located  in the south west part of the country, at the very toe of the boot. You may have heard it said that each region has versions of the same dishes, with either slight … Continue reading

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