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Chicken Spiedini
Don’t you love dishes that sound difficult and complex but are really simple and easy to make? I do, I do!! This is one of those dishes. I mean if you tell people you are making chicken spiedini, they are like, wow, what’s that? Then you make it and it is ridiculously easy, but packs a huge punch of flavor! Amazing!! What is Chicken Spiedini? In Italian Spiedini means skewers. So essentially these are fancy chicken skewers. Yet, doesn’t it sound so much better to say spiedini? LOL Classically, chicken spiedini is lightly breaded and then skewered and grilled. In the version I am giving you today, I have lightened it up a…
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Farro Salad
This salad is light, delicious and perfect as a side dish or light lunch. It accompanies heavier dishes like steaks and chops as well as a light piece of grilled chicken. You can also make this for lunch and have a satisfying and delightful day! What is Farro? Farro is actually not only one ancient grain, yet three. We mostly see it used in Italian cooking. In Italian Farro means, “ancient wheat grain”. It has been around for so many years and like so many other things are really making a comeback. People are realizing that it has a beautiful depth of flavor and can go with so many different flavor combinations. In…
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Creamy Pasta Alfredo with Broccoli
I seriously dream about this pasta. Do you ever daydream about food? Or sit at work and crave what you are going to have for dinner that night. Well, this is one of those dishes. It is creamy, yet light and it satisfies every craving, want and desire I could have for a dinner. It also really helps that it is quick and easy to make a mom-win with getting the kiddos to eat broccoli! Like they wolf it down! Seriously. How to get a light Alfredo sauce This is the thing that can make or bring your alfredo sauce. Have you ever had a gloppy, thick, way too heavy alfredo sauce? It…
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Pork Saltimbocca
You are probably asking, “Wait, pork? Isn’t this dish usually veal saltimbocca?” The answer would be, “Yes, it usually is!” However, two things happened to me when I decided I wanted to make saltimbocca. One was that the store did not have the veal I wanted and two was that I really had a taste for saltimbocca. I had the Fontina and the prosciutto already at my house. Already I had it in my head that I was going to make saltimbocca and then I wanted it. I am sure that this has happened to all of you. Yet, I went to the store and they did not have the veal I…
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Pasta with Shrimp and Broccoli
This recipe is a total staple in our house. It is such a quick and easy weeknight meal, but has the feel of a fancy restaurant or weekend meal. My Dad started making this dish for us about 20-25 years ago and I fell in love with it then. I know make it for my family and they too have fallen in love. This is the perfect dish to make all one meal and customize if you need to. For example, this original dish has crushed red pepper flake in it. I omit that for the girls, but add it back in for me and the hubs. I also omit the shrimp…
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No Knead Bread
I have never really gotten into baking bread very much. I have played with it here or there, but never really gotten into it big time. Mainly because it is usually time consuming and technical. Meaning that you usually need to let it rise and knead and rise again and knead again. Then you need to either shape it just right and rise again. Then bake it at different temperatures throughout the process or exactly just right. Sometimes you need to spray the oven for moisture. I mean, it is a LOT of work usually. Then I heard about this bread that you do not have to knead, at all! You do not…
