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Best Pesto Recipe
I love pesto on everything from pasta to sandwiches. In pasta salads or even mixed into an aioli. I also really love to add it to butter and melt it over grilled fish in the Summer time. We are just getting into basil season and if you grow your own, you are going to be looking for something to do with it. I love making this pesto recipe and freezing it in ice cube trays so that I can pop out however much I need depending on what I am going to make with it. Here’s what you need for pesto sauce Basil-This is a great way to use up all of that…
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Homemade Pumpkin Butter
I was trying to think of yummy treats to add into the baskets that I am creating for a local marketplace. These baskets are Thanksgiving hostess baskets and I wanted to have a mix of cool, fun gifts and yummy homemade gifts. I also wanted to make sure that everything that goes into these baskets can be shelf stable and perfect for Fall. So, I decide pumpkin butter was perfect for one of the homemade treats. I love unexpectedly yummy things like this. Fall “Butters” There is no actual butter in Pumpkin butter or Apple butter for that matter. These are increcible spreads that you can enjoy on everything from toasts to pastries.…
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Quick and Simple Apple Topping
Today it definitely started feeling like Fall weather outside. Fall for sure means Pumpkins, warn spices, and APPLES!! Yep, apples are the best in the Fall. Especially if you go apple picking and get them fresh from the tree. I know that we are all looking for fun and easy ways to use up all of those yummy Fall apples and this recipe is super simple and easy. We put it on top of pancakes, Emoji pancakes to be specific! That is all that I am allowed to make in my house these days! Yet, they are perfect on any pancake, french toast, waffle or even on ice cream. This would be incredible…
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Tomato Basil Cream Sauce
We go to a lot of big Italian family parties, (well, pre-Covid we did)! These parties are for baptisms, first birthdays, weddings, baby showers… you know, the BIG events! Being that we are a BIG Italian family we usually have some sort of pasta course at these events. More often than not, it will be vodka sauce, which I love!! My hubs always just wants marinara.. but the girls have grown to really enjoy the vodka sauce,(alcohol cooks out!!)! I normally don’t make other sauces at home because my the hubby doesn’t like the cream sauces. Well, about a month ago we celebrated our wedding anniversary and my mom sent us dinner in…
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Tomato Jam
This tomato jam is ridiculous!! I am not even a big tomato fan, at all… but this tomato jam, you could slather on a bumper and I would eat it. It is absolutely incredible on the BLT Jam Turkey sandwich, but you can put this on burgers or chicken sandwiches. You can spread it on to make grown up grilled cheese sandwiches. Or you can just grab a spoon out of the drawer and go to town!! Jam goood!!!! I. Love. This. Jam. The End!
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Roasted Garlic Aioli
Here is the roasted garlic aioli that I use on the BLT Jam and so many other sandwiches. It is also amazing on burgers or even just as a dipping sauce for hot, crispy fries! This is an awesome spread for sandwiches or burgers. It also makes a great dipping sauce for fries, chicken fingers and so much more!
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Hearty Fall Recipes
I absolutely love the fall for cooking, eating, entertaining and just the sheer beauty of all of the colors changing. Also I love just being able to curl up on the couch with a warm blanket or sweater and smell the crispness in the air. I have fondness for all of the seasons as I love Spring because it is finally starting to get warm after the winter freeze here in Chicago. I love Summer because there is so much we get to go outside and enjoy; especially since it has been so fun bringing my daughter outside to play at the park and in the pool. I love winter because it is…
