Now I present to you the final recipe of my Italian feast. Mind you by this point my guest had arrived and I was trying to cook, entertain and photograph all at the same time. Unfortunately due to my lacking skills in multitasking, step-by-step photos didn’t happen and may of them were blurred. The good news…
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Porchetta Pork Roast
Back to my Italian Feast dinner party over the weekend. Of course on Monday I had to start with dessert. Everyone likes dessert first. Most of the time when you think of cooking Italian for friends you immediatly think of making a pasta dish, that was the first thing that crossed my mind anyway. But of…
Lime Granita with Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
Today I give you a two for one special here folks! Summer is in full swing and I don’t know about you but we got triple digits over here. Yesterday is was 103 degrees, as in, I walk out the door and sweat a full bucket of sweat in less than 60 seconds. Hot summers…
Malta and Spiced Rum Glazed Ribs
I am working on catching up on a small backlog of recipes that I made before I had to box my entire kitchen and discover that my baking pantry shelves were suspiciously sticky……don’t tell anyone that, it’s kind of embarrassing. When you moved, did you discover sticky shelves in your baking pantry….or am I the…
Moo Shu Pork Lettuce Wraps
Remember me? I have a little blog about food, which I completely dropped for about two weeks. Hopefully your forgive me for disappearing and still be my friend. I have been consumed and buried up to my eyeballs with packing boxes and more dust bunnies then I care to admit too, but I am making…
Chicken with Sweet Potato & Plantain Cakes and Pineapple Mango Chutney
I have had this recipe hinding out in the back of my recipe file for some time now and finally to give it a try. It looked easy enough for a weeknight meal and after a full day of cleaning and organizing for the up and coming move I needed easy. The original recipe called…
Cherry Chocolate Malt Cupcakes
Where have I been? Busy, we have been in full throttle looking for a new pad. I am happy to say that we found our new home but I am devastated to have to face the packing and cleaning that lays ahead. Unfortunately because of the impending move my posts will probably slow down…
Beef Bourguignon
I know if kind of disappeared for a bit. The last puppy has found a good home and I have been spending the last few days returning my home back to how it was pre-puppies. I have also been working on de-hairing my home, three dogs shedding their coats has been keeping me busy. …
Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Bars
When I found this recipe I thought it was my own personal little miracle that had just floated into my hands. Instead it came in the mail published in a nationwide publication, but that didn’t diminish the awesomeness of finding this recipe. Seriously people we are talking dulce de leche, cheesecake and cinnamon scented graham…
Shrimp and Andouille Pot Pies
It’s time to change up the pot pie, do it different but always delicious. I think I have eaten pot pie maybe three other times in my life and it has always been some form of chicken pot pie. I made my first pot pie back in the fall. This pot pie takes the cake….(I…