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Strawberry sauce with a twist! Fresh strawberries are simmered in wine and spiced with black pepper for an intense and complex flavor. Great on shortcake, cheesecake, ice cream, pancakes, waffles and more! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Fresh Strawberry Sauce with Black Pepper and Cabernet

No ice cream machine? Try no churn ricotta ice cream! It's spiced with cinnamon and topped with toasted pistachios and chopped chocolate. Cannoli filling in frozen form which you can make in minutes. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

No Churn Cannoli Ricotta Ice Cream

This easy strawberry yogurt cake is topped with sliced almonds and cooks right in your cast iron skillet! It's great as a breakfast cake or for an evening dessert with some vanilla ice cream. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Strawberry Yogurt Skillet Cake

This crowd pleasing Greek Easter menu has everything from spanakopita to baklava, along with great side dishes, salads, and grilled lamb in between! There's even a couple of leftover ideas. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Greek Easter Menu from Spanakopita to Baklava

Celebrate spring with sweet snap peas and spicy radishes all tossed with feta, kalamata olives, and scallions in this Greek snap pea salad. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Spring Radish and Snap Pea Greek Salad

This chocolate baklava is packed full of pistachios and bittersweet chocolate, then drizzled with a honey syrup to make wonderfully rich Greek dessert! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Rich Pistachio and Chocolate Baklava

Make your own homemade pasta dough! I have an easy recipe and illustrated step by step instructions on how to make fresh egg pasta. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

How to Make Fresh Egg Pasta Dough – A Step by Step Guide

Jalapenos and scallions give this versatile green goddess buttermilk dressing a little kick and buttermilk gives it a great tang. Use it as a dressing for salads, a sauce for seafood and chicken, or as a dip! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Spicy Green Goddess Buttermilk Dressing

Greek comfort food at its best! Layers of eggplant and lamb are covered with creamy bechamel sauce and then baked until bubbly and golden in this leftover lamb moussaka. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Leftover Greek Lamb Moussaka

This 20 minute Italian arrabbiata sauce full of chunky tomatoes and red peppers is a simple recipe great for a quick, weeknight meal. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Spicy Italian Arrabbiata Sauce

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Hello, I’m Annemarie

Welcome to my kitchen! I’m a Italian-American girl who loves fresh foods, local ingredients, and all sorts of comfort foods. Here you will find Mediterranean flavors and recipes from a New England perspective.

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Winter Recipes

Roasted delicata squash salad is tossed with baby kale, roasted chickpeas, crumbled feta, and pomegranate and then drizzled with a creamy tahini dressing for a hearty and cozy fall vegetarian meal. Skip the feta for a vegan salad. Great as a side for Thanksgiving too! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #fallsalad #saladrecipe #vegetarianrecipe #delicatasquash #thanksgiving

Kale, Chickpea and Roasted Delicata Squash Salad

For easy comfort food in the instant pot, make sweet and spicy pressure cooker short ribs braised in red wine with figs and chipotle. Serve over mashed potatoes or with some crusty bread for the sauce. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #comfortfood #shortribs #beefshortribs #pressurecookerrecipe #instantpotrecipe #winterrecipe

Pressure Cooker Wine Braised Short Ribs

My Italian-style pressure cooker pot roast is braised in red wine until the meat just falls apart and the potatoes and carrots are tender. Easy instant pot comfort food dinner! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #dinnerrecipes #comfortfood #pressurecooker #instantpot #potroast

Italian Pressure Cooker Pot Roast

Try something a little different and learn how to make a blood orange margarita! Grab your tequila and mix up one or make a pitcher for a crowd. Either way you'll love this easy and delicious homemade cocktail. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cocktails #drinkrecipes #margaritas #bloodoranges #pitcherdrinks

Homemade Blood Orange Margarita

Cara Cara Orange Bundt Cake - This moist and rich bundt cake has a fine crumb and loads of orange flavor! One taste, and no matter where you are or what the season, it's summer again. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cara Cara Orange Bundt Cake

Pull out the Meyer lemons to give this classic NoLa cocktail a twist as you celebrate Fat Tuesday (or any day) with a cognac French 75. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Meyer Lemon and Cognac French 75 Cocktail

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Easy, delicious, and full of bubbles! This pomegranate prosecco cocktail has everything you need for a great holiday drink. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pomegranate Prosecco Cocktail

Homemade buttermilk blue cheese dressing is creamy, chunky and simple to make! So much better than bottled dressing. Perfect for salads, wings, and vegetable platters.

Homemade Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing

Dinner comes together in a flash with this recipe for kid-pleasing, one-pot ground beef pasta skillet topped with pesto and ricotta. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Ground Beef Skillet Pasta with Pesto and Ricotta

Thick cut cod is pan seared in a mixture of olive oil and butter to produce a golden brown crust and then served with a lemon, parsley, and caper sauce to make a simple and healthy weeknight meal.

Pan Seared Cod with a Caper, Parsley and Lemon Sauce

Rich & Complex Traditional Bolognese Sauce - A long, slow simmer builds layers of flavor and makes this Bolognese sauce so rich and complex! Meaty, silky, and hearty. This is a sauce worth having on your stove all day long. Make some for today and freeze some for tomorrow. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Rich & Complex Traditional Bolognese Sauce

Leftover Lamb Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce - What to do with leftover lamb roast? Make these incredibly yummy lamb gyros and top them with a 5 minute tzatziki sauce. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Leftover Lamb Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce

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