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Christmas Recipes

My cranberry goat cheese spread is an easy make ahead holiday appetizer! This cold dip is made of whipped goat cheese, fresh cranberry sauce, and toasted pecans. Wonderful for Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving, and more.| justalittlebitofbacon.com #christmasrecipes #holidayrecipes #thanksgivingrecipes #appetizerrecipes #appetizer #cranberry #goatcheese

Pecan Cranberry Goat Cheese Spread

For the best holiday cookies, make my easy Italian lemon ricotta cookies! These traditional cookies are soft and tender and topped with a lemon glaze and colorful sprinkles. Great for Christmas, Easter, and any other holiday or occasion. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #italiancookies #cookierecipes #christmasrecipes #holidayrecipes #easterrecipes #cookies

Italian Lemon Ricotta Cookies

My cranberry apple cake is a simple and moist dessert made with fresh cranberries, diced apples, and ground pecans! This recipe is a great snack cake and is perfect for the holiday table at Christmas and Thanksgiving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cakerecipes #applerecipes #christmas #thanksgiving #holidayrecipes #apples #cranberries

Simple Cranberry Apple Pecan Cake

Make ahead mashed potatoes are the best idea for a crowd at the holidays! You'll love these easy, creamy potatoes which you can make the day before. Heat them up in a casserole in the oven, in the microwave, or in a slow cooker (crockpot)! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or any other holiday. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #holidayrecipes #sidedishrecipes #thanksgiving #christmas #easter #mashedpotatoes #potatoes

Creamy Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

Sweet and tender, these glazed honey roasted carrots are tossed with balsamic, toasted walnuts, and fresh thyme to make a simple holiday side dish! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #holidayrecipes #sidedishrecipes #carrotrecipes #carrots #thanksgiving #christmas #easter

Honey Roasted Carrots with Balsamic and Walnuts

To make the best leek gratin I add sauteed radishes and chopped up young kale leaves along with just enough cream and gruyere cheese to make a melty, creamy, roasty side dish right in my cast iron pan. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #sidedishrecipe #gratin #leeks #kale #radishes #frenchrecipes

Kale, Radish, and Leek Gratin with Gruyere Cheese

My fluffy ricotta pancakes are made with buttermilk and cannoli spices and studded with semi sweet chocolate chips! Top them with spiced strawberries, maple syrup, and whipped cream for a special weekend breakfast. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #breakfastrecipes #pancakerecipes #pancakes #breakfast #cannoli

Cannoli Spiced Fluffy Ricotta Pancakes

Baby yukon gold potatoes are sliced in half and tossed with olive oil and salt and finished with fresh herbs in these crispy oven roasted herb potatoes. They are an easy and delicious recipe for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #potatoes #roastedpotatoes #thanksgivingrecipes #holidayrecipes

Crispy Herb Roasted Baby Potatoes

Crispy slow roasted duck is served with a raspberry orange port sauce. It's a simple, yet impressive, dinner recipe perfect for holidays and celebrations. Great for Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and more! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #duckrecipes #holidayrecipes #christmasrecipes #easterrecipes #thanksgivingrecipes

Slow Roasted Duck with Crispy Skin

These homemade chocolate slice and bake cookies are rolled into a log, chilled, and sliced into tender cookies perfect for all sorts of decorations. Easy to make! Great for the holidays! Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and more. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cookies #chocolatecookies #chocolate #holidayrecipes #easterrecipes #christmasrecipes #valentinesrecipes

Chocolate Slice and Bake Cookies

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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

Tender, moist orange cranberry scones combine fresh cranberries and orange zest for plenty of zing and a white chocolate glaze to put them over the top. They make a great holiday treat, perfect to share with friends and family on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cranberries #thanksgivingrecipe #christmasrecipe #holidayrecipe #whitechocolate #cranberryscones #scones

Orange Cranberry Scones with White Chocolate Glaze

To make the best leek gratin I add sauteed radishes and chopped up young kale leaves along with just enough cream and gruyere cheese to make a melty, creamy, roasty side dish right in my cast iron pan. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #sidedishrecipe #gratin #leeks #kale #radishes #frenchrecipes

Kale, Radish, and Leek Gratin with Gruyere Cheese

Cranberry Ginger Fizz Cocktail - This cranberry cocktail is an easy and tasty way to celebrate Thanksgiving and the winter holiday season. Just whip up a batch of the yummy cranberry syrup ahead of time and you are good to go. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cranberry Ginger Fizz Cocktail

Hot spiced bourbon milk punch is a simple and cozy winter cocktail full of warming spices and sweetened with just a touch of maple syrup. Top with whipped cream to make it extra special! Great as for the holidays or as a Christmas drink. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cocktails #bourbon #holidayrecipes #hotdrink #winterrecipes

Hot Spiced Bourbon Milk Punch

This warm Mediterranean farro salad is tossed with pan roasted cauliflower and creamy tahini lemon dressing to make a great winter salad. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Warm Mediterranean Cauliflower and Farro Salad

Hasselback Potato Gratin - All the yummy, crispy edges of hasselback potatoes and all the cheesy, creaminess of potato gratin contained in one casserole dish. With an Italian twist! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Spiralized Hasselback Potato Gratin

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The fresh cranberries in these fresh cranberry cookies give them such a bright and zingy flavor which is completely different from dried cranberries! Don't just use fresh cranberries for sauce. Make cookies! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Fresh Cranberry Cookies

Parmesan Truffle Fries - Use frozen, bagged fries to have tasty truffle fries, covered in truffle oil, parmesan, and parsley on the table in less than 15 minutes. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Quick and Easy Parmesan Truffle Fries

Throw out everything you know about making pie crust to make the best easy flaky pie crust you've ever made. Simple, all butter, no fail! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Easy Flaky Pie Crust Recipe

Pear Quick Bread with Streusel Topping - What to do with those overripe pears sitting on your counter? Make an easy pear quick bread from them! Great for breakfast, for snacks, and it freezes well. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pear Quick Bread with Streusel Topping

My Favorite Bread and Sausage Stuffing - This classic combination of bread, pork sausage, aromatics, and lots of sage produces a stuffing that says Thanksgiving to me. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

My Favorite Sausage Bread Stuffing

Italian comfort food of tomato, braised sausage, and pork shoulder ragu simmering on the stove is the perfect way to spend a chilly day. This pork ragu is easily doubled and freezes well. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Italian Braised Pork Shoulder Ragu

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