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Mediterranean Recipes

My bone-in grilled breaded pork chops are pounded thin and covered in a panko and parmesan crust for a tender and juicy Italian style summer dinner. Serve with a simple sauce of black olives and basil. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #grillrecipes #summerrecipes #italianrecipes #porkrecipes #porkchops #italian #dinnerrecipes

Grilled Breaded Pork Chops

For an easy and healthy cold summer or spring dinner, make chicken pesto pasta salad! It's full of the fresh flavors of tomatoes, basil, and asparagus along with simple grilled chicken thighs. Can be served warm or made ahead for a bbq or picnic. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #saladrecipes #italianrecipes #pastasalad #pesto #summerrecipes #grilledrecipes

Chicken Pesto Pasta Salad

For a fresh take on Italian bread salad, make a spring panzanella salad with peas, arugula, mint, and cherry tomatoes all tossed in a bright, lemony dressing. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #saladrecipes #italianrecipes #panzanella #tomatobreadsalad #springrecipes

Spring Panzanella Salad with Peas, Arugula, and Mint

Slow roasting tomatoes, shallots, and garlic together in a balsamic and olive oil dressing makes for an intensely flavored and delicious cherry tomato caprese salad! Serve this Italian appetizer or side dish with burrata cheese and crusty bread. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #saladrecipes #italianrecipes #tomatoes #caprese #farmersmarket #burrata

Roasted Cherry Tomato Caprese Salad

For a great beef dinner with Greek flavors make grilled skirt steak gyros tonight! A quick marinade and homemade tzatziki sauce along with a few toppings and some pita bread are all you need. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #greekrecipes #gyros #beefrecipes #grillingrecipes #greek #skirtsteak

Grilled Skirt Steak Gyros

Turn on your oven to make the best tender slow roasted salmon! Served with a lemon herb sauce, it's simple to make and a great part of a healthy diet. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #mediterraneanrecipes #salmon #salmonrecipes #fishrecipes #easydinners

Slow Roasted Salmon with Lemon Herb Sauce

Canned fire roasted tomatoes are the secret to an easy and delicious tomato basil soup! No cream needed for a rich flavor and a great soup.

Tomato Basil Soup with a Red Wine Crouton

For an easy dinner, make sheet pan chicken with vegetables and potatoes! Juicy chicken thighs, roasted veggies like Brussels sprouts, carrots, and diced potatoes make for a complete meal in one pan. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #sheetpan #chickenrecipes #chickendinner #onepanmeal #chicken

Sheet Pan Chicken with Vegetables and Potatoes

Italian salsa verde is a fresh and easy homemade green sauce made from parlsey and basil. It's great on everything from pasta to seafood and chicken to steak! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #saucerecipes #sauces #parsley #anchovies

Italian Salsa Verde

In this Greek dinner specialty, thinly sliced pork shoulder is marinated and then threaded into kebabs to make juicy and flavorful grilled pork souvlaki! Make a plate with rice and salad or wrap up the pork in a pita for gyros. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #greekrecipes #grillrecipes #kebabs #porkrecipes #grilledpork #dinnerrecipes

Grilled Pork Shoulder Souvlaki

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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

My homemade stovetop ground beef and bean chili is a classic comfort food made even better! It's spiced with dried chiles along a few fresh chiles to balance the flavors and simmered with beer. Great with tortilla chips, avocados, and all the toppings. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #chili #chilirecipe #comfortfood #groundbeef

Rich and Meaty Ground Beef and Bean Chili

Turn on the slow cooker and come home to this recipe of chicken thighs cooked into a comforting stew with a rich, onion and cheese gravy. Great served over roasted winter squash or mashed potatoes! And wonderful for sandwiches the next day. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Slow Cooker Chicken and Onions

For a fun variation on the classic Moscow mule, try a blood orange Moscow mule! Ginger beer, lime, and vodka are mixed with blood orange juice and pomegranate in this tasty cocktail.

Blood Orange Moscow Mule

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

Leftover Roast Vegetable Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette - This salad is a tasty and easy way to use leftover roast vegetables and roast meats along with whatever salad fixings you have in the fridge. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Leftover Roast Beef Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette

Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes - Spicy, smoky chipotle in adobo sauce provides just the right amount smoky heat to balance out these creamy and buttery sweet potatoes. Excellent when paired with roasted or grilled meats! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes

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Beer Braised Pulled Chicken Tacos - These tacos feature slow cooked chicken braised in beer and finished with adobo sauce all layered with spicy coleslaw and guacamole. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Beer Braised Pulled Chicken Tacos

Love making artisan bread but want it to be quick and easy? This rosemary no knead bread bakes up like a dream in your dutch oven and only takes a few minutes of work. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Olive Oil and Rosemary No Knead Bread

Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Bars - These one bowl bars have all the comfort of an old-fashioned butterscotch bar and the added pleasure of gooey chocolate chips in every bite. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Bars

Learn how to make the best homemade butterscotch sauce! This easy dessert sauce needs only a few minutes and a few ingredients for delicious old fashioned flavor! Use on ice cream, over cake, in buttercream frosting, and more. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #butterscotch #butterscotchsauce #dessertrecipes #dessertsauce #dessert

Old Fashioned Homemade Butterscotch Sauce

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

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

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