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Looking for ideas for a holiday dinner? Here is a menu for a small Easter featuring rack of lamb as the main, including appetizer, drink, sides, and dessert. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #easter #easterdinner #holidaymenu #lambdinner

Small Easter Menu with Rack of Lamb

Here are some of my favorite freezer meals! These recipes are perfect for doubling (or more!) and making ahead to store away. Including dinners for your crockpot, instant pot, stove top, and oven. Chicken, beef, and vegetarian options. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #freezermeals #makeaheaddinners #dinnerrecipes

Favorite Freezer Meals To Stock Up

Here is a collection of pantry meals! These recipes use the pantry, freezer, and long shelf life fresh items to create satisfying dinners for the family. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #pantrymeals #pantrydinners #freezermeals #dinnerideas

Pantry Meals for Staying In

If you are looking for some cold weather dinner ideas featuring beef, chicken, or pork, you'll love this roundup of some of my best comfort food recipes! Whether you are cooking in a crockpot, instant pot, oven, or stove top, there is a delicious meal here for you. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #comfortfood #comfortfoodrecipes #winterrecipes #stew #beefrecipes #porkrecipes #chickenrecipes

6 of My Best Comfort Food Recipes

Here are the 10 top recipes of 2019 which were most visited, bookmarked, and cooked by Just a Little Bit of Bacon readers through the year. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #recipes #reciperoundup #popularrecipes #toprecipes

Fan Favorite Top Recipes of 2019

Looking to up your pie game or maybe you're not sure where to start? Here is a collection of pie tips and tricks to improve your pie baking from organization to finishing touches. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #thanksgiving #thanksgivingpie #thanksgivingdessert #holiday #holidaydessert #pie

Pie Baking Tips and Tricks

Learn how to cook roasted delicata squash with parmesan, pecans, and thyme! This healthy side dish bakes in the oven to make a simple side for a fall or winter dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #delicatasquash #wintersquash #sidedishes #simplerecipes #roastsquash

Roasted Delicata Squash with Pecans

Looking for a signature cocktail? Or maybe you just adore romantic cocktails for Valentine's Day? Then you need to try these fun, fruity, easy, and pretty pink cocktails full of love and passion! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cocktails #drinks #valentinesday #datenight #fruitydrinks #fundrinks

Perfectly Pink Romantic Cocktails

Here are the 10 top recipes of 2018 which were most visited, bookmarked, and cooked by Just a Little Bit of Bacon readers through the year. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #recipes #reciperoundup #popularrecipes #toprecipes

Fan Favorite Top Recipes of 2018

Holidays, parties, and gatherings are all times when you need the best celebration recipes! Here are some favorite appetizers, drinks, mains, and desserts. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #holidayrecipes #christmasrecipes #thanksgivingrecipes #holidays #parties

The 12 Best Celebration Recipes

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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

You'll love this easy, homemade recipe for creamy chicken fettuccine alfredo! Here is a skillet dinner all made in one pot full of tender chicken, tomatoes, and bacon. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #pasta #pastarecipe #italianrecipe #chickenalfredo #alfredo #onepotmeal #skilletdinner

One Pot Creamy Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo

My fig and sausage stuffed turkey breast roulade makes an impressive main course which is perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday dinner. And while it rests you can make a white wine gravy from the drippings!

Turkey Breast Roulade with Sausage Fig Stuffing

Grab a bottle of Burgundy or Pinot Noir because it's time to make some classic French comfort food! My recipe for slow cooker beef burgundy is wonderful to come home to after a long winter's day - tender beef, bacon, lots of onions, and carrots all in a rich red wine sauce.

Slow Cooker Beef Burgundy Stew

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

Looking for a great and easy Thanksgiving or holiday dessert? Butterscotch apple crisp bars are a crisp in the form of a bar cookie. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Apple Crisp Bars with Butterscotch Sauce

Pull out your pressure cooker and make instant pot butternut squash soup with apples, sage, and bourbon! This sweet and spicy soup is easy, quick, and healthy. Perfect for fall and winter dinners. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #souprecipes #butternutsquash #instantpot #pressurecooker #falldinners

Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup

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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

Pan Fried Spanish Cauliflower Tapas - These breaded fried cauliflower bites are a simple and tasty tapas dish you should make at your next get-together! Just a quick dunking in egg and breadcrumbs and a minute in a skillet and you are all done. Can be made ahead and reheated! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pan Fried Spanish Cauliflower Tapas

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

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

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