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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

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

Looking for traditional holiday pie ideas? Here are 10 of the best must have Thanksgiving pies, from apple to chocolate, pumpkin, pecan, and more! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #thanksgiving #thanksgivingpie #thanksgivingdessert #holiday #holidaydessert #pie

10 Must Have Thanksgiving Pies

When it's too hot to cook inside that's when you need some tried and true grilling recipes! These are six of my favorites, from weeknights to holidays.

6 Favorite Grilling Recipes for Summer

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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 favorite sour cream pancake batter is mixed with sauteed spiced apples in these apple cinnamon pancakes for the perfect fall and winter breakfast. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Sour Cream Apple Cinnamon “Apple Pie” Pancakes

Sparkling rose sangria is made from rose still and sparkling wines, fortified with brandy and orange liqueur, then mixed with raspberries and winter citrus, like blood oranges and pink grapefruit. Great for romantic dinners, winter and spring parties, and valentine's day!

Romantic Sparkling Rose Sangria

Small holiday gathering or Sunday dinner? Try my easy cast iron roast chicken! Less than an hour in oven and you'll have browned skin and juicy meat. Try my recipe for easy cast iron roast chicken! Less than an hour in oven and you'll have browned skin and juicy meat with no fuss. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and more! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #roastchicken #castiron #easydinner #thanksgiving #christmas #easter #sundaydinner

Cast Iron Roast Chicken

Gluten-Free Pear Ginger Crumble - Ripe pears and freshly grated ginger are topped with a nut and oat streusel in this lightly sweetened, gluten-free crumble. With no peeling necessary since the pears are sliced so thin! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Spiralized Gluten-Free Pear Ginger Crumble

This yummy winter and holiday side dish features pan roasted brussels sprouts, crispy bacon, and sweet pomegranate seeds. Great for Thanksgiving and Christmas or as an easy, weeknight side. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranate Seeds

Italian walnut parsley pesto is a quick and easy recipe great all year round and perfect in the winter! Wonderful for dinner with salmon or chicken or tossed with pasta to make a creamy sauce. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #sauces #pesto #parsley #walnuts

Italian Walnut Parsley Pesto

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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

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

Authentic Italian marinara sauce is cooked low and slow to create a thick and flavorful sauce made in the manner of my family tradition. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Authentic Homemade Italian Marinara Sauce

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

Cold sweet potato salad is topped with dried cranberries and pecans, then tossed with a maple syrup and mustard dressing. Perfect for summertime picnics and for the Thanksgiving table. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cold Sweet Potato Salad with Cranberries and Pecans

Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb - Butterflied lamb is rubbed overnight with a flavorful herb and garlic mixture and then quickly grilled for a perfect dinner. It takes just 15 minutes to bring this roast to a beautifully seared outside and medium rare inside. Great for Easter dinner or for any cookout get-together. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb with a Herb Rub

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