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For a fresh and healthy summer side, you'll love this cold farro, corn and tomato salad! It's simple to make, full of whole grains, and perfect for picnics and bbqs. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #summerrecipes #saladrecipes #salads #corn #farro #wholegrains

Corn, Tomato, and Farro Salad

You'll love this simple asparagus risotto full of bright lemon and creamy brie! Make it on the stove top or in an Instant Pot for an easy dinner tonight. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianfood #risotto #asparagusrecipes #asparagus #springrecipes #easydinners

Brie and Lemon Asparagus Risotto

For a healthy and easy summer side dish, try my Southwestern brown rice and black bean salad with tomatoes, avocados, cilantro and a spicy lime dressing. It's great warm or cold and both gluten-free and vegan as well. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #southwestern #ricesalad #summerrecipes #salads #glutenfree #vegan

Southwestern Brown Rice and Black Bean Salad

The instant pot makes this pressure cooker shrimp risotto a snap to make! Juicy shrimp, creamy rice, plenty of lemon, and fresh parmesan come together for a simple family meal. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #instantpot #pressurecooker #risotto #easydinner

Creamy Lemony Pressure Cooker Shrimp Risotto

Freekeh is an earthy grain with a complex flavor which you should try! And this vegan freekeh salad buddha bowl with baby kale, radicchio, avocado, and mint is great way to add some freekeh to your diet.

Kale, Radicchio and Freekeh Salad Buddha Bowl

It's easy to make creamy and lump free Italian polenta so long as you follow a few simple rules and step away from that boiling water. Eat it hot and soft right from the pot or chill it and give a fry. Either way it's great comfort food! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

How to Make Creamy Italian Polenta

Creamy crab risotto makes a great one-pot meal! Sweet crab meat is mixed with mascarpone and baby peas in this quick dinner. Great for a weeknight or for date night. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Crab Risotto with Mascarpone and Peas

What is farro? Where does it come from? How do you cook it? All these questions and more answered in this ingredient spotlight! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

What is Farro? Ingredient Spotlight

Juicy, plump shrimp are flambeed in brandy then topped with feta before being broiled over a bed of tomatoes in this classic Greek dish! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Greek Shrimp with Feta and Tomatoes

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

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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

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

My homemade apple raspberry pie is the best! It's packed full of sliced apples and fresh, sweet raspberries then covered with a buttery streusel crumb topping. Perfect for holidays, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #christmasrecipes #thanksgivingrecipes #holidayrecipes #dessertrecipes #applepie #raspberrypie #pie

Apple Raspberry Pie with Crumb Topping

Pumpkin baked oatmeal is a healthy and filling breakfast for those days when you can't have enough pumpkin pie in your life. Great for a crowd! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal

Warm White Bean, Bacon, and Spinach Salad - This is a hearty salad of baby spinach, warm white beans and a little bit of bacon which is perfect for chilly nights, all dressed in a sherry and shallot vinaigrette. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Warm White Bean, Bacon, and Spinach Salad

Homemade Meyer lemon raspberry bars are great twist on classic lemon bars! Start with a simple flaky and buttery shortbread crust and then top that with a thick and rich layer of lemon and raspberry curd. Tart, amazing, and a beautiful reddish-orange color.

Meyer Lemon Raspberry Bars

Winter Romaine Salad with Yogurt Dressing - Cold weather doesn't mean the end of yummy salads! It just means that it's time to make robust salads featuring heartier ingredients. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Winter Romaine Salad with Yogurt Dressing

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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