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Punch up your spinach salad with seasonal summer fruits, creamy cheese, and glazed walnuts in this peach and blueberry spinach salad. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Peach and Blueberry Spinach Salad

It's time to make a fruity summer salad dressing! Quickly puree up fresh blueberries into a spicy, sweet, and tangy blueberry vinaigrette. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Blueberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

This Italian inspired summer grilling menu features a knockout grilled lamb and figs recipe and is full of easy party ideas perfect for hot summer days. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Italian Inspired Summer Grilling Menu

Grilled Tuscan steak is a simple, yet elegant Florentine style specialty! Start with a couple of thick-cut, bone-in steaks, add fresh herbs and a hot grill, then finish them off with fruity olive oil and a squeeze of lemon. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Tuscan Steak (Bistecca alla Fiorentina)

This Italian salsa is full of Italian flavors like fresh tomatoes, capers, black olives, and basil! It's great on grilled meats, bruschetta, or as a dip with chips. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Italian Salsa with Tomatoes, Capers, and Olives

This easy orange and blueberry sangria is a great way to enjoy red wine on a hot day! It's not too sweet and bursting with summer fruit. Perfect for sipping outdoors. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Summertime Blueberry Sangria

Juicy diced chicken and tender broccoli are tossed with a creamy, cottage cheese dressing in this simple but substantial summer salad. Healthy, low carb, and easy! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Chicken and Broccoli Salad with Creamy Dressing

One great way to enjoy fava beans is in this healthy spring inspired fresh fava bean and parmesan salad, which is tossed lightly with a little olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper. Simple, but oh so good! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Fresh Fava Bean and Parmesan Salad

Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake

Homemade strawberry syrup topped with ginger beer makes this Brazilian strawberry caipirinha cocktail a refreshingly fruity fizzy drink perfect for summer! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Strawberry Ginger Caipirinha Cocktail

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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

Simple Turnip Gratin - Thinly sliced mild turnips are layered with onion and thyme in this simple gratin, which is finished with a bit of cream and cheese sprinkled over the top just before serving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Simple Turnip Gratin with Gruyere Cheese

Creamy, buttery yellow potatoes and mild leeks combine with sharp cheddar and pancetta in this rich and cheesy potato leek gratin. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Potato Leek Gratin with Cheddar and Pancetta

Check out this easy recipe for homemade cranberry sauce! Fresh cranberries are simmered in port wine and mixed with diced oranges to make a great Thanksgiving recipe for Cranberry Port Orange Sauce. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cranberry Sauce with Port and Oranges

Looking for a great fall and winter side? My recipe for butternut squash and Swiss chard is quick, healthy, and full of caramelized cubes of winter squash and tender chopped chard. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #butternutsquash #sidedish #wintersquash #swisschard #healthyrecipes

Easy Sauteed Butternut Squash with Swiss Chard

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

Love Olive Garden's zuppa toscana and want to make it at home? I've adapted the recipe to create a slow cooker zuppa toscana perfect to make on busy days! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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