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For an easy and healthy dessert, bake my favorite apple cranberry crisp with fresh cranberries and oatmeal topping! Easier than a pie and great for holidays and parties. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #applepie #applecrisp #applecranberry #holidayrecipe #fallbaking #winterbaking #cranberries #apples

Apple Cranberry Crisp with Oatmeal Topping

Tender, moist orange cranberry scones combine fresh cranberries and orange zest for plenty of zing and a white chocolate glaze to put them over the top. They make a great holiday treat, perfect to share with friends and family on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cranberries #thanksgivingrecipe #christmasrecipe #holidayrecipe #whitechocolate #cranberryscones #scones

Orange Cranberry Scones with White Chocolate Glaze

Skip the mess of deep frying and make baked cider donuts instead! These easy fall treats coated in cinnamon sugar are perfect dunked into apple cider for a morning snack or for dessert. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #donuts #doughnuts #applecider #fallrecipes #applerecipes #bakeddonuts

Baked Apple Cider Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar

This is the best ever homemade deep dish apple pie! It's twice cooked for twice the apples - perfect for holidays, fall days, and Thanksgiving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #applepie #thanksgiving #thanksgivingrecipes #dessertrecipe #pierecipe #holidaydessert

Best Ever Homemade Deep Dish Apple Pie

Crisp on the outside and tender inside, toasted pound cake makes a great dessert when topped with poached peaches, spiced syrup, and a scoop of ice cream. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #poundcake #dessertrecipe #peaches #cooking #recipes

Toasted Pound Cake with Peach Topping

Using both orange zest and orange juice helps make my moist and tender orange pound cake one of the best loaf cake recipes you can bake. Rich in flavor and light in texture! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipe #poundcake #cakerecipe #dessertrecipe #oranges #loafcake

Moist and Tender Orange Pound Cake

The flavors of cinnamon, cardamom, and allspice infuse these Moscato wine and honey poached peaches, creating a simple and elegant summer dessert. Serve the peaches with their spiced syrup over cake, with ice cream, or with a dollop of mascarpone. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipe #summerrecipe #peaches #dessertrecipe

Moscato Wine and Honey Poached Peaches

Ripe sliced plums, crisp grapes, and toasted walnuts are wrapped in a simple, flaky pie crust and brushed with honey in this rustic French plum galette tart.

Plum Galette with Grapes and Walnuts

Fresh blueberry oatmeal bars are paired with key lime pie filling and a simple crumble to make the crust and topping. These are a great summer treat! Perfect for parties and bbqs.

Blueberry Lime Oatmeal Crumble Bars

Fresh and easy, this homemade blueberry skillet cobbler is flavored with mint, cinnamon, and maple syrup and cooked right in your cast iron pan. Great for breakfast or dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Blueberry Skillet Cobbler with Mint and Cinnamon

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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

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

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

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

Poached Pears with Mascarpone Cream - These pears are poached in a spiced white wine syrup and then filled with mascarpone whipped cream and finished with a drizzle of bittersweet chocolate sauce. A wonderful way to end a holiday meal! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Poached Pears with Mascarpone Cream

For easy, weeknight comfort food caramelize some shredded cabbage and make this recipe for pasta with cabbage, breadcrumbs, and walnuts. Great as a vegetarian dinner or for meatless Monday! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #vegetariandinner #italianrecipes #pastarecipes #cabbage #pasta #comfortfood

Pasta with Browned Cabbage and Breadcrumbs

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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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

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

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

Easy, delicious, and full of bubbles! This pomegranate prosecco cocktail has everything you need for a great holiday drink. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pomegranate Prosecco Cocktail

Deep fried Brussels sprouts served with a sweet and tangy sauce are a yummy snack, an addictive appetizer, and a fun Thanksgiving dish. Gluten free and simple to make! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Deep Fried Brussels Sprouts

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

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