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For a delicious sweet Easter dessert, you'll love this Italian ricotta pie! Baked in a tart shell, flavored with lemon, creamy and rich, and easy to make.Perfect for the holidays. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #italianfood #dessertrecipes #pierecipes #pies #tarts #ricotta #dessert

Italian Lemon Ricotta Pie

Greek farro salad has all the Mediterranean flavors you love along with healthy grains, roasted broccoli, and chickpeas for satisfying vegetarian winter meal. Serve warm or at room temperature. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #greekrecipes #mediterraneanrecipes #greeksalad #mediterraneansalads #farrorecipes #grainsalads #greek

Greek Farro Salad with Roasted Chickpeas

For the perfect holiday drink, try my vodka pomegranate martini cocktail! This easy recipe is well balanced, not too sweet, and simple to make. Great for Christmas, Valentine's Day, or any day you want a little something. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cocktails #drinks #cocktailrecipes #drinkrecipes #pomegranate #martini #martinirecipes

Vodka Pomegranate Martini

You'll love my cheesy, creamy, slow cooker polenta! Learn the easy way to make this Italian dinner recipe with no lumps, no fussing, and no stress. Have it with your favorite ragu or as the base of a vegetarian meal. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #polenta #vegetarianrecipes #cornmeal #sidedishes

Soft and Creamy Slow Cooker Polenta

Learn how to make the best traditional Italian pomodoro sauce with canned tomatoes! This homemade tomato sauce is simple to prepare with authentic flavor. Perfect for pasta or as the base in many Mediterranean recipes. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #italian #tomatorecipes #tomatoes #tomatosauce

How to Make Italian Pomodoro Sauce

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

Here is the best homemade Greek salad dressing! This classic vinaigrette with lemon juice, red wine vinegar, olive oil and other pantry ingredients is easy to shake up in a mason jar. Perfect over traditional Greek salad. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #saladrecipes #salad #saladdressing #vinaigrette #greekrecipes #greek

Homemade Greek Salad Dressing

For a fun appetizer recipe, toss green and black olives with fresh spiced bread crumbs in this easy Spanish olive tapas! Perfect for dinner parties, holidays, and snacks. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #christmasrecipes #newyearsrecipes #holidayrecipes #tapasrecipes #spanishrecipes #tapas #olives

Spanish Olive Tapas with Spiced Bread Crumbs

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

For a Christmas cookie sure to be the hit of the holiday party, you'll love my double chocolate peppermint cookies! Chocolate cookies are dipped in white and dark chocolate flavored with peppermint oil and topped with crushed candy canes. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #christmasrecipes #christmascookies #holidayrecipes #chocolaterecipes #peppermint #chocolate #cookies

Chocolate Peppermint Dipped Holiday Cookies

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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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You'll love this simple, Spanish-inspired stew with shrimp and chorizo! It's quick to make and has TONS of flavor. Perfect for a weeknight dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #spanishfood #dinnerecipes #stew #comfortfood

Shrimp and Chorizo Stew

Comfort food at its best! Roasted red pepper and tomato soup is easy, creamy, and perfect for weeknight dinner or for company. Great with fried croutons, slices of crusty bread, or grilled cheese. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #souprecipes #tomatosoup #tomatoes #redpeppers #comfortfood

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

Easy, one pan, quick clean up! My recipe for sheet pan chicken thigh dinner with sweet potatoes, apples, and onions is a healthy oven baked meal packed full of flavor and veggies. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #chickenrecipes #easydinners #sheetpandinner #chickenthighs #sweetpotatoes

Sheet Pan Chicken Thigh Dinner with Sweet Potatoes

This creamy, spicy roast pumpkin soup is full of Spanish flavors like paprika and roasted red peppers and topped with crispy pancetta. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Spicy Roast Pumpkin Soup – Spanish Style

Blue Cheese and Brussels Sprout Salad - Pan roasted Brussels sprouts are paired with blue cheese and tossed with a tangy mustard vinaigrette in this fast and flavorful salad. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Blue Cheese & Brussels Sprout Salad

For easy comfort food in the instant pot, make sweet and spicy pressure cooker short ribs braised in red wine with figs and chipotle. Serve over mashed potatoes or with some crusty bread for the sauce. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #comfortfood #shortribs #beefshortribs #pressurecookerrecipe #instantpotrecipe #winterrecipe

Pressure Cooker Wine Braised Short Ribs

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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

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

Slow Cooker Potato Leek Soup - Comforting, creamy, cheesy, and now even easier to make, this potato leek soup delivers all the flavor for only minutes of work. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cheesy Slow Cooker Potato Leek Soup

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

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

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

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