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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

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

Kohlrabi apple slaw is a yummy salad made from sweet apples, spicy radishes, and peppery kohlrabi, all tossed with a simple oil and vinegar dressing.

Sweet and Spicy Kohlrabi Apple Slaw

This sweet and tangy summer raspberry salad with mixed greens, oranges, goat cheese, and almonds is an easy and delicious side. Perfect with grilled meats.

Raspberry Salad with Mixed Greens and Oranges

Juicy and packed full of beefy flavor, grilled sirloin tip steaks topped with an amazing herb and shallot compound butter are an easy weeknight dinner which won't heat up your house.

Grilled Sirloin Tip Steaks with Shallot Butter

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

For a healthy summer dinner, try grilled Mediterranean chicken thighs, which are herb marinated then grilled and topped with a olive and tomato salsa.

Grilled Mediterranean Chicken Thighs with Olives and Tomatoes

Wondering what might be available at the summer farmers' market? This guide will let you know what fresh fruit, vegetables, and plants you will see there. Also find ingredient spotlights, recipes, and more!

A Guide to the Summer Farmers’ Market

Pinchos morunos are a delicious Spanish tapas. These little pork kebabs are marinated and grilled then served with a paprika aioli sauce for a great summer appetizer.

Pinchos Morunos – Spanish Pork Kebabs

For an easy and refreshing summer cocktail bring together mint, lime juice, and rum along with fresh blackberries for a blackberry mojito! Great for a party or a warm evening on the deck.

Refreshing and Summery Blackberry Mojito

Wondering how to use garlic scapes? A great way to use them is to make a cold garlic scape soup! Perfect for summer and easy to make ahead. Scapes and leeks sauteed in butter and simmered with potatoes make a great twist on the classic French vichyssoise.

Cold Potato and Garlic Scape Soup (Vichyssoise)

Dive into summer with this easy strawberry burrata salad! Fresh strawberries and creamy burrata are tossed with mint, basil, and pecans then topped with a honey balsamic glaze.

Strawberry Burrata Salad with Balsamic Glaze

What do you get when you combine a custard pie and fruit cobbler? A strawberry rhubarb cobbler with custard filling! Delicious, creamy, and full of fruit.

Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler with Custard Filling

Chilled strawberry soup is a great cold summer appetizer. It's full of ripe fruit, Greek yogurt, and just enough mint to be tangy, sweet, and refreshing.

Chilled Strawberry Yogurt Soup

Make your own shawarma wraps! My recipe for homemade grilled chicken shawarma features an intensely flavorful Mediterranean marinade, quick pickled cucumbers, and a tasty yogurt garlic sauce you'll want to put on everything.

Homemade Grilled Chicken Shawarma

Zahav's Silky Smooth Israeli Hummus

Zahav’s Silky Smooth Israeli Hummus

My awesome, moist double chocolate banana bread full of dark chocolate, cocoa powder, bananas, and sour cream can be mixed up in one bowl. Easy and great for dessert or a snack anytime.

One Bowl Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Charred leeks, bacon, and sweet summer corn combine together in this quick, summer comfort food recipe for orecchiette pasta with leeks and corn crema.

Orecchiette Pasta with Leeks, Pancetta, and Corn Crema

Sicilian swordfish is an easy dinner recipe perfect for a summer's evening. Just fire up the grill to cook your summer squash and then the swordfish steaks, top it all with a tangy lemon and olive oil oregano sauce and some diced tomatoes, and you have a meal!

Grilled Sicilian Swordfish with Oregano and Summer Squash

French country salad is an easy and healthy spring salad featuring asparagus, roasted beets, pecans and goat cheese. Inspired by the Cheesecake Factory salad and perfect for a light lunch or as fresh side at dinner.

French Country Salad with Asparagus and Roasted Beets

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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

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

Thin pork tenderloin medallions are quickly pan seared and then tossed with sauteed apples and a cider cream pan sauce in this fall inspired skillet dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Sauteed Pork Tenderloin Medallions with a Cider Cream Sauce

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

Ruby red and cinnamon spiced, this blood orange compote is a beautiful and intensely flavored sauce perfect for spooning over creamy mascarpone mousse. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cinnamon Spiced Blood Orange Compote with Mascarpone Mousse

This cinnamon spiced cranberry old fashioned is a festive holiday cocktail made perfect by using bourbon soaked cranberries, orange bitters, and simple syrup. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #thanksgivingrecipe #christmasrecipe #holidayrecipe #cocktail #oldfashioned #cranberrycocktail

Bourbon Cranberry Old Fashioned

Blood oranges are layered with cara cara oranges and navel oranges over mixed greens in this vibrant and healthy winter citrus salad. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Winter Citrus Salad with Mixed Greens

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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

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

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

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

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

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