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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

Fall is the time for cozy! This soup and salad menu has three great weeknight meals which will satisfy your need for comfort food. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Fall Soup and Salad Menu

Shredded zucchini, salty feta, rice flour, and fresh parsley are featured in these vegetarian, gluten-free zucchini fritters. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Gluten-Free Zucchini and Feta Fritters

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

Grilled shrimp scampi packets are a fun way to make single serving portions of scampi. Grill them up and then pour them out over pasta. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Shrimp Scampi With Mixed Vegetables

Heirloom tomatoes are sliced up with sweet onions and mozzarella pearls and then drizzled with balsamic pesto in this caprese salad. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad with Balsamic Pesto

Gluten-free mini upside down cakes are moist and tender from the apricot jam and almond flour, then finished with a slice of apricot. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Apricot Gluten-Free Upside Down Cakes

Sweet, soft, and juicy fresh figs are great in both sweet and savory dishes. Check out this ingredient spotlight to learn all about them! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Ingredient Spotlight: Sweet and Juicy Fresh Figs

Lamb rib chops are grilled and served with a sauce of fresh figs, port, and balsamic in this simple and elegant main course. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Marinated Lamb Chops with Fresh Fig Port Sauce

Crispy Roasted Smashed Potatoes - These crispy and easy roasted smashed potatoes make a great side dish. Cook the potatoes ahead and then smash them flat and crisp them in the oven. Serve them with a basil aioli to put them over the top. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Crispy Roasted Smashed Potatoes with Basil Aioli

Easy White Peach Sangria - This sparkling white peach sangria is super easy to mix together and just as easy to enjoy on a warm day. Not too sweet and full of fizz from the bubbly, it's the taste of summer in a glass! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Easy White Peach Sangria

Roasted Fig Appetizer - Figs and brie are great match and so are figs and honey. Put them together and you'll have an appetizer which will disappear in a flash. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Fig Appetizer With Brie and Spiced Honey

Pleasingly Portable Picnic Menu – No knives required! Here is a menu of easy to transport, make ahead recipes which will satisfy your al fresco dining needs without sacrificing flavor or freshness. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pleasingly Portable Picnic Menu

Baked Sliced Tomato Gratin - Fresh, summer tomatoes are best cooked simply like in this tomato gratin of sliced tomatoes layered with olive oil and herbs and then topped with parmesan breadcrumbs. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Baked Sliced Tomato Gratin with Parmesan Breadcrumbs

Triple Chocolate Banana Scones - These triple chocolate scones are studded with banana chunks in an intensely chocolatey batter and then topped with chocolate glaze and a peanut butter drizzle. Have them for breakfast or dessert and they would be perfect for a brunch. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Triple Chocolate Banana Scones

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

Spanish Spiced Almonds - Creamy, sweet marcona almonds are toasted and tossed in a flavorful paprika-spiked spice blend in this recipe for Spanish spiced almonds. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Spanish Spiced Almonds

Blueberry Yogurt Cake - This bundt cake is full of fresh blueberries, layers of lemon flavor, and yogurt to make the cake so moist and tender. Great for a summer party, get-together, or just because you couldn't resist buying blueberries at the market. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Blueberry-Lemon Yogurt Bundt Cake

Pasta with Raw Tomato Sauce - In this recipe ripe, flavorful tomatoes are tossed with freshly cooked pasta along with fruity olive oil and thinly sliced basil. You can have dinner done in just a few more minutes than the time it takes to boil the water. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Summer Pasta with Raw Tomato Sauce

Herb Marinated Grilled Chicken Wings - Grilled chicken wings take on Italian flavors when they are marinated in fresh herbs and lemon and then grilled to crispy perfection. Great for cookouts! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Herb Marinated Grilled Chicken Wings

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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

Looking for a great and easy Thanksgiving or holiday dessert? Butterscotch apple crisp bars are a crisp in the form of a bar cookie. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Apple Crisp Bars with Butterscotch Sauce

Simple, healthy, and easy! These roasted brussels sprouts with balsamic, parmesan, and pecans are the best ever and make a great side dish. Perfect for weeknights, holidays, and parties. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #sidedish #vegetables #brusselsprouts #holidayrecipe

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic, Parmesan, and Pecans

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

Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder - This slow roasted pork shoulder has meltingly tender meat that pulls apart easily and wonderfully crisp skin. Perfect for a crowd! It's not a beautiful roast, but you can't beat the flavor or the simplicity of it. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder

My cranberry goat cheese spread is an easy make ahead holiday appetizer! This cold dip is made of whipped goat cheese, fresh cranberry sauce, and toasted pecans. Wonderful for Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving, and more.| justalittlebitofbacon.com #christmasrecipes #holidayrecipes #thanksgivingrecipes #appetizerrecipes #appetizer #cranberry #goatcheese

Pecan Cranberry Goat Cheese Spread

For the best holiday cookies, make my easy Italian lemon ricotta cookies! These traditional cookies are soft and tender and topped with a lemon glaze and colorful sprinkles. Great for Christmas, Easter, and any other holiday or occasion. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #italiancookies #cookierecipes #christmasrecipes #holidayrecipes #easterrecipes #cookies

Italian Lemon Ricotta Cookies

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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

Love making artisan bread but want it to be quick and easy? This rosemary no knead bread bakes up like a dream in your dutch oven and only takes a few minutes of work. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Olive Oil and Rosemary No Knead Bread

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

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

Throw out everything you know about making pie crust to make the best easy flaky pie crust you've ever made. Simple, all butter, no fail! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Easy Flaky Pie Crust Recipe

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

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