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Looking for ideas for a holiday dinner? Here is a menu for a small Easter featuring rack of lamb as the main, including appetizer, drink, sides, and dessert. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #easter #easterdinner #holidaymenu #lambdinner

Small Easter Menu with Rack of Lamb

Holidays, parties, and gatherings are all times when you need the best celebration recipes! Here are some favorite appetizers, drinks, mains, and desserts. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #holidayrecipes #christmasrecipes #thanksgivingrecipes #holidays #parties

The 12 Best Celebration Recipes

I have a great Thanksgiving menu full of all the classic favorites - turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pie, and more; all updated and fresh. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Classic Thanksgiving Menu

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

Appetizers

Learn how to make crostini along with three simple topping ideas, such as goat cheese, olives, mozzarella, tomatoes, and more! These Italian inspired appetizers are perfect for entertaining and parties. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianfood #appetizerrecipes #appetizers #crostini #partyfood

Crostini + 3 Topping Ideas

Puff pastry brie bites filled with grapes and honey are a fun and easy party appetizer! These baked mini tarts can be prepped ahead making them perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, coctail parties, and other holidays. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #partyfood #appetizers #thanksgiving #christmas #puffpastry

Grape and Brie Bites with Spiced Honey

Dip your favorite crudites and crackers into my easy garlic goat cheese spread! This cold herbed appetizer can be made in minutes and use just a few ingredients. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #appetizerrecipes #diprecipes #goatcheese #appetizers #dips #spreads

Garlic Herb Goat Cheese Spread

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

Sauces and Condiments

My homemade roasted tomato sauce is made with fresh garden tomatoes slow roasted in the oven to concentrate the flavors! Perfect for pasta. Simple to make and easy to freeze or can. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Roasted Tomato Sauce

You'll love my easy and quick Italian meat sauce! This homemade recipe featuring canned tomatoes and ground beef is perfect over spaghetti, pasta, or zoodles and is a great weeknight dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #tomatosauce #italianrecipes #meatsauce #italianfood

Quick Italian Meat Sauce

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

Side Dishes and Salads

For a simple side or vegetarian main, we love to make white beans in tomato sauce. This Italian and Tuscan inspired dish features pomodoro, cannellini beans, and fresh herbs. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #vegetarianrecipes #vegetarian #italianfood #italian #tuscan

Italian White Beans in Tomato Sauce

Cauliflower au gratin is cheesy, creamy, classic comfort food with horsradish to give it a kick and buttery crumbs on top for crunch. Perfect for weekend dinners, holidays, and other special days. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #gratin #cauliflower #holidayrecipes #christmasrecipes #comfortfood

Creamy Cauliflower au Gratin

For a fresh and healthy summer side, you'll love this cold farro, corn and tomato salad! It's simple to make, full of whole grains, and perfect for picnics and bbqs. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #summerrecipes #saladrecipes #salads #corn #farro #wholegrains

Corn, Tomato, and Farro Salad

For an easy side make grilled zucchini salad with lemon ricotta! This Mediterrean recipe is delicious warm or room temperature and is wonderful with a mix of green and yellow summer squash. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianfood #summerrecipes #saladrecipes #salads #grillingrecipes #zucchini #ricotta

Grilled Zucchini Salad with Lemon Ricotta

Make the most of flavorful summer tomatoes with this amazing Italian panzanella salad! Perfectly ripe tomatoes, smokey grilled bread, plenty of basil, and light and tangy vinaigrette all come together for a side dish you'll love all season long. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianfood #summerrecipes #saladrecipes #tomatoes #salads #grillingrecipes #veganfood

Grilled Italian Panzanella Salad

Canned tuna packed in a jar of olive oil and fresh asparagus are featured in my spring nicoise salad! Set it up on a large platter for the best presentation and enjoy all the crisp vegetables, soft boiled eggs, and creamy potatoes all drizzled with a simple lemon dressing. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #saladrecipes #frenchrecipes #springrecipes #spring #salad #frenchfood #asparagus

Spring Asparagus Nicoise Salad

My creamy potato salad with peas and horseradish is tossed with sour cream and mayonnaise. Easy, homemade, and simple! Top with chives for extra zip. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #saladrecipes #potatosalad #potatorecipes #summerrecipes #bbqrecipes #summer #potatoes

Horseradish Potato Salad with Garden Peas

You can't beat homemade! These easy and fluffy herb buttermilk biscuits are the best. Quick to whip up, delicious, and can be made as drop or cut biscuits. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #breads #quickbreads #biscuits #breadrecipes #biscuitrecipes

Tender Herb Buttermilk Biscuits

Main Dishes

For an easy dinner or packable picnic meal, enjoy a pan bagnat! This French pressed sandwich is Nicoise salad on a baguette, full of jarred tuna, vegetables, and basil, drizzled with a tangy vinaigrette. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pan Bagnat (French Pressed Sandwich)

Heat up the grill to make a salad full of summer zucchini and peppers tossed with Italian sausage and drizzled with a bright lemon dressing. Complete this easy meal with some grilled bread and burrata. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Italian Sausage Salad

This simple stove top meal of pork chops pan seared in a cast iron skillet and served with an apple cream sauce is a perfect date night dinner! Brine ahead of time, fry in a hot pan, and make a quick sauce while the chops rest. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #porkchops #castironrecipe #datenightmeals #dinnerrecipes

Thick Cut Pan Seared Pork Chops with Apples and Cream

For tender fish try slow roasted cod! Oven baked in a tomato sauce flavored with smoked paprika for an easy and flavorful dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Slow Roasted Cod in Smoky Tomato Sauce

For the best homemade sauce, make my classic ragu bolognese! It's an authentic Italian recipe full of ground beef and pancetta with a little tomato all served over pappardelle pasta. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Authentic Italian Ragu Bolognese

For a quick summer dinner coat chicken thighs with a spicy rub then layer them on brioche buns with chipotle mayo for grilled chicken sandwiches. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Spicy Grilled Chicken Sandwiches

Learn how to make grilled chicken spiedies! This upstate New York specialty features cubes of meat marinated in a spicy dressing, then skewered, and cooked over a hot grill before being piled into rolls. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Chicken Spiedies

Try my delicious grilled steak and broccoli salad with blue cheese dressing and brown rice. This healthy grain bowl is full of big flavors for an easy summer dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Steak and Broccoli Grain Bowl

Beverages

For a light and refreshing summer cocktail add lemon and honey to the traditional ginger and vodka mule. You'll love this simple and easy recipe! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Lemon Honey Mule

For a summertime twist on a classic cocktail try my strawberry mojitos! Lime, mint, rum, fresh fruit, and sparkling water make an easy drink perfect for hot weather. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Strawberry Mojito Cocktail

For a fun cosmo drink twist try this meyer lemon cosmopolitan cocktail! Great flavor, easy to make, and just a few ingredients. Make a glass or a pitcher. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cocktailrecipes #cosmopolitan #drinkrecipes #cocktails #drinks #meyerlemons

Meyer Lemon Cosmo Cocktail

Learn how to make homemade frozen watermelon margaritas! This easy recipe starts with fresh fruit and can be whipped up in minutes with just a little prep work. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #margaritas #cocktailrecipes #drinkrecipes #summerrecipes #watermelon

Frozen Watermelon Margaritas

Desserts

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Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

An update to a classic! My strawberry shortcake has homemade chocolate buttermilk biscuits and is topped by a rich bourbon cream sauce. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake with Bourbon Cream

Enjoy a slice of moist and delicious banana strawberry cake! This crumb topped coffee cake with fruit filling is perfect for breakfast, snacks, or dessert. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cakerecipes #dessertrecipes #coffeecake #bananacake #strawberries #bananas

Banana Strawberry Coffee Cake

My homemade peach pie is an old fashioned treat filled with fresh peaches, brown sugar, and bourbon for the best flavor! The juicy filling is topped with a lattice crust for a dessert which is both delicious and beautiful. Perfect for holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #pierecipes #dessertrecipes #thanksgiving #holidays #summerrecipes #peaches

Old Fashioned Peach Pie

For a classic summertime treat make the best homemade key lime pie! Crunchy sweet graham cracker crust, creamy tart filling of condensed milk and lime, and a dollop of whipped cream on top. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #dessertrecipes #pierecipes #pie #dessert #keylimepie

Homemade Key Lime Pie

Learn how to make homemade orange raspberry frozen yogurt. It is tart and sweet and simple to make! You'll love churning up this cold summertime treat anytime you have craving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #icecream #frozenyogurt #summerrecipes #dessertrecipes #raspberries #yogurt

Raspberry Frozen Yogurt

Aunt Yolanda’s Fresh Blueberry Pie

You'll love these simple and moist chocolate chip banana oat muffins! Perfect for a quick breakfast or a tasty snack on the go and they freeze well too! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #muffins #breakfast #bananas #muffinrecipes #breakfastrecipes #baking

Chocolate Chip Banana Oat Muffins

All Recipes

Smooth and creamy cold asparagus bisque is a recipe you'll want to make all year long! This classic French soup is easy to make, takes only a handful of ingredients, and comes together quickly. Perfect as a first course or as a vegetarian main. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cold Asparagus Bisque

My homemade roasted tomato sauce is made with fresh garden tomatoes slow roasted in the oven to concentrate the flavors! Perfect for pasta. Simple to make and easy to freeze or can. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Roasted Tomato Sauce

For an easy dinner or packable picnic meal, enjoy a pan bagnat! This French pressed sandwich is Nicoise salad on a baguette, full of jarred tuna, vegetables, and basil, drizzled with a tangy vinaigrette. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pan Bagnat (French Pressed Sandwich)

Heat up the grill to make a salad full of summer zucchini and peppers tossed with Italian sausage and drizzled with a bright lemon dressing. Complete this easy meal with some grilled bread and burrata. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Italian Sausage Salad

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Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

This simple stove top meal of pork chops pan seared in a cast iron skillet and served with an apple cream sauce is a perfect date night dinner! Brine ahead of time, fry in a hot pan, and make a quick sauce while the chops rest. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #porkchops #castironrecipe #datenightmeals #dinnerrecipes

Thick Cut Pan Seared Pork Chops with Apples and Cream

My creamy Tuscan white bean soup is flavored with pancetta and rosemary and uses canned cannellini beans for delicious and easy weeknight dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Tuscan White Bean Soup

For a light and refreshing summer cocktail add lemon and honey to the traditional ginger and vodka mule. You'll love this simple and easy recipe! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Lemon Honey Mule

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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