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Enjoy Greek and Mediterranean flavors in my hummus bowl topped with marinated and grilled chicken souvlaki skewers, a green salad, tzatziki sauce, and crisp pita bread triangles. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #greekfood #mediterraneanfood #hummus #chickensouvlaki #greekdinners #grilledrecipes

Chicken Souvlaki Hummus Bowl

Homemade dressing with anchovies, fresh made croutons, crispy lettuce, and aged parmesan come together to create the best classic Caesar salad recipe! Top with grilled chicken, sauteed shrimp, or salmon for a complete meal. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #saladrecipes #caesarsalad #salad #italianrecipes #anchovies

The Best Classic Caesar Salad Recipe

Grilled peach salad is fresh summer side full of sweet and smoky peaches, toasted pecans, berries, and goat cheese all tossed with a maple vinaigrette! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #summerrecipes #saladrecipes #peaches #salads #sidedishrecipes

Grilled Peach Summer Salad with Maple Vinaigrette

Steakhouse-style classic wedge salad made from iceberg lettuce, topped with buttermilk blue cheese dressing, bacon, and tomatoes is a great dinner side. For date night or for a crowd.

Steakhouse-Style Classic Iceberg Wedge Salad

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

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

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

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

Turkey stuffing croquettes with a cranberry vinaigrette are a great way to transform your Thanksgiving and holiday leftovers into a new meal! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Leftover Turkey and Stuffing Croquettes

Caesar salad becomes satisfying meal in a bowl with the addition of spicy grilled chicken thighs, farro, tomatoes, and edamame. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Grilled Chicken and Farro Caesar Salad Bowl

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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

Looking for a great fall and winter side? My recipe for butternut squash and Swiss chard is quick, healthy, and full of caramelized cubes of winter squash and tender chopped chard. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #butternutsquash #sidedish #wintersquash #swisschard #healthyrecipes

Easy Sauteed Butternut Squash with Swiss Chard

Italian comfort food of tomato, braised sausage, and pork shoulder ragu simmering on the stove is the perfect way to spend a chilly day. This pork ragu is easily doubled and freezes well. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Italian Braised Pork Shoulder Ragu

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

Hot Apple Pie Bourbon Cocktail - This twist on hot buttered bourbon uses cider and butterscotch sauce to make the perfect thanksgiving or fall cocktail. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Hot Apple Pie Bourbon Cocktail

Sparkling rose sangria is made from rose still and sparkling wines, fortified with brandy and orange liqueur, then mixed with raspberries and winter citrus, like blood oranges and pink grapefruit. Great for romantic dinners, winter and spring parties, and valentine's day!

Romantic Sparkling Rose Sangria

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Leftover Lamb Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce - What to do with leftover lamb roast? Make these incredibly yummy lamb gyros and top them with a 5 minute tzatziki sauce. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Leftover Lamb Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce

My Favorite Bread and Sausage Stuffing - This classic combination of bread, pork sausage, aromatics, and lots of sage produces a stuffing that says Thanksgiving to me. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

My Favorite Sausage Bread Stuffing

Zucchini cheddar biscuits are soft, tender and full of shredded zucchini and sharp cheddar. Just drop them onto the baking tray and go. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Soft and Tender Zucchini Cheddar Biscuits

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

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

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

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