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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

Have dinner on the table in 30 minutes with these homemade black bean burgers! This recipe is quick and easy to make with pantry ingredients. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #blackbeans #beanburgers #burgerrecipes #beans #burgers

Quick and Easy Black Bean Burgers

Learn how to make classic homemade meatballs! For the BEST authentic Italian meatballs and sauce mix together ground beef with fresh bread crumbs, parmesan, and spices then then pan fry and braise until tender. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #italianfood #meatballs #beefrecipes #beef

The Best Italian Meatballs – Authentic and Homemade

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

Baby yukon gold potatoes are sliced in half and tossed with olive oil and salt and finished with fresh herbs in these crispy oven roasted herb potatoes. They are an easy and delicious recipe for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #potatoes #roastedpotatoes #thanksgivingrecipes #holidayrecipes

Crispy Herb Roasted Baby Potatoes

In this Greek dinner specialty, thinly sliced pork shoulder is marinated and then threaded into kebabs to make juicy and flavorful grilled pork souvlaki! Make a plate with rice and salad or wrap up the pork in a pita for gyros. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #greekrecipes #grillrecipes #kebabs #porkrecipes #grilledpork #dinnerrecipes

Grilled Pork Shoulder Souvlaki

This hearty, creamy Italian sausage soup with broccolini and chickpeas is quick and easy comfort food which cooks up in one pot on the stove top. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipe #souprecipe #sausagesoup #comfortfood #easydinner

Creamy Italian Sausage and Chickpea Soup

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

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

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

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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

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

Poached Pears with Mascarpone Cream - These pears are poached in a spiced white wine syrup and then filled with mascarpone whipped cream and finished with a drizzle of bittersweet chocolate sauce. A wonderful way to end a holiday meal! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Poached Pears with Mascarpone Cream

Pull out your cast iron skillet to make these amazing breaded cheese stuffed pork chops for two! Start these Italian style bone-in chops on the stove top then move to the oven and finish up by making a quick sauce to serve over pasta. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #porkchops #porkrecipes #italianrecipes #datenightrecipes #dinnerfortwo

Herb and Cheese Stuffed Pork Chops with Pasta

Looking for a healthy and fresh winter salad? Try an Italian orange salad full of sliced cara cara oranges, bitter radicchio, and toasted pecans all tossed with a lemony honey mustard dressing. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Italian Orange, Radicchio, and Pecan Salad

Homemade hot bourbon eggnog is easy to make and will warm you right through. I think it's the perfect drink for cold and snowy days by the fire! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Homemade Hot Spiced Bourbon Eggnog

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

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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

This easy flourless chocolate cake is amazingly dense, rich and decadent. Every bite is packed with intense bittersweet chocolate flavor. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Easy Flourless Chocolate Cake

Dinner comes together in a flash with this recipe for kid-pleasing, one-pot ground beef pasta skillet topped with pesto and ricotta. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Ground Beef Skillet Pasta with Pesto and Ricotta

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

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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