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You'll love this simple, Spanish-inspired stew with shrimp and chorizo! It's quick to make and has TONS of flavor. Perfect for a weeknight dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #spanishfood #dinnerecipes #stew #comfortfood

Shrimp and Chorizo Stew

Learn how to make a simple spring greens pasta with whatever greens, pasta, beans, and herbs you have in the house! White beans or red; kale, spinach, or arugula; and your favorite fresh herbs all combine into a delicious sauce and a quick dinner. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #pastarecipes #greens #pasta #vegetariandinners #pantrydinners

How to Make Spring Greens Pasta

Learn how to cook a perfect pan seared steak like a pro! This easy method is done on the stove top in a cast iron skillet and takes only a few minutes for medium rare. Great for ribeye, strip steak, sirloin, t-bone and more! Serve with my favorite horseradish sauce recipe. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #dinnerrecipes #easydinners #steakrecipe #steak #castiron #searedsteak

Pan Seared Steak with Horseradish Sauce

Cold cauliflower salad is a great year-round salad filled with tender cauliflower, briny capers, meaty green olives and plenty of fresh parsley. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cold Cauliflower Salad with Green Olives and Capers

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

Smooth Tomato Gazpacho - Fresh, ripe, and juicy summer tomatoes and crisp cucumbers make a yummy gazpacho in this easy, no-cook cold soup perfect for a hot day. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Smooth Tomato and Cucumber Gazpacho

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 smooth and creamy cauliflower soup is swirled with blue cheese and topped with truffle oil for great comfort food on a chilly day! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Creamy Cauliflower Blue Cheese Soup with Truffle Oil

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

This New Year's Eve appetizer menu is full of all sorts of ideas for a Mediterranean small plates party: savory, sweet and cocktails too. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

New Year’s Eve Appetizer Party Menu

This is the best ever homemade deep dish apple pie! It's twice cooked for twice the apples - perfect for holidays, fall days, and Thanksgiving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #applepie #thanksgiving #thanksgivingrecipes #dessertrecipe #pierecipe #holidaydessert

Best Ever Homemade Deep Dish Apple Pie

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

To make the best leek gratin I add sauteed radishes and chopped up young kale leaves along with just enough cream and gruyere cheese to make a melty, creamy, roasty side dish right in my cast iron pan. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #sidedishrecipe #gratin #leeks #kale #radishes #frenchrecipes

Kale, Radish, and Leek Gratin with Gruyere Cheese

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Easy, delicious, and full of bubbles! This pomegranate prosecco cocktail has everything you need for a great holiday drink. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pomegranate Prosecco Cocktail

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

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

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

Pan Fried Spanish Cauliflower Tapas - These breaded fried cauliflower bites are a simple and tasty tapas dish you should make at your next get-together! Just a quick dunking in egg and breadcrumbs and a minute in a skillet and you are all done. Can be made ahead and reheated! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pan Fried Spanish Cauliflower Tapas

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

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