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Best Sweet Potato Cornbread (Amazingly Moist Recipe)

Best Sweet Potato Cornbread (Amazingly Moist Recipe)

I am a huge fan of homemade cornbread but let me tell you that this Sweet Potato Cornbread is out of this world!  Like my classic cornbread recipe, it is delicious and incredibly moist, but the addition of autumn spices and loads of mashed fresh sweet potatoes make 

Orange Cookies – Easy Italian Recipe

Orange Cookies – Easy Italian Recipe

Nonna’s simple orange cookies are the perfect companion to a cup of tea or your favorite coffee. Slightly crispy on the outside and light and airy on the inside, they remind me of orange flavored lady fingers.

Best Apple Cider Margarita Cocktail  

Best Apple Cider Margarita Cocktail  

An Apple Cider Margarita is the perfect way to take the classic Margarita Cocktail into fall.  This fruity drink is sweet, tangy and captures all the fall flavors we love.  While the cinnamon sugar rim on your glass will make you feel warm and cozy 

Casarecce Pasta with Pesto alla Trapanese

Casarecce Pasta with Pesto alla Trapanese

Casarecce Pasta with Pesto alla Trapanese is a simple summery dish that can be on your table in less than 30 minutes.  This fun and hearty pasta is coated in a tasty tomato-based pesto that is just loaded with flavor.  I dare you to have 

Pignoli Cookies – Easy Italian Pine Nut Cookies

Pignoli Cookies – Easy Italian Pine Nut Cookies

Sicilian Pignoli Cookies are simple 4 ingredient cookies, with a sweet nutty flavor.  With pine nuts and almond paste being the main ingredients, these cookies are truly a luxury that is most often reserved for Christmas or special occasions.  But they don’t have to be! 

Black Manhattan Cocktail Recipe (AKA a Sicilian Manhattan)

Black Manhattan Cocktail Recipe (AKA a Sicilian Manhattan)

The Black Manhattan is a smooth, dark almost bittersweet version of the classic Manhattan.  This flavorful twist on the traditional Manhattan cocktail uses Averna Amaro Siciliano in place of sweet vermouth.   This classy drink has a rich flavor with a slight caramel undertone and 

Italian Sesame Cookies – Sicilian Biscotti Reginelle

Italian Sesame Cookies – Sicilian Biscotti Reginelle

A little crunchy, slightly soft in the middle and subtly sweet, Italian Sesame Cookies are perfect with a cup of coffee or tea.  These classic Italian favorites get their nutty flavor from the toasted sesame seeds that coat the outside of the cookie and give 

How to Make Homemade Fire Roasted Tomatoes

How to Make Homemade Fire Roasted Tomatoes

Fire Roasted Tomatoes will infuse delicious, sweet smokey flavor into anything they are added to.  Fire roasting caramelizes the sugars and intensifies the tomatoes’ natural sweetness, making them the perfect way to elevate any dish. Whether you are making sauce, soup or adding them to 

Top Round Roast Beef

Top Round Roast Beef

Roast beef can be a delicious Sunday dinner.  My Top Round Roast Beef is so easy to make that you might even want to try it in the middle of the week.  I’ve laid out some easy-to-follow instructions so that you can make a tender, 

Creamy Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta

Creamy Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta

Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta is a quick and tasty dinner recipe that the whole family loves.  Your favorite pasta is tossed in a delicious garlic cheese sauce and topped with pieces of juicy tender chicken breast in this simple recipe.   Garlic parmesan chicken pasta 


Nonna's Recipes

Orange Cookies – Easy Italian Recipe

Orange Cookies – Easy Italian Recipe

Nonna’s simple orange cookies are the perfect companion to a cup of tea or your favorite coffee. Slightly crispy on the outside and light and airy on the inside, they remind me of orange flavored lady fingers.

Italian Sesame Cookies – Sicilian Biscotti Reginelle

Italian Sesame Cookies – Sicilian Biscotti Reginelle

A little crunchy, slightly soft in the middle and subtly sweet, Italian Sesame Cookies are perfect with a cup of coffee or tea.  These classic Italian favorites get their nutty flavor from the toasted sesame seeds that coat the outside of the cookie and give 

Italian Chicken Pastina Soup (Nonna’s Easy Recipe)

Italian Chicken Pastina Soup (Nonna’s Easy Recipe)

Nonna’s Easy Chicken Pastina Soup recipe is Italian comfort food at its best. This very simple recipe, is the perfect meal when the weather is starting to get cooler and you just want something homey and cozy.  Nonna (my mom, but Nonna to everyone else) 

Eggplant Caponata Recipe

Eggplant Caponata Recipe

Homemade Sicilian eggplant caponata is delicious served as an appetizer with crostini or as an accompaniment to chicken or fish. It is a blend of eggplant, olives, celery, tomato, and capers. The bold flavors of these simple vegetables are heightened and complemented by the sweet and sour “agrodolce” sauce that it is cooked in.

Cannoli Filling Recipe

Cannoli Filling Recipe

Cannoli filled with ricotta and chocolate chips is a classic Sicilian dessert. This delicious pastry filling is sweet, decadent and incredibly easy to make.


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