Recipes
Scrambled Eggs with Zucchini
This quick and easy recipes spruce up your standard breakfast scrambled eggs with zucchini, chives, herbs, and avocado garnish.
Muffuletta a la Mary with Turano's Italian Round Bread Loaf
This amazing take on the classic Italian-American sandwich includes two of my favorite cheeses—mozzarella and provolone—along with four Italian meats: mortadella, soppressata, Genoa salami, and capocollo.
Amaretto Cupcakes with Homemade Amaretto Frosting
We originally posted this recipe in honor of our reaching 2,000 followers on Instagram, But these delicious almond/Amaretto flavored cupcakes are great for any occasion where you want to celebrate someone or something, or just generally lift everyone’s spirits!
Terri’s Gluten-free Vegan Apricot Almond Granola Bars
My Gluten-free Vegan Apricot Almond Granola bars are not only delicious and portable: they’re also very easy to make.
Swiss Chard and Shiitake Mushroom Galette
A galette brings all the deliciousness of a pie without all the fuss. Just roll out your favorite pie dough and place the Swiss chard mixture right in the middle. Fold up the dough and pinch to make pleats. With a simple egg wash as a finishing touch, the resulting dish is a rustic tart where the imperfections just make it better!
Mom’s Italian Sunday Gravy
For this Mother’s Day, I’d like to share with you my take on one of my own mother’s specialties that she handed down to me—her delicious Sunday gravy.
Grilled Skirt Steak Arrachera with Homemade Chimichurri sauce and Randy’s Famous Margaritas
Cinco De Mayo is almost upon us, and I am excited to celebrate with our neighbors to the south with this delicious recipe for traditional grilled skirt steak with chimichurri sauce (also known as arrachera), with a tasty, classic margarita accompaniment.
Mary's Torta Rustica with Pimentos, Fontina, Tortellini, and Sun Dried Tomatoes
This savory Italian pie is a signature dish in our house at Easter time, but it’s too good not to serve it year round; I always have a few unbaked ones in the freezer ready to go. It’s a great dish to have on hand at short notice (I take it out of the freezer the night before I plan to bake it). In fact, it’s so popular in my family that I added it to my Christmas Eve menu. Be prepared to wow!
Salads & Sides: Casadil (Italian Easter Bread)
I always put this special bread on my recipe list when Easter rolls around. I form the dough into small loaves, which makes them perfect for giving as gifts to friends and family.
Meyer Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with Lemon Glaze
This super-simple lemon cake recipe is easy to make, freezes wonderfully, and makes one 9-inch cake, two loaves (if you want to go all out and make a bundt cake, double the recipe).
Mom’s Italian Easter Pie AKA Calzone
The preparation of this Italian Easter pie, also referred to as calzone, is a traditional part of the holiday in my family. I grew up making this recipe with Tuma cheese. Known as “the lost cheese of Sicily,” this unique creamy cheese is made with cow’s milk from an age-old recipe. I also love to use Scamorza cheese in this recipe. Scamorza is another southern Italian cow’s milk cheese. Like mozzarella, the cheese curd is stretched, letting the curd mature in its own whey for several hours to allow acidity to develop. A good substitute for these cheeses is a mix of mozzarella and provolone.
Cookies + Desserts: Grandma Vivardo’s Italian Easter Cookies
Traditional Easter egg cookies come in many different forms. This recipe makes little Easter baskets, just like Grandma Vivardo used to make. You can use your leftover colored Easter eggs for this one!
