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Spicy Shrimp Fra Diavolo

June 26, 2017 by Michelle 5 Comments

Spicy Shrimp Fra Diavolo

Living in NYC, one of the biggest cultural influences for food is the Italian-American influence. New York City is known for its ever evolving cuisine and latest trends in the culinary world, but one thing remains constant: New York City has the best Italian food outside of Italy. When I went to make a recipe…

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Filed Under: Main Dish, Seafood Tagged With: dinner, italian, linguine, pasta, seafood, shrimp, Spicy Shrimp Fra Diavolo, supper

Roasted Mushroom Gnocchi with Cream Sauce

October 10, 2016 by Michelle 2 Comments

Roasted Mushroom Gnocchi with Cream Sauce

  Mushrooms and I have a love/hate relationship. I love the taste of mushrooms but often hate the consistency. Nothing is worse than having rubbery mushrooms on a pizza or overly oily mushrooms. BUT I have found that roasting mushrooms not only brings out the flavour but has an amazing consistency. When I made my Roasted…

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Italian Stuffed Acorn Squash

September 21, 2016 by Michelle 2 Comments

italian stuffed acorn squash

  One of my favorite fall foods is squash. Recently I’ve fallen in love with how versatile it is. It can easily go sweet with some butter and brown sugar or savory like with these Italian Stuffed Acorn Squash. Either way, it’s absolutely delicious.     When I was a teenager I worked on a farm…

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Rotini with Ramp Pesto

April 20, 2016 by Michelle Leave a Comment

Rotini with Ramp Pesto

  RAMPS ARE IN SEASON! If you’ve never tried them, please check out your local farmer’s market or health food store and try to find them, because they are delicious. Why all the fuss? Ramps are a type of wild onion and they have a unique garlicky onion taste to them. They grow wild here…

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One Pan Chicken Broccoli Alfredo

March 29, 2016 by Michelle Leave a Comment

One Pan Chicken Broccoli Alfredo

Most of my nights have recently been filled with watching the new season of Daredevil. Yes, call me a nerd if you will but this show is amazing! (Go Netflix!). So of course I can’t cook and watch tv at the same time….because I will burn everything. So I created this quick one pan meal…

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One Pan Sausage Rigatoni

March 7, 2016 by Michelle Leave a Comment

One Pan Sausage Rigatoni

OK let’s start the week off right with another on pan wonder! This week let’s go for rigatoni with spicy Italian sausage. This one was soooo good and such a breeze to make. I know winter is winding down, but it’s still fairly chilly and rigatoni is the perfect comfort food for this weather. I’m…

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Ragu Chicken Cacciatore

January 12, 2016 by Michelle 18 Comments

Ragu Chicken Cacciatore

The cold is definitely here to stay for the rest of the season, but thankfully I’m buried in blankets at the moment and sipping on a tea to keep me toasty warm. Today I made an awesome Chicken Cacciatore recipe with Ragu sauce. It was divine and is the prefect food for winter because it will…

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Lavender Panna Cotta

September 14, 2015 by Michelle Leave a Comment

Lavender Panna Cotta

Well we got fancy with it the other night. I made Panna Cotta for dessert after seeing it on a cooking show. I thought it would be hard to make, but if you’ve ever made jello, you can make panna cotta. I made a Lavender Panna Cotta with a blueberry compote on top and I…

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