This Best Baked Macaroni Cheese Recipe has always been my girls favorite dish. To a point that my husband Luca was afraid they would never learn how to eat anything else. Because of their love for Mac & Cheese, I decided that the box kind, with fake cheese, was not the best option. This homemade…
Archives for September 2014
Best Potato Salad Recipe
Why is this the Best Potato Salad Recipe? Well, it’s my best, because I’ve been experiencing a lot with others, and we all (the family) ended up liking this one the most. Why? I don’t know, to tell you the truth, but it’s probably because of the touch of vinegar… and you know what?… my whole…
Chicken Pot Pie Recipe
This I’m sharing is the easiest chicken pot pie recipe ever! It’s one of the best comfort foods, trust me. Unfortunately people tend not to make it because it takes so much time and trouble. Not anymore. This chicken pot pie recipe is very easy and simple to make, not to mention delicious. No one will think…
Easy Hamburger Recipe
My Easy Hamburger Recipes are not only extremely simple to prepare, but they’re also very light and nutritious, not to mention very tasty. Instead of adding fat and bread crumbs, I use potatoes and carrots to enhance both flavor and quantity, making this an “economical” easy hamburger recipe. The carrots and potatoes bring the extra…
French Toast Recipe
This French toast recipe is a weekend favorite at our home. However, it is so easy and quick to make that it won’t disrupt your morning schedule if you decide to make it on a weekday. Maybe to reward a child who did well in school or a husband in need of some pampering. 🙂 It’s…
Biscuit Recipe
I think my biscuit recipe is easier to make than using ready mix, plus it tastes better because it’s homemade. Biscuits make a wonderful side dish for chicken or meat. They can also be served hot, just out of the oven, at breakfast or afternoon snack, with butter, cream cheese and jam. I use it…
Baked Salmon Recipe
My Baked Salmon Recipe with a Parmesan topping is a lifesaver whenever I have guests! It literally takes only 5 minutes to prepare and is ready after 15 minutes in the oven. I take longer preparing the salad! This Parmesan Baked Salmon Recipe is an elegant, yet simple dish… like all elegant things are. You…
Easy Banana Bread Recipe
This easy banana bread recipe was given to me by my friend Alex, who went to pastry chef school in Brazil. He explained to me that in Brazil this recipe is usually prepared as a cake and served sprinkled with granulated sugar and cinnamon. But it can also be baked on a bread pan, and…
Clam Chowder Recipe
This New England Clam Chowder Recipe was a request from my favorite nephew, Stefano, or affectionately “John” Stefano to me. He graduated from Cambridge University, but spent a year at MIT, where, I’m guessing, he developed a taste for clam chowder. Stefano is a great chef, in his own right, so when he wrote me…
Chicken Kiev Recipe
The Chicken Kiev Recipe is believed to have been invented in the Ukraine, hence the name Kiev. However, a food historian (William Pokhlebkin) claims it was first prepared in Russia. Either way, this recipe is absolutely delicious, elegant and quite easy to make – but gives the impression you slaved for hours in the kitchen. Usually…