Antipasto Tortellini Pasta Salad. This packed potluck favorite includes multiple cheeses, meats, olives, peppers, and more to create a hearty Italian-inspired summer side dish. I’ve spent basically the entire summer trying to think of a creative pasta salad recipe to really excite you guys. Something drastically different but still a crowd-pleaser, making use of exotic…
Sausage-Stuffed Chicken Rollatini with Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce
When I was in college, “Chicken Rollatini” was one of the first recipes I ever added to my regular rotation. Chicken Rollatini is an Italian-American dish that involves rolling up fillings inside of thinly sliced and pounded chicken breast halves, and then baking them. You may also hear them referred to as Involtini or Roulade, but to…
5 Ingredient Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Dip
I don’t know if Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Dip would typically fall in the Super Bowl Snack category, but I’m here to say that it should. It should be available at every party. It should be omnipresent. This is the kind of dip that people eat once and get hooked on, because it’s so simple to make but…
Fried Green Tomatoes with Goat Cheese and Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette
I have been waiting for a whole year to make and share this recipe with you. Last summer, James and I went down to North Carolina to visit my cousin, Ashley, and her fiance (now husband), Evan. We planned on jetskiing and picnicking and walking downtown, but we didn’t get to experience much beautiful Carolinian…
One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo
You know that feeling when you’re working on something and you’re like 75% sure it’s not going to turn out well for one reason or another? That’s how I felt about this One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo. I should have been more confident, I guess, since the One Pot Spicy Chicken Riggies…
Eggplant, Prosciutto, & Pesto Pressed Picnic Sandwiches
“These sandwiches were so delectable that the enzymes in my palate shivered with excitement” – James, when asked how begin this blog post. And that is why he is not a food blogger. But he is a big fan of these sandwiches, because…. well, who wouldn’t be? Homemade pesto, grilled eggplant, fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers,…
Roasted Red Pepper Salad
While nearly everyone I know is lamenting “the end of summer”, I’ve got to tell you, I’m pretty excited. Not because I’m glad that weather no longer permits us to float in the pool, drink in hand, and take in all of the sunshine, but because we’re moving away from hot and humid weather into…
Breaded Italian Sausage Sandwiches with A’moigue and Roasted Red Pepper Relish
When I was of middle-school-age and the last day of school dragged on as though the teachers had unanimously decided to kill us with boredom, I would doodle little depictions of all of the exciting things I had to look forward to in the upcoming summer months. (I was a notorious side-margin-scribbling doodle-maniac, by the way. The…
Greek Turkey Burger with Feta-Yogurt Sauce
I know I’m pretty all over the place with my choices of what kind of recipes to put together for this blog. As much as I try to establish rhyme or reason for my food-posting patterns, it just doesn’t happen. I’m sure you’ve noticed that in a week I can go from posting something seasonal…
