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Kale Chips
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Looking for a healthy snack? Try these kale chips which are both healthy and very easy to make. This cruciferous vegetable is very high in Vitamin K which is known to help or act as an anti-inflammatory. It has numerous other health benefits and if you are looking at eating a bowl of potato chips [...]
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Pizza Sauce – Italian
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Ingredients 1 can (48 oz) Crushed Tomatoes 1 can (48 oz) Tomato Sauce 1-1/2 tbsp oregano 1-1/2 tbsp basil Salt to taste. Mamma’s pizza sauce is the best. For those of us that try to make it we need to make several attempts to ensure we get it right. She has the benefit of [...]
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Stuffed Green Peppers
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This is harvest season and many gardeners are picking their vegetables. If you planted green peppers now is the time to try this simple but tasty recipe. Ingredients 3 cups bread cubes 2 eggs 6 tbsp Parmesan Cheese Parsley Garlic Directions Remove core of pepper. Some like to keep the core for the filling (less [...]
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Traditional Italian Desserts
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The finale for an Italian family meal is usually fruit or cheese with caffé shared while lingering around the table in the pleasure of each others company, but various mouth-watering desserts are prepared for special occasions. The famous dessert cake of Italy common for birthdays and celebrations is the ‘Zuppa Inglese’. Literally translated, the name [...]
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Pickled Eggplant
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Ingredients 6 Eggplants Salt White Vinegar Garlic Olive oil Oregano Directions Peel the eggplant skin. Slice the eggplant into thin strips by cutting in slabs then cutting into strips Put into a large bowl and add salt. Mix well Squeeze with your hands until the eggplant gets soft Place the contents into a ceramic bowl [...]
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Chicken Cutlets-Cotolette di Pollo
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This is another favorite family recipe from our Aunt Rosetta. Ingredients 4 chicken breasts 2 or 3 eggs Splash Milk Salt & Pepper Flour Bread Crumbs Mazzola Corn Oil Directions Cut chicken breasts in half or majority of way threw like a butterfly cut. Beat eggs in a medium sized bowl, add splash milk and [...]
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Caciocavallo Appetizer
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Caciocavallo literally means cheese on horseback. The name comes more from the look rather than the source because the cheese when purchased looks like saddlebags. It is a type of cheese which has been aged for a minimum of 4 to 6 months and when added with tomatoes it makes a fantastic appetizer or addition [...]
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Scone
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Raisin Scone and Cheese Scone. 4 C flour 1 tbsp salt 1/2 C sugar 3/4 C tenderflake shortening 1/2 C raisins 3 eggs Milk (add enough until dough reaches a pie dough consistency Directions Mix all dry ingredients, add eggs, add milk. Roll dough out so it is about 1-1/2 inches thick. Cut out [...]
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Italian Wedding Soup
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Winter and spring is soup season so we hope you have been enjoying some of the great Italian soup recipes we have been adding for you to try. Most of the Italian soups we grew up were not chunky so no hearty steak and potato at our house. We had Lentil Soup, Little Ball Soup [...]
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Eggplant Parmigiana – Zia Maria
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If you like eggplant or if you are trying to like it for its nutritional benefits, this recipe for eggplant parmigiana from our Aunt Maria will help get you hooked and make it easy to add this vegetable to your diet. Warning: This plate is quite rich, cheese, cheese and more cheese…and remember the eggplant [...]
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