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Peppers and Eggs
Peppers and Eggs is an easy-peasy dish; great for lunch, brunch or a light dinner. Vito's Mom and Grandmother would make Peppers and Eggs often while he was growing up, it was always a family favorite. Peppers and Eggs is popular in our house today, we enjoy it often as is or as a sandwich…
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Peppers and Eggs is an easy-peasy dish; great for lunch, brunch or a light dinner. Vito's Mom and Grandmother would make Peppers and Eggs often while he was growing up, it was always a family favorite. Peppers and Eggs is popular in our house today, we enjoy it often as is or as a sandwich…
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Peanut Sauce
Peanut Sauce is ubiquitous in Indonesian cuisine, serving as a dressing or dipping sauce for many different dishes, like Indonesian Chicken and Gado Gado (assorted steamed vegetables) and over rice. It is also very popular in the Netherlands as Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the 1600s. My Dutch mother-in-law,…
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Peanut Sauce is ubiquitous in Indonesian cuisine, serving as a dressing or dipping sauce for many different dishes, like Indonesian Chicken and Gado Gado (assorted steamed vegetables) and over rice. It is also very popular in the Netherlands as Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the 1600s. My Dutch mother-in-law,…
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Go-To Marinade for Beef
Go-To Marinade for Beef uses readily-available ingredients and is very easy to prepare. It enhances the flavor of the cut of beef without masking it. The marinade keeps the beef nice and juicy during cooking, particularly if you baste the beef with the marinade while grilling. Serve with Asian Marinara Yellow Squash and pair them…
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Go-To Marinade for Beef uses readily-available ingredients and is very easy to prepare. It enhances the flavor of the cut of beef without masking it. The marinade keeps the beef nice and juicy during cooking, particularly if you baste the beef with the marinade while grilling. Serve with Asian Marinara Yellow Squash and pair them…
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New York Style Cheesecake
This is Vito's Mom’s recipe for New York Style Cheesecake. She was the “Cheesecake Queen” and was asked many times by family and friends to bake one for their special occasions, to which she never refused nor would she accept any payment for her efforts. We make it often, substituting stevia for the sugar in…
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This is Vito's Mom’s recipe for New York Style Cheesecake. She was the “Cheesecake Queen” and was asked many times by family and friends to bake one for their special occasions, to which she never refused nor would she accept any payment for her efforts. We make it often, substituting stevia for the sugar in…
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Beans and Escarole
Beans and Escarole an Italian classic and a long-time family favorite. As a side note, the Dutch oven pictured is vintage 1940’s Magnalite made from re-purposed post-war aluminum; it was used by my Mom for decades and now enjoys continued use in our kitchen. Escarole, with its leaves of bright green and white, heart of…
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Beans and Escarole an Italian classic and a long-time family favorite. As a side note, the Dutch oven pictured is vintage 1940’s Magnalite made from re-purposed post-war aluminum; it was used by my Mom for decades and now enjoys continued use in our kitchen. Escarole, with its leaves of bright green and white, heart of…
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Green Beans Marinara
Green Beans Marinara is a typical Italian contorno or side dish. Oddly enough, while popular in Italian and Italian-American homes, it’s not often seen on restaurant menus in the United States. Contrary to its name, Green Beans Marinara is not just green beans thrown into a large pot of marinara sauce. The marinara sauce is…
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Green Beans Marinara is a typical Italian contorno or side dish. Oddly enough, while popular in Italian and Italian-American homes, it’s not often seen on restaurant menus in the United States. Contrary to its name, Green Beans Marinara is not just green beans thrown into a large pot of marinara sauce. The marinara sauce is…
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Red Soup
Red Soup is a family recipe; my Mom faithfully made her version of it every Monday for dinner, except when we were on vacation, for over 65 years. Imagine that! I’ve enhanced my Mom’s very basic recipe and updated it for today’s home cook. Red Soup is delicious and nourishing on its own or with…
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Red Soup is a family recipe; my Mom faithfully made her version of it every Monday for dinner, except when we were on vacation, for over 65 years. Imagine that! I’ve enhanced my Mom’s very basic recipe and updated it for today’s home cook. Red Soup is delicious and nourishing on its own or with…
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Ricotta Cheesecake
Ricotta Cheesecake is New York Style Cheesecake’s light and airy Italian sibling. Substituting ricotta for cream cheese results in a lighter, less dense but still delicious cheesecake. Making the recipe with stevia instead of sugar will greatly reduce the carbohydrates count, which we estimate to be around 5 or 6 grams per serving without any…
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Ricotta Cheesecake is New York Style Cheesecake’s light and airy Italian sibling. Substituting ricotta for cream cheese results in a lighter, less dense but still delicious cheesecake. Making the recipe with stevia instead of sugar will greatly reduce the carbohydrates count, which we estimate to be around 5 or 6 grams per serving without any…
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