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Italian Meat Stuffed Fried Olives: Olive all’Ascolana

Italian Meat-Stuffed Fried Olives are divine, delicious delicacies. They are one of the best appetizers I have ever put in my mouth. In Italy, they are a traditional family dish, that is often made by the entire family, and which are served at celebrations, parties, and family get-togethers in the Marche region, where they are …

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Homemade Pasta Recipe With KitchenAid Pasta Attachment

Looking for a Homemade Pasta Recipe to use with your KitchenAid Mixer and its Pasta Attachment? You’ve come to the right place. I like this recipe because it uses a few more egg yolks than many recipes I’ve seen, giving it a rich golden color, and a silky texture once it’s cooked.  Do I Have …

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How to Make Homemade Ricotta Cheese With a Sous Vide

If you’re looking for an easy recipe for how to make homemade ricotta cheese, you’ve come to the right place. Cheese making is somewhat mysterious to most folks, but oh, how we do crave the stuff!!! Don’t you think it would be kind of fun to learn how to actually make cheese, at home? And …

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Southern Summer Risotto in a Pressure Cooker: with Corn, Tomatoes and Bacon

All the Treasures of Summer in the South, in a Risotto: Southern Summer Risotto is simply an Italian-style rice dish, made in the easiest way I’ve ever made risotto: with a pressure cooker. I made this recipe up myself, by taking a basic risotto recipe, and changing up a few ingredients. It’s made with some …

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How to Make Creamy Homemade Polenta in a Pressure Cooker

I’ve learned how to make creamy homemade polenta in my pressure cooker/multi-cooker, (for some of you, that’s an Instant Pot) and I will never go back to the old way I used to make polenta again! Making it in my electric pressure cooker is so much easier!  No more molten lava spatters on my hands …

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Pasta Carbonara with Homemade Bread Crumbs

People often ask me for suggestions for meals that are quick, easy, delicious, and frugal, and Pasta Carbonara with Homemade Bread Crumbs is just such a recipe. When life’s circumstances are just so hectic – like during the holidays, for example – that there’s no TIME to get to the grocery store, you need a …

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Spaghetti and Venison Meatballs

The Venison Meatballs from this recipe of homemade Italian Spaghetti and Venison Meatballs are so delicious they’re addictive. Once you’ve cooked them, and sampled one, you will wonder how there will ever be enough left for dinner. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.      Can I Use Beef, Rather Than Venison? DON’T be put off by …

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