Chicken Vesuvio is a roast chicken and potato dish in a garlic white wine sauce with lots of oregano added to up the flavor. A Chicago specialty! It only took me 33 years to discover Chicken Vesuvio. Pretty pathetic, I know. After all I grew up off of I57, spent numerous years trailing my parents …
Chicken Parmesan pizza style is a giant golden fried chicken patty topped with tomato sauce and cheese. Drizzled with spicy hot honey this version of chicken parm will have you wishing you made more. Chicken Parmesan Pizza Style has been on my brain lately. Apparently Cheesecake Factory’s chicken Parmesan pizza style is quite popular. …
Boboli Pizza is a regular at our house. This thin and chewy, little bit puffy, perfectly crispy pizza makes our Friday nights! Boboli pizza has been a hit in our home since the kids were wee ones. I loved that I could easily make individual pizzas with the small crusts and one …
Chicken riggies is an Italian American dish from upstate New York. Made with roasted red peppers and hot cherry peppers, plus big chunks of chicken, make this a tasty dinner! Chicken riggies has been on my bucket list to make for a very long time. There is something about the addition of a jar of …
I love this simple giardiniera recipe! This Chicago style, Italian vegetable relish is a great accompaniment to most everything! Thank goodness for this simple giardiniera recipe! With a garden that was prolific in the jalapeno area, I needed something besides pickled jalapenos in my fridge! Salsa is great, but the world does not live on …
Sicilian pasta with cauliflower fills my needs. Loaded with lots of umami and great sweet and spicy flavor, this classic dish is one you will want to try. I love pasta and cauliflower and this cauliflower with pasta is one of my favorite ways to use it! This classic Sicilian pasta, Pasta con Cavolfiore, with …
Made with fresh tomatoes, (though you can use canned), this homemade lasagna recipe with fresh mushrooms and bechamel sauce is the perfect summer lasagna! There are so many lasagna recipes and they are all good, but in the summer I am partial to this easy lasagna recipe made with fresh tomatoes. One could use canned …
Tomato Bruschetta Toast is a perfect breakfast, lunch or appetizer. Make with every tomato variety you can find. This is amazing! This is an updated post form September, 2015. This warm September morning I had this tomato bruschetta toast for breakfast. Yesterday I had this for dinner. And I also had it for lunch. To …