A tender flatbread topped with herbed oil, salty prosciutto, shallots, pears, creamy brie, thyme and finished with balsamic glaze. It’s the perfect artisan pizza! Yes… FINALLY another pizza recipe! I’m super, SUPER excited to share this one with you along with the dozens of others I have waiting in the wings. As you know, pizza is my all-time FAVORITE food. It’s so versatile and easy. If you can dream it up, you can “pizzafy” it. It’s funny as the food that is my all-time favorite, that I eat in some fashion every day, I rarely post recipes of. It’s not for lack of want, it’s for lack of self-control to take the photos and write up the recipe. This is...
Bring grilled polenta into your weekly menu; just a warning, it’s addictive! Recently, I posted the recipe for basic polenta with rapini. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Now, I want to show you how to use that polenta the next day, or when you have leftover polenta. There are a few key things you’ll need to know, but it’s a super simple recipe, if you can even call it a “recipe.” Many ask, What Can I do With Leftover Polenta? You can do so many things with leftover polenta! From this grilled polenta to polenta lasagna, polenta appetizers, polenta chips, fried polenta and more. It truly such a versatile dish, and remember, the basic recipe is...
It’s my mom’s birthday and there’s no better way to say happy birthday than with a special cake! I’ve always believed in simple ways to show love, because to me the simple gestures are the ones that are the most thoughtful and the most loving. Anyone can buy something flashy, or stuff a card with money or gift cards; words can be powerful but can get lost in chaos. When we stop and take a moment in our busy lives to show someone we care, that we thought of them, we show them that we indeed love them. I’ve alway done this with food, learning from my grandma and my mom as a little girl. They always knew what was...
Chicken-noodle soup is the quintessential comfort food. While nourishing the body, chicken-noodle soup channels the mind back to kinder, gentler, childhood times. When I was growing up, I don't remember eating canned chicken-noodle soup. Mom always had one-quart containers of homemade chicken soup in the freezer. When it was gone, she made more. That was that, haha, no canned chicken-noodle soup for me. While stocking my pantry with a few chicken-y staples (four boxes of chicken stock, two jars of granulated chicken bouillon, and, two double-size bags of wide egg noodles), my mind wandered to mom's chicken noodle casserole. Mom's pantry-staple-based chicken-noodle casserole was different from the chicken-noodle casseroles my friends' moms made. Our family didn't eat a lot of...
We recently moved back to New York City, which means we're back to apartment living and small kitchen living. The move-in process is always pretty stressful, but one of the things that made it much easier for me was coming up with a plan for organizing different areas of the house. I actually worked with my friends from Horderly to organize three spaces in our house: the kitchen, my prop closet, and our entryway closet. To me, the biggest job is always the kitchen and that's what we're going to focus on today! 12 Small Kitchen Organization Ideas Since we live in NYC, that means we're working with a small space. Horderly actually helped us organize the pantry in our...
