Mom's Lemon Ricotta Cookies

Sunday, April 30, 2017
Mom's Lemon ricotta cookies are light with a lemony flavor.

The ricotta makes them moist, not dry and with a little frosting the perfect sweetness,

Mom made these often, even though they were a traditional Easter cookie.

These lemon ricotta cookies were my dad's favorite cookie.

If you love these cookies you may also like Pistachio Ricotta Cookies, those are another family favorite mom always made for Christmas because of the green color!

These are the perfect cookies to change the sprinkles to a colorful holiday theme at any time of the year and these ricotta cookies are so easy to make.

Dad just loved lemon-flavored cookies. We enjoy these lemon cookies all year long.

Scroll down to print off this simple Italian cookie recipe.



Ricotta cookies with white frosting and little sprinkles on top a special Italian wedding tray cookie found in many Italian bakeries


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Best Summer Favorite Recipes

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Here are the most viewed recipes and favorites of the summer. Foods that made a big hit and desserts that made them smile.



summer recipe collage


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Italian Chocolate Cream Birthday Cake

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
This Italian Chocolate Cream Birthday Cake is a favorite of mine. A decadent filled chocolate cake that has the best pastry vanilla cream filling I ever tasted. Come try this chocolate fudge decadent chocolate cream cake. Everyone raves about this. If you want to treat yourself to a special cake this is it.




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Whole Wheat Cavatelli Pasta Recipe

Monday, April 24, 2017

A healthier version of this great homemade pasta. When your watching your carbs this is a great alternative not totally without carbs but low and still a delicious treat. Perfect for one who is a health conscious.



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Potato and Egg Frittata

Sunday, April 23, 2017
Another breakfast in our Italian household was potatoes and eggs, a traditional Italian recipe very easy to recreate.


This Potato and Egg Frittata and an all-time favorite breakfast, lunch, or dinner when I was growing up because it was inexpensive to make and could easily feed a large family economically.


Money was tight in the 1960s and this meal was so delicious no one ever thought it was a well-known Italian depression food.


This was mom's go-to recipe until the next payday many weeknights and it was also and now after all these years, we all love this any time of the day of weeknight.


Many foods on a budget can be a gourmet banquet, this was one of them during tougher times.


Just scroll down to the recipe card and read some of the suggestions mom would throw into the pan when we had leftovers!



potatoes and egg frittata and Italian traditional breakfast


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Avocado Bruschetta Topping and Guacamole Dip

Sunday, April 16, 2017
We are huge avocado fans, not just because it's a healthy fat and it tastes good, but it's perfect for a light meal or snack plus this bruschetta has several alternatives you can use this topping for with all our suggestions below.


Not only do we have a delicious topping for garlic bread, crackers and so much more, but we also share our favorite guacamole dip recipe below in our printable recipe card for you also!


Summer heat certainly gives you a reason not to cook and this stays cool light bruschetta meal will do the trick and it can become a totally satisfying meal with all our additions you can add in an instant!


Just a little dicing and chopping and you'll be on your way to a healthy delicious anytime appetizer or meal with hardly any fussing at all.


Keep in mind to just buy nice ripe ready to eat sweet summer's bounty vegetables and fruits and also whatever you're not fond off leave it out and substitute another from our suggestions list.


Even though we like our topping on Grandma's recipe for Tuscan Garlic Bread, you can choose whatever you like and psst, it tastes great with no bread at all!


avocado topping for bruschetta


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Easter Pizza Rustica Recipe

Thursday, April 13, 2017
Pizza Rustica or pizzagaina is a large Italian pizza pie consisting of a pastry-like crust that goes both on top and on the bottom, and in between the crust, it holds ingredients such as salami, ham, prosciutto, eggs, and Italian cheeses such as mozzarella, ricotta, Pecorino Romano, and Parmigiano Reggiano.


This recipe can be cut in half as it makes one large or two small ones and it also freezes well.


It's hard to determine what classification this goes under being pizza Rustica as it is part pastry, part quiche, part pie, and part pizza at the same time.


The dish is traditionally prepared for Easter we usually serve this at room temperature as an appetizer.

Even though pizza Rustica is Italian in origin, it is also popular in the Italian-American community here in the United States besides Italy and all of Europe.


If you love Italian traditional foods like this for Easter, try our Best Easter Italian Roundup of Recipes.

Scroll down to the printable recipe card for this fabulous thick meat pizza Rustica recipe.
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this is an Easter Italian Meat pie stuffed with many deli meats like pepperoni, capicola and salami loaded with ricotta and lots of other cheese



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Best New York Bagels

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Our easy homemade bagels recipe proves that you can make these chewy bagels in your own kitchen with only a few basic ingredients and baking tools that taste like they came out of a New York Bakery!.

When my kids were little these were a once-a-week staple in our home but that was when we still lived in Central New York and until we visit New York City we never knew the difference.

Our bagels are made with bread flour that creates the perfect chewy texture.

We've taste-tested lots of bagels and always come back to the New York-style water bagels, which are easy to make delicious soft a little chewy, and perfect when toasted.

These easy step-by-step instructions will keep you from ever buying them again, they are so delicious.

Scroll down to the printables recipe card and read the tips first they will help produce the best results.


assorted homemade NY bagels


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Semolina Bread Recipe

One of my favorite breads to make and so easy to do, semolina Italian rustic bread.


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