These Chai Cheesecake Cups are a quick and easy, not-too-sweet dessert that incorporates the Indian flavors of sweet chai with good for you protein packed Greek Cream Cheese. What is Chai? Chai is an Indian tea brewed with milk, sugar and cardamom. Translated, Chai means “tea”, so please, for the sake of our Indian friends, […]
Arancini are balls of rice, stuffed with anything from cheese to ragu, then fried to a golden hue. They are a traditional Sicilian dish served in December for the Feast of Santa Lucia, commemorating the arrival of a grain ship to the island in 1646 during a time of famine. What does that mean to us? An […]
Our family doesn’t have any traceable roots to Italy. But, we have wondered if perhaps there was some mysterious ounce of Italian blood passed on to my sister. She has always been obsessed with Italian food. Every birthday, special occasion and dinner out, if there was Italian on the menu, it was on her plate. She’s […]
We officially have a Halloween tradition in the Simon house. For three years now, I’ve made a big pot of spaghetti with meat sauce (Bolognese if we’re bein’ fancy) and opened up the doors to friends and family before Trick-or-Treating. After a third round of rave reviews and inquiries for a recipe, I spent today […]
I had a single sweet potato hanging out in the miscellaneous produce bowl in the kitchen (currently being occupied by an acorn squash, a few limes, a tomato on its last leg, and a bunch of bananas, for the monkeys of course). He was a pretty large sweet potato and on the heels of my […]
Growing up, there were two kinds of enchiladas. The restaurant version that were rolled and covered in red sauce and cheese and the home version which were more of a Mexican casserole, dished out of a Pyrex and served in squares. This recipe reflects the home version, a recreation of my Mom’s go-to recipe. This is […]
I have been working with Traina Foods on a series of recipes featuring their Sun Dried tomato ketchup. Yep, you’ve seen this stuff before in prior posts and will see a few more before the year is out. It has been a wonderful experience working with them, for one, because the product is amazing. However, […]
I made this Hawaiian Pineapple Pizza Dip for my friend Susie, lover of all things Hawaii. She loves to tag me in things on social media and say, “please make this for me.” Being a fan of a challenge, I usually oblige. Her most recent request was found on a website, devoted to over-the-top, borderline […]
Amazing Grace was played in church the Sunday after I re-launched this site, sharing my big secret with everyone. If you think I had a dry eye as we all rose to our feet, singing perhaps one of the most recognized and powerful hymns known to the western world, you don’t know that I’m especially […]
I think of parfait, I think of Eddie Murphy as Donkey in Shrek. You know what ELSE everybody likes? Parfaits! Have you ever met a person, you say, “Let’s get some parfait,” they say, “Hell no, I don’t like no parfait.”? Parfaits are delicious! So, being that everyone likes parfaits, I figured I’d make one […]
