This might be our all-time favorite Asian appetizer and spring roll recipe ever. Crispy, crunchy shrimp spring rolls are crazy delicious and probably the easiest appetizer you’ll ever make. If you’re a fan of chili oil, shrimp, or spring rolls you’ll love making these restaurant-quality spring rolls at home without the hefty price tag!  Watch the how-to-make Firecracker Shrimp Spring Rolls video below to see just how easy this appetizer is to make! *(coming soon) Instead of searching for ‘spring rolls near me’ and ordering takeout or delivery, we prefer to make spring rolls at home. Most ..read more

This strawberry butter is sweet, tart, and chocked full of all-natural strawberry flavor! It’s the only homemade strawberry butter recipe you’ll ever need. With just 2 ingredients this is one of my favorite compound butters to make. Plus, it’s fully customizable, and you can use this recipe to make strawberry honey butter.  Ideal for adding all-natural buttery strawberry flavor to waffles, pancakes, homemade strawberry scones, toast, morning muffins, or even crêpes — you name it! Watch the how-to-make strawberry butter video (coming soon) below to see just how easy this fruit butter ..read more

Forget any notion you’ve ever had about whole wheat or “healthy cookies” and their lack of texture or flavor! This sweet buttery whole wheat chocolate chip cookie recipe will change your life!  Or at the very least, it’ll have you eating less refined carbs while still enjoying every single thing you love about your favorite chocolate chip cookies recipe. And you don’t even have to break out your mixer to enjoy these chewy chocolate chip cookies. Healthy Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies These are the best whole wheat chocolate chip cookies! We like to call this our award-winning chocolat ..read more

Chewy twirly Abruzzese chitarra pasta is one of the many regional Italian pasta shapes that is almost too good to be true. Simple in its design this beautifully square-shaped pasta is no regular spaghetti!  Spaghetti alla Chitarra gets its flavor from eggs and its sturdiness from semolina flour giving it an unrivaled ability to hold on to sauces (even heartier meat sauces) because of the special way it’s cut. This handmade pasta has been a staple in my Italian family (Luca’s side) for generations and it’s so much better than regular spaghetti! Why You’ll Love Making Chitarra Pasta It’s s ..read more

This 3-ingredient Spinach Pasta is incredibly easy to make! Use this spinach pasta dough to make delicious sheets of homemade ‘lasagna verde’ for Bolognese, silky ribbons of green pappardelle pasta, spinach spaghetti, tagliatelle, fettuccine, ravioli, farfalle, mezzaluna, tortellini, or any favorite pasta shape! If you’re new to pasta making, you can watch the how-to-make spinach pasta dough video below! What to Expect With this Spinach Pasta Recipe In my Homemade Egg Pasta Beginner’s Guide, you learned how to make authentic Italian ‘pasta fresca’ (fresh egg pasta) the way my family here in It ..read more

Candied pecans are a no-frills, no-fuss recipe perfect for topping salads, general snacking, adding to popcorn salads on family movie night, fancying up your holiday cheese or charcuterie board, or giving as delicious DIY food gifts. These sweet glazed pecans are delicious and hard to stop eating — you’ve officially been warned. Perfect for holiday office parties or family get-togethers, these party nuts keep your guests satiated while the turkey or ham is still in the oven (especially if you’re also serving pre-dinner drinks at your soiree). This is the easiest spiced nuts recipe you can make ..read more

Homemade gnocchi Bolognese or (gnocchi ragù Bolognese) is like a pasta bowl full of bear hugs — it’s warm, cozy, and 100% satisfying! Total comfort food. This recipe is made 100% from scratch and in the authentic Bologna way which puts it squarely in superstar pasta territory. Pillowy spinach dumplings covered in a meaty wine-infused Authentic Bolognese sauce sprinkled with a handful of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese makes pure magic. And while it sounds awfully fancy, it couldn’t be easier to make! If you’re looking for more Bolognese recipes you may want to check out this authentic Lasagna alla ..read more

Spinach Gnocchi is a delicious healthy twist on my classic potato gnocchi recipe and it’s just as easy to make! Fluffy as pillows, these bright green tender little dumplings pair with any gnocchi sauce you can think of from the ultra creamy to the super meaty. Skip the store-bought stuff because this tastes way better and it can be made in less time than it probably takes you to make that trip! And with just 4 ingredients (+salt) you probably already have everything on hand to make it. What to Expect From This Spinach Gnocchi Recipe This is a frozen spinach gnocchi recipe that makes fluffy gre ..read more

You will not believe how delicious or easy this 6-ingredient, 30-minute fall soup is! Italian cicerchie, (delicious beans that look a lot like gravel) have an earthy flavor somewhat reminiscent of chickpeas but have an altogether unique flavor and texture. And spicy ventricina (a favorite Abruzzese salami umami bomb) gives each bowl a glaze of lip-smacking red oil around the rim!  If you’re not yet familiar with cicerchie or ventricina, it’s definitely worth seeking them out.  *Don’t worry if you can’t find cicerchie or ventricina though — dried chickpeas, cannellini beans, and spicy ..read more

This crab pasta is perfect for any seafood lover! Lucious linguine tossed in a silky white wine crab sauce (Italian granchio blu) — this restaurant-quality seafood pasta has everything you could want flavor wise. Based on a Venetian crab pasta dish from one of our favorite restaurants here in Venice (Antiche Carampane), this simple crab pasta uses just 9 ingredients (plus salt) and is ready in 25 minutes or less.  Can’t find black squid ink linguine? No problem, substitute regular linguine, whole wheat linguine, tagliatelle, tagliolini, spaghetti, or fettuccine instead. Plus, I’ve include ..read more