Years ago my parents gave us a Bread Maker machine for Christmas. I can tell you that this is one great gift and it has gotten a lot of use! We’ve made all kinds of breads, specialty breads, pretzels & cinnamon rolls…but by far, everyone’s favorite and the most-often thing to come out of our Bread Maker machine is pizza dough! In just 120 minutes we’ve got two ready-to-go pizza dough…thick or thin, your choice…toppings, your choice. But always a winner! I’ll be sharing a meatless pizza on Friday – so stay tuned! Continue reading
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Deep Dish Sicilian Pizza

Pizza, pizza, pizza!!! I love pizza! When I was a kid I always went for a slice of the thick dough Sicilian square. I haven’t had Sicilian pizza in years. So when I found out my Hubby loved thick pizza too I was off and running to make us one of my childhood favorites… Continue reading
Chicken Caprese

I recently visited with my sister Heidi and she gave me an abundance of veggies! In this recipe I used some of her beautiful fresh tomatoes…so delicious! If you like Caprese Salad (the combination of fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil) you’re going to love this Chicken Caprese. I used smoked mozzarella and topped the chicken with sweet onions sautéed in a balsamic-honey sauce. Very light and very tasty… Continue reading
Garlic-Buttered Melted Mozzarella Bread
The other night we had spaghetti (again!) What’s a better side to pasta than delicious Garlic-Buttered Melted Mozzarella Bread? Not much! A salad is always great but a warm out-of-the-oven piece of garlicky-cheesy bread that you can dip into the sauce is so much better! I got the idea for this recipe from my sister-in-law Maria who makes a fantastic Mozzarella Garlic Bread.Here’s a wonderful and quite simple way to make it! Continue reading
Roasted Vegetable & Pear Salad

Summer salads! Roasted Vegetables! Fresh Fruit! Done, done and done…The combination of flavors in this salad is incredible. The Pear-infused Balsamic Vinaigrette is divine. You will love this salad… Continue reading


