This Tuscan White Bean Soup with Escarole and Potatoes is so comforting and full of flavor! It’s vegetarian and gluten free. Enjoy the leftovers for lunch! Are you a soup person? I am. I enjoy soup all year round. But when the wind is howling through the night, keeping me awake and wondering if our…
Apple-Mozzarella-Pecan Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
If you’re trying to eat healthier for your New Year’s resolution, try this Apple-Mozzarella-Pecan Salad with Maple Vinaigrette. It’s a great vegetarian lunch entrée or company-worthy side salad! Gluten free. You know I’m recovering from a Christmas and New Year’s food coma when I bust out a healthy salad entrée. But I’ve actually been enjoying…
Top 10 Recipes and Highlights of 2016
Cooking with Mamma C’s Top 10 Recipes and Highlights of 2016! Hi, Gang! I hope you’ve been enjoying the holiday season. I couldn’t resist closing the year with a look at Cooking with Mamma C’s top 10 recipes and highlights of 2016. It’s like the People’s Choice Awards, where we look at the most popular…
Linguine with Creamy Walnut Sauce
We love this easy Linguine with Creamy Walnut Sauce, based on a dish we ate near Genoa. Just throw the mascarpone and other sauce ingredients in the food processor or blender and give them a whirl! Once upon a time, my family and I ate the most heavenly linguine with creamy walnut sauce while on…
The Best Italian Green Salad with Homemade Dressing
Our family makes the best Italian green salad with homemade dressing! It’s simple, vegan, gluten free and the most requested recipe when we have friends over for dinner! I feel a bit ridiculous posting our family’s salad recipe. But so many friends rave about it, and I always say I’ll share it someday. Today is…
Baked Parmesan Shrimp with Garlic Butter
Baked Parmesan Shrimp with Garlic Butter is delicious and gluten free! It’s based off of the most popular recipe on Cooking with Mamma C! I have to thank Cooking with Mamma C readers for suggesting a shrimp version of my wildly popular Lemon Parmesan Cod with Garlic Butter. Because this Baked Parmesan Shrimp with Garlic…
Slow Cooker Cauliflower Soup with Cheddar
If you want delicious comfort food that’s not heavy, Slow Cooker Cauliflower Soup with Cheddar is perfect! Serve it with pasta shells or omit them for a low-carb, gluten-free meal! It’s soup weather! Soup-ah!!! (Any Monty Python fans out there?) I know I’m aging myself, but hey, if it works for cheddar, it works for…
My Hubby’s Beer-Steamed Littleneck Clams
My Hubby’s Beer-Steamed Littleneck Clams are so good dipped in melted butter! Plus, I’m sharing his tips for how to clean clams. It’s fun to have a mini clambake at home! (This post is sponsored by Nestlé Waters North America. I will be compensated and have received gift certificates to purchase Tradewinds Slow-Brewed Iced Tea….
Orange Pancakes with Chocolate Chips
If you love the chocolate-orange flavor combo, you need to try these Orange Pancakes with Chocolate Chips! A delicious breakfast made with your choice of white whole wheat or all-purpose flour. You know I love my smoothies six mornings a week. But on that seventh day, I really crave an indulgent breakfast. I deserve it,…
Mom’s Pesto with Pecorino Romano
Mom’s Pesto with Pecorino Romano is the best! It’ll become your go-to recipe for basil pesto sauce! My family’s been eating pesto since 1982…long before it was cool to eat pesto in America. And, while it seems every grocery store, food blog and Italian restaurant features basil pesto nowadays, I have to say I’ve never…
