Chorizo Baked Black Beans

Chorizo Baked Black Beans

These black beans are a modification of an awesome one pot chicken meal that Emeril Lagasse has in his cookbook: Sizzling Skillets and Other One-Pot Wonders, chicken and black beans with chorizo.  I loved the black beans that are the base of the chicken dish but I...
Italian Pesto Meatloaf

Italian Pesto Meatloaf

I have been making the same meatloaf with a sweet and spicy tomato and honey glaze for a while now, and I was getting sick of eating it even if my family was not. Thus I decided it was time for something new: pesto meatloaf. The cup of left over pesto from my last...
Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup is one of my stepdaughter’s favorites so when I was looking for a quick and easy soup to stash in the fridge for this weekend that everyone could nibble on I was thrilled to  located everything I would need for it.  I love fennel sausage in...