Italian Baked Mashed Potato Croquettes by Claudia lamascolo

A very delicate crunch and hardly no fat to worry about baking them instead of frying. Grandma's recipe adapted to a healthier new way! Still full of flavor! Love potatoes? This is a must try!

Strawberry Mousse Cake by kristy

A sweet & romantic treat!

Stuffed Clam Appetizers by RecipeKing

Stuffed Clam Appetizers is a delicious recipe which combines a packaged herb seasoned stuffing mix, bacon, onions and Parmesan cheese. A fantastic option for your large dinner parties, events and holidays. It is also a healthy, low calories, low fat, low sodium, low cholesterol, low carbohydrates, heart-healthy and Weight Watchers (2)…

Tantalizing Baked Lemon Pesto Mushrooms Casserole by Blackswan

This sourish pesto appetizer, using a mix of mushrooms and cherry tomatoes, is so easy to prepare and is definitely for the novice cooks!

Chocolate Easter Eggs by Lauren CoffeeMuffins

I made my own Chocolate Easter Eggs, and I think I got a little too excited about taking the photos! To make them yourself is really easy, and this way you can use great quality chocolate instead of the rubbish they usual make store bought Easter Eggs with. (I used a mixture of fairtrade milk chocolate, and lindt milk chocolate).

Polenta Squares with Gorgonzola - Crostoni al Gorgonzola by Evelyn Scott

Fried polenta is a great treat, a snacking food of the sort one can go to a friggitoria and buy a cone of -- the frier takes a sheet of yellow butcher's paper, rolls it into a cone, and fills it with squares of polenta. But polenta is also a nice accompaniment to other fried foods at table, and is a perfect base for toppings of…

Italian-Style Stuffed Mushrooms by Jennifer Bass

Caprese Salad by Jennifer Bass

Healthy Fall Dessert: Baked apples with walnuts, honey and cinnamon. by Helenscooking

This recipe is as easy as it can only get. I think the hardest part is to take the apples’ seeds out, so that the apples would be intact. I am cooking these apples since the time I remember myself cooking. My Daddy cooks these apples in red wine,…

Vegetables blanched corn cakes (Traitional rcipe fron valencia-Sain) by chefgonin

These corn cakes fill the can or want to, although traditionally here fill of vegetables (eggplant, peppers, onions etc). They are ideal to surprise your friends in a quick dinner, and if you tell them it's a Spanish recipe, even better. Try them, is…

Savory Hummus by Kiki Thompson

This is a traditional greek dip used with falafel sandwiches, gyros, etc. I also use it in my wraps or as a veggie dip.

The Story of Peaches and Chianti Where What's Cookin' All Began by Claudia lamascolo

A family story, how an Italian blog got started and it's inspiration of fabulous cooks, great conversations and family values. For the whole story visit http://pegasuslegend-whatscookin.blogspot.com/2009/08/every-sunday-would-be-pasta-day-in-our.html

meat sufley by alesha

Hot Feta and Artichoke Dip by misty

One of my favorite recipes, which I've tweaked to my own preferences. For instance, the original recipe calls for pimentos, but I find them redundent as they add nothing to the flavor and little to the appearence. Since they're spendy anyway, I skip them altogether or replace them with finely diced kalamata olives to add to the Greek…