A big tradition for my mom at Easter was to make her traditional Italian Wheat Pie. Super sweet and loaded with Ricotta cheese, this pie was always a huge hit. I love Italian Wheat Pie. Of all the great dishes … Continue reading
Category Archives: Gracie’s Mediterranean Recipes
Last year I shared with you my mom’s tradition of baking bread and delivering it to neighbors on the Feast of Saint Joseph the Carpenter. Sicilians and other Southern Italians celebrate this Saint’s day every March 19th. I was browsing … Continue reading
Herbs, spices and other seasonings are a natural and healthy way to add a lot of flavor to your recipes without adding a lot of extra calories. With a little practice, you can create an endless variety of delicious recipes, … Continue reading
For years I been searching for my Grandmother’s Home Made Pizza Recipe, but to no avail. I have learned however, that life is sometimes just a bunch of coincidences thrown in together. Check this one out! Last week at the … Continue reading
If you been following this blog for any length of time now you know we’re looking for some different ideas on Pasta dishes for our next EBook. This Baked Spaghetti with Pepperoni recipe just came in and looks like a … Continue reading
I got a thing for Cannelloni these days and offer up 5 ways to stuff and prepare this sometimes overlooked Italian Specialty. So just when I though for the first time in my life that I had enough food and … Continue reading
The Thanksgiving plates were no sooner off the table when mom began thinking about Christmas and the family’s Christmas Eve celebration, which always featured 7 fish dishes. The following is a excerpt from my most popular eBook – Gracie’s Christmas … Continue reading
My mom would make Potato Croquettes whenever she needed to fill out a meal. We sometimes had then 2 or 3 times in a week. It didn’t matter – they were so good my sister and I would fight over … Continue reading
The focus for November has been on Traditional Italian Foods and in my family, pork cutlets with balsamic dressing certainly filled that bill. The recipe I’m about to share with you is a bit of a diversion from the simple … Continue reading
We decided to declare November as “I Like Italian Food Month.” With so many great recipes floating around the internet and more people discovering the joys of cooking Italian, it just made sense that we devote a month to Italian … Continue reading