easy — Recipes — Pancakes and Biscotti

Pesto alla siciliana

Hailing from Sicily, my new favorite pesto stars fragrant basil, punchy Parmesan, creamy ricotta, sweet tomatoes, buttery pine nuts, spicy garlic, and earthy olive oil. Need I say more?!

Pasta, VegetarianFrancesca BruzzeseJuly 29, 2021italian recipes, summer, savory, pasta and risotto, easyComment

Panna cotta alle fragole

A recipe for classic panna cotta, an Italian dolce that requires minimal effort and zero use of the oven. This version is softly wobbly, perfectly smooth, and just sweet enough, perfect with a spoonful or two of summer-y strawberry sauce over the top.

Favorite Potato, Spinach, and Cheese Frittata

The recipe for my very favorite frittata, fluffy and sunshine-y yellow and packed with spinach, potatoes, and two kinds of cheese.

Easiest Veggie Burgers

The easiest of all veggie burgers — made with carrots and white beans — downright delicious and perfect served aside a pile of fries.

Zucchini Basil Soup

More observations from lockdown, day 40 something, plus a little boost of comfort from a packed-with-flavor (and also good for you!) Zucchini Basil Soup.

Homemade Nutella

Everyone’s favorite hazelnut chocolate spread, made from scratchand in the comfort of your own kitchen. Warning: this homemade nutella is highly, highly addictive.

The $250 Neiman Marcus Cookie

The mythical $250 Neiman Marcus Cookie, a cookie so good — full of oats, chocolate, and walnuts! — that its supposed hefty price tag won’t surprise you in the least.

Beans, Greens & Pasta Soup + the ultimate soup formula

The no-fail formula to making a good soup — just fill in the blanks with whatever ingredients you’d like!

Vegetarian, Soup, VeganFrancesca BruzzeseFebruary 24, 2020easy, savory, veggies, winterComment

Chocolate Mudslide Cookies

Intensely, deeply, chocolate-y cookies, not for the faint of heart.

Cookies and BiscottiFrancesca BruzzeseFebruary 12, 2020american recipes, chocolate, cookies brownies and bar cookies, easy, sweetComment

Dreamy Pistachio Cake + 31st Birthday

A rich, buttery, intensely pistachio-y (new word) cake, perfect at breakfast, for snack, or for dessert.

Cakes and Cupcakes, Every day cakesFrancesca BruzzeseJanuary 31, 2020breakfast, cake, easy, spring, sweet, winterComment

Mini Meatball Soup

Mini meatballs, pasta, lots of veggies — a soup that’s got it all, basically.

Meat Chicken Fish, Soup, ChristmasFrancesca BruzzeseJanuary 7, 2020chicken meat fish, easy, winterComment

Pasta Series #7: Spätzle with butter + chives

The easiest homemade pasta you’ll ever make — no kneading, shaping, or pasta machine needed!

Pasta Series, Pasta, ChristmasFrancesca BruzzeseDecember 22, 2019easy, italian recipes, pasta and risotto, savory, winterComment

Pistachio Shortbread

Shortbread taken to the next level with buttery, toasty pistachios — bonus: no rolling out of the dough or cookie cutters needed here, either.

Cookies and Biscotti, ChristmasFrancesca BruzzeseDecember 16, 2019cookies brownies and bar cookies, easy, sweet, winterComment

Gingerbread Pancakes

A stack of spicy, cozy, Christmas-y pancakes, perfect with a drizzle (or two) of maple syrup. Yummm.

Christmas, Breakfast and BrunchFrancesca BruzzeseDecember 10, 2019american recipes, breakfast, easy, sweet, winterComment

Best Ever Pumpkin Muffins

Autumn, baked in a muffin pan.

Pumpkin Spice, Breakfast and BrunchFrancesca BruzzeseNovember 21, 2019american recipes, autumn, breakfast, easy, sweetComment

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Rich, creamy, chocolate peanut butter ice cream — pure American summer bliss.

Ice Cream Frozen No-Bake DessertsFrancesca BruzzeseAugust 18, 2019american recipes, chocolate, easy, summer, sweetComment

Corn and Zucchine Salad with Feta

Who said corn had to be on the cob?! This corn salad with ribbons of zucchini, a handful of salty feta, and a flowery zucchini blossom or two will make you rethink your usual summer corn recipes.