Thanksgiving Side Dishes: don’t stress out during the holiday season over what to make with your turkey, because these thanksgiving side dishes are easy to make and absolutely delicious! I made the mistake of smoking some turkeys a few years ago for my in-laws and at the end of the meal my father-in-law asked everyone…
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Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe
If you have food allergies and want to indulge, then this super chocolatey delicious Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe is exactly what you need. Thank you to the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association for sponsoring this post! I’m sure when you read this title you may be wondering if this Gluten Free Chocolate…
Easy Homemade Pumpkin Pie Recipe
The fall season is in full effect which means I’m in my kitchen whipping up this Easy Homemade Pumpkin Pie Recipe topped off with homemade caramel and whipped cream! Of all the recipes on my site at BillyParisi.com you would think I would for sure have a basic pumpkin pie recipe, right? Well for some…
Classic Salad Nicoise Recipe with Mustard and Lemon Vinaigrette
Classic Salad Nicoise Recipe with Mustard and Lemon Vinaigrette: this salad nicoise recipe is packed with romaine, potatoes, green beans, olives, hardboiled eggs, and other veggies in a lemon vinaigrette. At least once a week we indulge in an all-out vegetable fest and this Classic Salad Nicoise Recipe hit the nail on the head! I…
Layered Rum Pumpkin Cake Recipe with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Layered Rum Pumpkin Cake Recipe with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting: A delicious layered pumpkin cake recipe with rum that is served up with a sweet maple cream cheese frosting! Bro, it’s October which means we are bout to go into full pumpkin mode. Seriously everything is pumpkin, whether it’s cookies, muffins, or our coffee pumpkin…
Sheet Pan Sicilian Pizza Recipe
Sheet Pan Sicilian Pizza Recipe: This classic Sicilian style pizza recipe is homemade in a sheet pan to help feed the whole family! It’s delicious and super easy to do. I have such wonderful memories of my Sicilian grandmother making sheet pan pizza, or as you may call it, Sicilian pizza. My grandma was a…
Homemade Brioche Bread Recipe
Homemade Brioche Bread Recipe: Nothing better than enjoying a brioche bread with coffee early in the morning, and now you can make it homemade! Just like the puff pastry recipe I made, it’s been a minute since I last made a brioche bread recipe. Brioche bread in general has been a ridiculously booming trend as…
Farro Recipe with Italian Sausage and Peppers
Farro Recipe with Italian Sausage and Peppers: the perfect weeknight meal loaded with delicious buttery farro and roasted Italian sausage with peppers and zucchini. I cook a lot, like A LOT, and often times I’m making some extravagant dessert, or a sort of fine dining meal that my family may not like, so I like…
Fresh Peach Tart Recipe with Homemade Puff Pastry
Fresh Peach Tart Recipe with Homemade Puff Pastry: fresh sweet peaches baked in a delicious butter layered homemade puff pastry tart! It’s literally been literally 20 years since I last made homemade puff pastry. I was going through the baking block of culinary school and had the chance to make it. I’m guessing it’s been…
Homemade Fettuccine Pasta with Recipe for Alfredo Sauce
Homemade Fettuccine Pasta with Recipe for Alfredo Sauce: Fettuccine pasta that is rolled out by hand and tossed in a delicious creamy authentic Alfredo sauce. There are few things I enjoy more than making and eating homemade fettuccine noodles. Because making pasta is a bit of a labor of love I look forward to every…
Homemade Potato Gnocchi Recipe with Arrabbiata Sauce
Potato Gnocchi and Arrabbiata Sauce: This delicious potato gnocchi recipe take a little time but is well worth it after it’s tossed with a zest Arrabbiata sauce and served up with parmesan cheese and fresh basil. It’s been forever since I last made some homemade gnocchi’s, so I figured it was time for me to…
Caprese Salad Recipe with Homemade Cornbread
Cornbread Caprese Salad: Immediately up your salad game with this delicious caprese style salad with homemade cornbread, burrata cheese and reduced white balsamic vinegar. Now that I’m into the early summer months you better believe the corn and tomatoes are in full swing in my house. I do actually love those winter root veggies, but…
Parmesan Truffle Fries Recipe
Parmesan Truffle Fries: Homemade french fries are taken to the next level with the addition of parmesan and truffle oil in this recipe! I had a ridiculous craving for truffle fries so I gave in and bought a deep fryer… One of the hardest things for a chef at home is not having all of the…
Creamy Polenta Recipe with Parmesan Cheese
Creamy Polenta Recipe with Parmesan Cheese – If you’ve never had the chance to eat or make a creamy polenta recipe then you’ve definitely been missing out. Polenta is super easy to make and is essentially the Italian version of grits! Whether you are eating creamy polenta or even polenta cakes, I know you will…
Spring Salad Recipe with Farro and Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette
Spring is in the air and the weather outside is just starting to turn for the better. Winter’s here in Chicago are long and cold so it’s no wonder the city starts to erupt in March with more and more folks chomping at the bit to get outside at any sign of 40°+ weather. …
Vegan Tacos Recipes with Jackfruit and Black Beans
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of BUSH’S® Beans. The opinions and text are all mine. I am always looking to try new things so when I came across the opportunity to make a vegan tacos recipe, I thought it was perfect timing to try out jackfruit. I’m sure…
Gourmet Breakfast Toast Recipes with Poached Eggs
One of the most difficult meals to prepare in my household is breakfast. It seems as if there are so few options. Cereal, oatmeal or eggs, what would you like? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have any issues with any of those things, but man can it get boring when it becomes routine. It…
Mediterranean Quinoa Bowl Recipe with Falafel and Garlic Tahini Sauce
Every single time I make falafel at home I always say to myself WHY do I not make it more often? I mean it is just so delicious and so incredibly easy to make that it is a no brainer to make! This Mediterranean Quinoa Bowl Recipe with Falafel and Garlic Tahini Sauce…
Homemade Pizza with Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe
If you haven’t noticed by reading my blog billyparisi.com, I love pizza. No, like I really love pizza and especially pizza dough. Whenever I travel to other cities I do my best to research and identify that city’s best pizza and then go try it out. Out of all the places I’ve traveled to or…
How to Make a Homemade Artisan Country Loaf Bread Recipe
Thanks again guys for stopping in to BillyParisi.com to check out all of my recipes and videos, and on tap for today is this How to Make a Homemade Artisan Country Loaf Bread Recipe. It is to this day the best loaf of bread I have ever made. As I get more comfortable…
Smoked Cheese Bean Dip Recipe and Crudité Platter
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of BUSH’S® Beans. The opinions and text are all mine. I absolutely love this time of year, and not just because it’s the holiday season. You may not know this about me but I am a college football junkie, so when the bowl games get…
Vegetable Quesadillas Recipe with Chipotle Ranch Sauce
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of BUSH’S® Beans. The opinion and text are all mine. I have a family that loves a variety of flavors and options so when we make quesadillas they get exactly what they are looking for. Quesadillas are so versatile as you can literally put anything…
Homemade Sweet Potato Pie Recipe with Marshmallow Merengue
When I was a kid I wasn’t too adventurous when it came to trying new foods, and the holidays were filled with things I had never heard of. We spent thanksgiving and Christmas at my grandparents’ house and we always hung out and ate in the basement. When it came to dessert time there were…
Homemade Rye Bread Recipe with Cranberry Walnut Butter
Many of you don’t know this, but I actually went to culinary school 18 years ago to become a pastry chef. It’s hard to imagine myself looking back as being a pastry chef… Where would I have worked? What city would I be living in? Would I still be in the restaurant industry? A lot…