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…
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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 pasta. Because making pasta is a bit of a labor of love I look forward to every single…
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…
Pumpkin Steel Cut Oats Recipe with Homemade Granola
Ever since I read an article with one of my favorite actors, Ryan Reynolds, I absolutely LOVE steel cut oats! I’d actually never had them before reading the article but once I had them I was hooked. Steel cut oats are meaty, chewy beyond delicious, and you better believe my friends over at Bob’s Red…
Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad Recipe with Beets and Fried Goat Cheese
I am back at it this week with this insanely delicious Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad Recipe with Beets, Sweet Potatoes, Dried Cherries, Pistachios, Bacon and Fried Goat Cheese tossed in a tasty creamy red wine vinegar dressing. I know I keep telling you that we are pushing to incorporate more greens into our diet…
Black Bean Burger Recipe with Yucca and Guacamole
I know I keep talking about it, but I can’t say it enough. We are on a mission to clean eating daily, and while we are nowhere near perfect we are taking some good steps and this Black Bean Burger Recipe with Yucca and Guacamole is one of them. I’m a little more lenient with…
Pea Protein Powder Shake with Coconut Milk, Berries and Chia Seeds
I have been on absolute protein shake binge that last few weeks, and it’s all thanks to Bob’s Red Mill Pea Protein Powder. I’ve had a little more motivation that usually since I’ve been more persistent about getting to the gym at least 4 days a week, so with going to the gym comes being…
How to Make a Classic Ratatouille Recipe
One of my first experiences while working as a line cook at the age of 15 at one of my favorite restaurants in St. Louis was making risotto and ratatouille. They were the staple side items that we often served up to accompany main entrees on the menu. I remember everything from prepping the zucchini,…
Easy Falafel Sandwich Recipe with Lentils and Cucumber Salsa
I remember the first time I had falafel and thinking what odd flavors of ingredients am I eating? I was in my teens so my palette hadn’t quite developed yet even thought I was already in the restaurant industry. I never attempted to make falafel for some years later and when I did it I…