Easy Grilled Vegetables Crudité Platter – Grill all year round and make this delicious crudité platter with grilled vegetables that is perfect to serve to your friends and family. There’s no denying it, I grill all year round. As you can see from the pictures, we got 8” of snow. To that end, I say…
Vegetarian Recipes
There is nothing more satisfying and healthy than eating fresh seasonal vegetables. Whether it's a side dish accompaniment or the main entree, learn how to making these delicious vegetarian recipes.
From a classic Vegetable Minestrone, to a Traditional Ratatouille Recipe, or a simple Grilled Vegetable Crudite Platter, we make vegetables the hero and I know you are going to love my recipes.
Boiled Green Beans Recipe with Butter Glaze
Boiled Green Beans Recipe with Butter Glaze: Amazingly simple boiled fresh green beans that are coated in a delicious butter glazed and then seasoned with sea salt and fresh cracked pepper. I know this Boiled Green Beans Recipe with Butter Glaze is beyond simple, but sometimes it’s the easiest dishes that can bring out the most…
Holiday Side Dishes
Holiday 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…
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 style pizza recipe is homemade in a sheet pan to help feed the whole family! It’s delicious made up of homemade dough, cheeses and toppings plus it’s 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….
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…
Homemade Fettuccine Pasta with Recipe for Alfredo Sauce
Homemade Fettuccine Pasta with Recipe for Alfredo Sauce – Fettuccine noodles that are 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…
Pesto Deviled Eggs Without Mayo
Pesto Deviled Eggs Without Mayo – Try these healthy and delicious Pesto Deviled Eggs Without Mayo that are sure to be a hit at your next party. I’m sure your thinking that these Pesto Deviled Eggs Without Mayo aren’t any good, well contraire mon frère becacuse they are insane! I mean you’ve already got in these deviled…
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…
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
Mediterranean Quinoa Bowl Recipe with Falafel and Garlic Tahini Sauce – Take your weeknight meals to the next level with this Mediterranean Quinoa Bowl Recipe with Falafel and Garlic Tahini Sauce that is loaded with everything that goes into a falafel sandwich. From pickles, to feta, to spinach this falafel bowl is absolutely to die for!…
Homemade Pizza with Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe
This homemade pizza with homemade pizza dough recipe makes one of the best crusts I’ve ever had that is perfectly golden brown and tender. If you haven’t noticed by reading my blog billyparisi.com, I love pizza. No, like I really love pizza and especially Homemade Pizza Dough. Whenever I travel to other cities I do…
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…
