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…
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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….
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 homemade puff pastry. I’m guessing…
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…
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. Creamy 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…
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…
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…