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Creamy Italian Pasta Salad 🥒

Creamy Italian Pasta Salad 🥒

Strawberry Crunch Pie Dip 🍓🥧

Strawberry Crunch Pie Dip 🍓🥧

Italian Rice Ball Bake 🇮🇹 🍚

Italian Rice Ball Bake 🇮🇹 🍚

Doritos Locos Taco Casserole 🌮

Doritos Locos Taco Casserole 🌮

Zesty Italian BFC 🇮🇹

Zesty Italian BFC 🇮🇹

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My New Cookbook is Now Available!

Family Style Italian and American recipes passed down to me from my mother and grandmother along with some recipes developed by me based on all of my learning and experiences.

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Close-up of golden Greek Restaurant-Style Lemon Roasted Potatoes in a pan, topped with herbs and sauce. A hand lifts one wedge with a serving spoon as another spoon drizzles tangy sauce over the potatoes.

Greek Restaurant-Style Lemon Roasted Potatoes

A plate with sliced cucumber, a sheet of seaweed, and a serving of rice topped with spicy salmon chunks and sprinkled with black and white sesame seeds.

Easy Salmon Sushi Bake (Dinner-Style)

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Italian Penicillin Soup (Whole Chicken Healing Chicken Soup)

A bowl of creamy pasta soup topped with shaved cheese and leafy greens, served with a slice of bread. A hand is holding a spoonful of the soup above the bowl.

Creamy Sicilian Sausage & Ditalini Soup

A close-up of creamy marry me baked spaghetti topped with herbs, served on a white plate with a red background. The pasta appears rich in sauce, with green garnish sprinkled on top.

Marry Me Baked Spaghetti

A fork lifts creamy rigatoni pasta mixed with herbs above a plate topped with sliced grilled chicken and garnished with grated cheese, set on a kitchen counter.

One-Pot Creamy Pink Pasta with Chicken 

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Easy Strawberry Tres Leches Poke Cake (With Strawberry Ice Cream!)

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6-Ingredient Dilly Pickle Chip Dip

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Creamy Bacon Mushroom Fettuccine

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Italian Pastina Soup Recipe (Melissa Jo’s Comfort-Style Pastina)

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Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies

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