Tag Archives: Pine Nuts

Unique Italian Dishes—Pine Nuts and Pizza

If you are like my brother then you are probably asking yourself (or in his case, his wife) why anyone would want to ruin a perfectly good pizza by topping it with pine nuts. Well, it’s not. (At least not in these recipes, click here for a pine nut pizza.) The pine nuts are for a vegetarian ravioli and the pizza… well, the pizza gets a healthy dose of cheese, chicken, bacon, artichoke hearts and baby spinach. As you can tell neither dish is particularly traditional, but that’s what makes them so uniquely delicious. If you are tired of serving … Continue reading →

Pizza for Breakfast

My best friend loves eating pizza for breakfast. She always orders a large pie so that she is guaranteed a few extra pieces to munch on the next morning. Frankly, I find the idea of biting into a cold slice of pepperoni, mushroom and black olive pizza (her favorite) rather revolting. Yet she swears the flavor only gets better with age. Still, I can’t stomach the thought of sinking my teeth into hardened cheese and chilled oil clumped on a cardboard crust… first thing in the morning. Which is why on my pal’s 23rd birthday (nearly a decade ago) I … Continue reading →

Sicilian Harvest Salad

Another great recipe from Food Network (by Michael Chiarello), this is prefect to put you in the Fall mood! For this recipe, you will need large seedless grapes, dried apricots, rosemary sprigs, a large red onion, one large lemon, extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, one large head of radicchio, fresh baby spinach, 12 slices of prosciutto, raisins, and pine nuts. To prep for this recipe, halve enough of the seedless grapes to make one cup. Dice a tablespoon of the dried apricots. Cut a quarter of the red onion into small slivers. Juice your lemon. Toast the pine nuts … Continue reading →