Ciao dearies, Have you ever been in the mood for pie, but not in the mood for fussing with pie dough for too long or making a pretty lattice top? While I do like making a pretty pie now and then, this little recipe from MarthaStewart.com came in handy (ha ha!) for satisfying my …
Principessa Wedding Series: How-To Make Beautiful Floral Cupcakes and Cupcake Bouquets!
Ciao dears, Welcome back to my continuing wedding series where I’m showing you fun DIY/craft projects, ideas, and recipes I made for my sister’s wedding this past summer. In case you missed the previous posts in this series, I’ve showed you how to make a handmade pretty wedding album, how to make treasure chest …
Rainbow Cupcakes with Pastel Rainbow Icing! (& Matching Nails)
Ciao dears!, I made the cutest cupcakes for my niece, Juliana’s, 16th birthday party. She wanted something fun and colorful…so rainbow cupcakes seemed like the perfect idea! I made the actual cake rainbow colored and then made the icing a pretty pastel rainbow of yellow, blue, and pink. I also painted my nails in …
Easy & Tasty Dinner Recipe: Grilled Chicken Topped with Roasted Peppers, Spinach, & Mozzarella
Ciao dears, As much as I love all things complicated (like macaroons, fancy cakes with pretty roses, elaborate pasta dishes with fancy sauces, etc.), sometimes it’s nice to cook something simple and delicious, yet not too simple or boring (no creepy canned/processed food…ha). I made this chicken dish one night for my family and …
Valentine Sweethearts! Fashion & Baking!
Ciao sweeties!, I know it was a month ago…and I wrote a bunch of posts about it then but I never posted my Valentine’s Day outfit yet. Here’s some cute pictures of my sweetheart boyfriend and I looking adorable. <3 I’m also including pictures and the recipe for the red velvet cupcakes I made …
Healthy & Yummy Dinner Recipe: Chicken, Vegetable, & Rice Stir Fry
Ciao dears!, Earlier this week I posted a yummy but very calorie filled and not so healthy chicken dinner recipe. Now I have a healthy one that I make more often. Coming from a very Italian family, I often had a lot of Italian food growing up, which I loved, but sometimes I like to …
Happy Boyfriend Dinner Recipe: Breaded Chicken with a Spinach Cream Sauce over Linguine
Ciao dears, Doesn’t that sound yummy?! It is! My boyfriend loved it when I made it for him a little while ago. It’s not too hard to make and is just a little bit fancy if you’re trying to impress a boyfriend or whomever. Most importantly, it tastes delicious. Hopefully you like spinach (it’s …
Valentine’s Day: Conversation Heart Cookies!
Ciao dears, I have been dying to make cookies like these since I saw them on Cupcakes & Cashmere last year, I think. Cutest little things ever! So, I thought, since Valentine’s Day is soon, I’d get my boyfriend to come over and bake with me. Isn’t he the sweetest guy ever? He likes to …
Cupid’s Red Velvet Cupcakes for your Valentine! (or yourself)
Ciao dears!, I love to bake, as you might know if you’ve read this for a while, and I love to make things that are both tasty and cute! These cupcakes (that I made last year and never remembered to post..oops) are both of those things. Who doesn’t love a cute little Valentine themed …
Chocolate Nutella Cookies!
Ciao lovelies, I’ve done a lot of fashion posts lately, trying to catch up (still working on that, more coming soon). I thought I should break it up with a recipe post. My boyfriend has been bugging me to post this one for a while (and to make the cookies again…lol, eventually I will, …