The Bold Appetite
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Pancetta Pink Sauce

Creamy, rich, and indulgent, this pancetta pink sauce is quick, and easy yet delivers on bold flavor. With thick pieces of rendered salty and savory pancetta, garlic, shallots, tomatoes and heavy cream this dish might just become your new go-to pasta sauce. Enjoy over your favorite pasta or fold in pillowy gnocchi this pink sauce is a great one to prep ahead for the week. What is a Pink Sauce? Also referred to as a blush sauce, or rose sauce,…
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Creamy Garlic Herb Salmon

Buttery flaky salmon, coated in a creamy garlic herb sauce… yea it is as good as it sounds. This creamy garlic herb salmon is rich, indulgent, and remarkably simple to make. With just a handful of ingredients and 30 minutes this dish is a great weeknight / anytime dinner. Serve over pasta, rice, roasted vegetables, or straight out of the pan. *This post is sponsored by Kvaroy Arctic, as always, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you for…
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Portuguese Garlic Shrimp

3 days post-Thanksgiving and I am over leftovers. Don’t get me wrong I love beige food, but I can only repurpose and eat so much of it. So if you are like me and are in need of a little spice this is the dish to make. This fiery, tomato-based Portuguese garlic shrimp dish will leave your lips tingling. Made with a ton of garlic, white wine, and peri-peri spice blend it is easy, relatively quick, and damn delicious. Peri-Peri…
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Honey Pancetta Brussels Sprouts

Crispy roasted Brussels sprouts, salty pancetta, nutty Parmesan, tossed in a sweet and sticky honey, it is safe to say these aren’t the Brussels sprouts you ate as a kid. These restaurant style honey pancetta Brussels sprouts are a perfect side dish to any holiday dinner. With the holidays right around the corner, yea I am looking at you Thanksgiving, this quick and easy side dish is a great one to serve to a crowd. With 4 ingredients (that is…
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Brown Butter and Sage Risotto

POV: it is cold outside, and you are curled up with a bowl of creamy, and indulgent hot risotto. With nutty brown butter, and earthy sage this brown butter and sage risotto is a perfect Fall comfort dish. While this risotto is a must try all on it’s own, add perfectly seared scallops and you go from an any day meal to a date night-in worthy dish. Before you turn away because the last thing you want to do is…