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    Easy Recipes, Global Flavors

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    Recipes to Make Right Now

    Here are our most-loved seasonal recipes we're making right now! Everything from comfort food recipes to meal prepping for busy weeknights or planning your next get-together, these family favorites are guaranteed to warm hearts and bellies!

    • St. Louis style thin crust whole wheat pizza cut into squares topped with artichoke hearts, Taggiasche olives, caramelized onions and melted mozzarella cheese - no yeast pizza dough recipe.
      Easy 20-Minute Thin & Crispy St. Louis-Style Whole Wheat Pizza
    • Homemade 00-thin crust pizza with pioppini mushrooms, pepperoni, shallots, mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella, and large green and black olives.
      Best Thin-Crust 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (+Video)
    • Collection of 25 homemade pizza varieties including vegetarian options, meat-vegetable combinations, hawaiian, prosciutto-arugula, marinara, margherita, mushroom, various cheese pizzas, olive, breakfast pizza, capricciosa, zucchini and ham, pepperoni, quattro formaggi, BBQ chicken pizza, and more on different kinds of homemade pizza dough including neapolitan, whole wheat, bread flour, 00 flour, St. Louis Style, pizza fritta, and pinsa Romana.
      Best Pizza Toppings & Pizza Dough Ultimate Guide w/Real Photos
    • Perfect thick-crust pizza dough with pizza toppings (including homemade pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and mini buffalo mozzarella balls.
      Best Thick-Crust Pizza Dough Recipe (Using 00 Flour)
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    Mexican + Tex-Mex Recipes


    Easy homemade Mexican and Tex-Mex recipes that bring the flavors of street tacos, cheesy enchiladas, Mexican Rice, and sizzling fajitas to your kitchen. From quick weeknight dinners to festive weekend soirees, my step-by-step guides help you create delicious (inexpensive) restaurant-quality meals for Taco Tuesdays or Friday Night fiestas!

    • A serving platter with light green colored Mexican cilantro rice.
      Restaurant-Style Cilantro Lime Rice (Better Than Chipotle w/Video)
    • Homemade Mexican dinner plate featuring cheese enchiladas, creamy refried pinto beans topped with melted cheese and authentic Mexican cilantro rice - better than restaurant enchilada plate.
      Easy Authentic Refried Beans Recipe (From Scratch or Canned w/Video)
    • A casserole dish filled with cheese enchiladas covered in sauce, melted cheddar cheese, and minced white onions.
      Cheese Enchiladas with Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex + Video)
    • An All-Clad sauté pan filled with homemade red enchilada sauce with a whisk resting in the pan.
      Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex w/Video)
    See more Mexican + Tex-Mex →


    Easy Fish + Seafood Recipes

    Top fish and seafood recipes you can savor all year long! We've got plenty of inspiration like tasty seafood risotto, crispy fish and chips, ginger-soy salmon, 4-minute pan-seared shrimp, scallops gratin, shrimp fettuccine Alfredo, crystal shrimp dumplings, steamed mussels, crab cakes, shrimp scampi, and so much more!

    • a beautifully broiled diver sea scallop in its shell with slightly crispy and golden brown edges and glistening in oil
      Easy Italian Diver Scallops au Gratin (Capesante Gratinate)
    • A pasta bowl filled with black squid ink tagliatelle with crab meat sugo and chunks of crab with a hot pepper garnish on top.
      Quick and Easy Crab Linguine (Linguine Nero di Seppia al Granchio Blu)
    • A bowl of paccheri pasta with shrimp and zucchini in a tomato and white wine sauce.
      Paccheri Pasta (With Shrimp and Zucchini Sugo)
    • a pile of bright reddish orange pan-seared Argentinian Red Shrimp
      4-Minute Perfect Pan-Seared Shrimp
    See more Fish + Seafood →

    Chinese Recipes (Save Money, Skip Takeout)

    Discover our favorite traditional Chinese recipes from my 4+ years living in Chengdu, featuring Sichuan, Cantonese, and Southeast Asian dishes I learned from my Chengdunese family, friends, and local chefs. Enjoy this Chinese chicken dumpling recipe, shrimp mei fun, soup dumplings, Dan Dan Mian, BBQ Pork Buns, this authentic chili oil recipe, and so much more.

    • Chinese chicken dumplings and pork dumplings being turned into potstickers in a cast iron skillet (with all different colored dumpling wrappers)
      Naturally Colored Dumpling Wrappers (For Chinese New Year (春节)
    • Crispy golden brown firecracker shrimp spring rolls stacked on a serving platter with the tails sticking out of each end.
      Chili Oil Firecracker Shrimp Spring Rolls (With Video)
    • Top down view of chili oil in a glass Mason jar with a spoon in it and toasted sesame seeds floating on the top.
      Chef Liu’s Sichuan Chili Oil Recipe (Xiangla Hongyou 香辣红油)
    • Har Gow dumplings drizzled with homemade sichuan crispy chili oil.
      Har Gow Shrimp Dumplings 虾饺 (The Ultimate Guide with Video)
    See more Chinese →

    Authentic Pasta Recipes

    Master the art of Italy's most delicious "fast food"! Here you'll find regional and traditional homemade pasta recipes for the whole family. Everything from spaghetti all'Amatriciana and linguini with clams to the best slow-simmered authentic Bolognese ragû you've ever had. Plus, all you need to make homemade pasta noodles, create silky smooth sauces, and pair flavors like a pro -- from our kitchen in Italy to yours!

    • How to Make Homemade Italian Egg Pasta (Using Italian 00 Flour)
    • A bowl of paccheri pasta with shrimp and zucchini in a tomato and white wine sauce.
      Paccheri Pasta (With Shrimp and Zucchini Sugo)
    • The Best Spaghetti Sauce with Beef (Spaghetti con Ragù)
    • A braising dish filled with fat bigoli egg pasta noodles covered in duck ragù
      How to Make Venetian Duck Ragù w/Bigoli Pasta (Bigoli al Ragù d’Anatra)
    See more Pasta →
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    Hi I'm Kelly!

    I’m the cook, photographer, editor, and solo cleanup crew behind Biting at the Bits. I believe making healthy (tastier) food is possible even if you're busy or, on a budget.

    Whether you’re just learning to cook or looking for a more natural approach to cooking, you’ll find recipes and tutorials here for how to cook heatthier, less processed, better-tasting meals at home.

    Including all the best tips I’ve learned working in the food industry, private cheffing for busy NYC families, opening a cooking school in China, and from my family and life here in Italy.

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    Pizza Recipes (Your Pizza Night Destination)

    Here in Italy, delicious pizza is everywhere, but when you make it at home, it's inexpensive, super tasty, and you can pile on your favorite pizza toppings to suit everyone's taste! Find all my top tips and step-by-step guides for making the BEST thick or thin-crust pizza using 00-flour, all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, and bread flour. We've even got real-deal Neapolitan pizza, pizza fritta, pizza sauce, and more!

    • Top down view into a mason canning jar filled with homemade pizza sauce and garnished with 3 fresh oregano leaves.
      Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe (With Video)
    • Just sliced super crispy thin-crust sausage and onion pizza.
      Best Thin-Crust Pizza Dough Recipe (Using Bread Flour)
    • Super crispy sliced whole wheat Supreme pizza with green olives, spicy ventricina salami, salsiccia, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, red bell peppers, and onions.
      Best Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe (For Thin Crust Pizza)
    • A platter with three golden brown fried pizzas topped with burrata cheese, mozzarella, prosciutto di parma, olives, and sun dried tomatoes.
      Crispy Italian Fried Pizza (Easy Abruzzo Pizza Fritta)
    See more Pizza →

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    Speck and Asparagus lasagna with beautiful design made out of the bright green wild asparagus on top.

    Italian Recipes

    There's so much more to traditional Italian food than just tasty pizza and pasta recipes! Here you'll find it all from our favorite Northern Italian recipes from our home in the Veneto to Central & Southern Italian dishes from our family in Abruzzo and beyond. If you’re looking for a classic Italian lasagna recipe, handmade tortellini, or a real Bolognese sauce, we've got that too!

    • A tray filled with rows of homemade raw tortellini in the traditional style of Bologna.
      Authentic Homemade Italian Tortellini (Tortellini in Brodo)
    • a beautiful golden brown cannoli on a marble serving platter
      Authentic Italian Cannoli with Homemade Shells and Filling (Cannoli Siciliani)
    • Traditional homemade lasagna bolognese with eight layers, showcasing rich meat sauce and handmade spinach pasta sheets in classic Italian culinary style.
      Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • Fresh homemade spinach pasta varieties showcasing vibrant green fettuccine, chitarra, cappellini, and pappardelle nests artfully arranged on semolina-dusted baking sheet.
      Fresh Spinach Pasta Dough (Using 00 Flour + Video)
    See more Italian →

    Southern Recipes

    Craving comfort on a plate or a little genuine Southern hospitality? Here are the recipes I was born and raised on. From my Mama and her Mama (both amazing cooks, bakesrs, and bread makers), to my nearly 99-year-old Granny with her German roots, and my Dad's unbeatable short rib vegetable soup (coming soon), discover the best chicken and dumplings, buttermilk biscuits, fried grits, tender cornbread, fried chicken, cherry cobbler, fried pies, and more!

    • Closeup of baked pecan tassie cookies on parchment paper.
      Aunt Betty's Pecan Tassies (Mini Southern Pecan Pie Cookies)
    • A dutch oven filled with chicken and dumpling.
      Best Chicken and Dumplings From Scratch (With Video)
    • Crispy flaky golden brown strawberry-rhubarb fried pies sprinkled with easy homemade strawberry sugar.
      Flaky Southern Strawberry-Rhubarb Fried Pies (Best Ever Hand Pies)
    • a cast iron skillet with a golden brown cherry cobbler baked beautifully and the sunlight hitting it
      Mom's Best Ever Southern Cherry Cobbler Recipe (a family favorite)
    See more Southern →

    Easy Chicken Recipes

    Our favorite chicken recipes for weeknight meals and special occasions! You’ll find delicious chicken dinners to fit any budget including southern fried chicken, chicken Milanese, chicken soup, Chinese chicken dumplings, grilled chicken shawarma, buffalo chicken wings, grilled chicken Ceasar salad, chicken meatballs, and more!

    • golden brown chicken and pork meatballs in a ceramic dish sprinkled with grated parm and chives
      Best Ever Chicken and Pork Meatballs (with Chicken-only Option)
    • A bowl of simple chicken and dumplings with two dumplings surrounded by creamy chicken soup.
      Mom's Easy Chicken and Dumplings (6 Ingredients: 100% From Scratch)
    • chicken breast cutlets being shallow-fried in extra virgin olive oil in a cast iron skillet
      Easy Crispy Chicken Breast Cutlets (Cotoletta di Pollo)
    • homemade chicken noodle oup with homemade noodles, sliced breaded chicken cutlet , two halves of ramen eggs with soft jammy yolks, julenned carrots, paper-thin slices of celery, and homemade swimming in homemade chicken stock with a ramen spoon
      Easy Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (With a Ramen Twist)
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    Cheesecake Recipes

    Discover our favorite cheesecake recipes for every occasion and skill level from beginner bakers to more seasoned pros. From classic cheesecake (that even kids can make) to salted caramel cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, pecan tasssie cheesecake, milk chocolate cheesecake, creme brûlée cheesecake, and more!

    • Slice of an amber colored white chocolate caramel cheesecake with Oreo cookie crust drizzled with homemade mixed berry sauce with a view of green mini cypress trees in the immediate background.
      White Chocolate Salted Caramel Cheesecake With Oreo Cookie Crust
    • closeup Pecan tassie cheesecake after cooling (with large pecans and crackly brown sugar tassie filling baked right on top.
      Easy Pecan Tassie Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust
    • Homemade strawberry cheesecake with polka-dotted made from strawberry jam dotting the top before baking it.
      Best Strawberry Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust
    • a bite of cheesecake in a small spoon and drizzled with strawberry sauce and a biscoff crust with the rest of the cheesecake in an individual terra cotta ramekin typically used for creme cramel
      White Chocolate Creme Brûlée Cheesecake w/Biscoff Cookie Crust
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    Japanese Recipes (Ramen Month All Year Long)

    From chashu pork to 8-hour tonkotsu ramen broth, homemade pork buns, crispy braised pork belly, udon, tamago sandos, chicken katsu, and homemade ramen noodles, here you’ll find our most popular and easy Japanese recipes that we’ve been hooked on since living in Little Japan in the heart of NYC’s East Village. Bring the bento box home tonight (minus the hefty price tag)!

    • a piping hot bowl of tonkostu ramen with homemade ramen noodles, chashu pork, pork bellly, seared corn, scallions, braised pork belly, seaweed, sliced chashu braised shitake musthrooms, toasted sesame seeds, sliced scallions and
      8-Hour Rich and Creamy Homemade Tonkotsu Ramen Broth
    • a tray with four pork buns each with two pieces of braised pork belly, quick salt and sugar pickled cumbers, sesame-soy-mayo, hoisin sauce, and scallions topped with a little shredded lettuce
      Fluffiest Homemade Pork Buns (Tangzhong Pork Buns)
    • two long pieces of golden brown braised pork belly in a white ceramic casserole dish
      Easy Japanese Braised Pork Belly (Momofuku & Ippudo Style)
    • closeup of a super shiny single soft boiled caramel colored ramen egg resting in a ramen spoon in an empty ramen bowl
      Perfect Jammy Ramen Eggs (Ajitsuke Tamago 味付け卵)
    See more Japanese →

    Pies + Cobblers + Crostatas

    Making a completely from-scratch pie like pecan pie, key lime pie, or apple pie will make you feel like a baking superstar. Here you’ll find all our favorite pie recipes and tips for success. If you’re a beginner pie-maker, a good place to start is with my complete pie crust tutorial for how to make the best buttery, flaky pie crust.

    • A traditional pecan pie in a vintage aluminum pie tin with piece removed showing the interior that isn't runny with pie server next to it.
      The Very Best Southern Pecan Pie (Catered to the Oscars)
    • key lime pie in springform pan on a sheet pan
      A Better Key Lime Pie with Biscoff Cookie Crust
    • A whole coconut cream pie with coconut milk topped with meringue and large slivers of fresh coconut that's been toasted.
      Triple Coconut Cream Pie with Mile-High Meringue Topping
    • Crostata with lattice top and heart cutouts on a grey linen apron.
      Crostata di Marmellata (Authentic Italian Jam Tart w/Video)
    See more Pies, Cobblers + Crostate →

    Cookie Recipes

    From our most popular recipes for classics like chewy chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies, to reader favorites like whole wheat chocolate chip cookies with less refined carbs, compost cookies, and Aunt Betty’s Pecan Tassies, you’ll find lots of easy cookie recipes here for every skill level and occasion (did someone say Christmas Cookies!).

    • A stack of 3 oversized whole wheat chocolate chip cookies on a colorful tray next to a Pols Potten brand ceramic mug with woman painted on the inside holding her nose like she's going under water and the foamy milk on top of the cappuccino right at the same level as her hand pinching her nose on a saucer with a painted bra that's been flung off and a spoon with a pair of underwear on them.
      Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies (One Bowl, No-Mixer)
    • Closeup shot of an oversized bakery-style chocolate chip pecan cookie on a platter.
      Half-Batch Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
    • Dump Truck Cookies on on a parchment-lined baking sheet
      Easy Dump Truck Royale Chocolate Chunk Cookies (Compost Cookies)
    • Double oreo confetti cookies with halves of oreos in each cookie sticking out in a way that looks like the Oreo is in the cookie's back pocket and sprinkled with non-pareils.
      Double Oreo Chocolate Chip Confetti Cookies
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    Healthy Comfort Food Recipes

    • A casserole dish filled with cheese enchiladas covered in sauce, melted cheddar cheese, and minced white onions.
      Cheese Enchiladas with Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex + Video)

    • A tray filled with rows of homemade raw tortellini in the traditional style of Bologna.
      Authentic Homemade Italian Tortellini (Tortellini in Brodo)

    • An All-Clad sauté pan filled with homemade red enchilada sauce with a whisk resting in the pan.
      Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex w/Video)

    • Traditional homemade lasagna bolognese with eight layers, showcasing rich meat sauce and handmade spinach pasta sheets in classic Italian culinary style.
      Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)

    Pizza Night Recipes

    • Just sliced super crispy thin-crust sausage and onion pizza.
      Best Thin-Crust Pizza Dough Recipe (Using Bread Flour)

    • Perfect thick-crust pizza dough with pizza toppings (including homemade pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and mini buffalo mozzarella balls.
      Best Thick-Crust Pizza Dough Recipe (Using 00 Flour)

    • Super crispy sliced whole wheat Supreme pizza with green olives, spicy ventricina salami, salsiccia, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, red bell peppers, and onions.
      Best Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe (For Thin Crust Pizza)

    • Homemade 00-thin crust pizza with pioppini mushrooms, pepperoni, shallots, mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella, and large green and black olives.
      Best Thin-Crust 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (+Video)

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