Family Style Food Laugh Main Courses Chicken & Mushroom Pot Pies – Recipe! Easy Weeknight Meals! October 28, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment When I was a kid chicken pot pies were a favorite of mine and things haven’t changed much. Whether we were dining out at the La Palma Chicken Pie Shop or eating a frozen variety – like Marie Calendar’s or making our own at home, I loved the comfort that came from eating a chicken pot […] Read more » Chicken & Mushroom Pot Pies - Recipe! Easy Weeknight Meals! Chicken Pot Pies Recipe Chicken Recipes cooking with Gena Bell Easy Chicken & Mushroom Pot Pies Easy Weeknight Meals How to Make Chicken Pot Pies
Breakfast Cake Food Laugh Apple Spelt Cake – Recipe! Great for Dessert or Brunch! October 23, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Spelt flour comes from Dinkel Wheat or Hulled Wheat and has been cultivated since 5000 BC. Today, you can find it at most specialty grocery stores or online. Spelt flour does contain gluten, but many people claim, because it is from an ancient wheat grain, that it is easier to digest than regular wheat flour. […] Read more » Apple Spelt Cake - Recipe! Great for Brunch or Dessert! Apple Spelt Cake Recipe Baking with Gena Bell Best Apple Cake Recipe How to Bake an Apple Cake Spelt Flour Recipes
Cookies Holiday Food Laugh Love Milk Chocolate Gobs – Recipe! Boo! Perfect for a Happy Halloween! October 21, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | 1 Comment on Milk Chocolate Gobs – Recipe! Boo! Perfect for a Happy Halloween! Gobs are basically a cookie that contains candy or chocolate pieces. However, some Gob recipes are more like Whoopie Pies, where the cookie portion tastes like cake and less like a chewy cookie. I prefer chewy chocolaty cookies over cake cookies because if I wanted cake, I’d make cake. This recipe is easy to make […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell Halloween Cookies Recipes Halloween Treats Milk Chocolate Candy Cookies Milk Chocolate Cookies Recipe Milk Chocolate Gobs - Recipe! Boo! Perfect for a Happy Halloween! Milk Chocolate Gobs Recipe
Love Travel Travels to Milan, Italy – 2015 October 19, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Our travels through Italy were spectacular, which started and ended in Milan. Milan in many ways has a unfair reputation for being too industrial or just about fashion, but we found it to be filled with interesting art, churches, walking areas and great food. We landed in Milan quite late, so after an exciting cab […] Read more » Best Hotels Milan Italy Best Restaurants Milan Italy Excelsior Hotel Gallia Milan Italy Italy - 2015! Milan World Expo 2015 Travel Milan 2015 Travel Tips Milan Traveling to Milan Travels to Milan
Cake Laugh Classic Birthday Cake Recipe! Yellow Cake & Chocolate Frosting! October 14, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Birthdays are inevitable and with most celebrations, there’s cake. Birthday cakes are sometimes challenging to make with three separate recipes for the cake, filling and frosting. This is why most people resort to purchasing a cake from their local bakery?! Homemade cakes, however are something very different – fresh, light and not sickening sweet like […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell Best Cake Recipes Birthday Cake Recipe Chocolate Frosting Recipe Classic Birthday Cake Recipe! Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting! How to Bake a Birthday Cake Pastry Cream Cake Filling Recipe Yellow Cake Recipe
Love Travel Travels to Como, Italy 2015! October 13, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment We arrived into Como by train from Milan, which was a fabulous way to get there because it is only a 35 minute ride and the train station was within a mile of the Sheraton, Como. I had mixed feelings about staying at the Sheraton, mainly because of the number of hotels and inns that […] Read more » Bellagio Italy Cernobbio Italy Como Italy Explore Como Italy Hotels Como Italy Lake Como Travels 2015 Restaurants Como Italy Traveling to Como Italy Travels to Como Italy 2015!
Love Travel Travels to Piedmont Italy – Food, Wine & Biking Tour 2015! October 7, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | 2 Comments on Travels to Piedmont Italy – Food, Wine & Biking Tour 2015! We just got back from a trip to Italy and our first stop was in the Piedmont region, probably most famous for its Piemontese wines of Roero, Arneis, Barbera, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, Barbaresco and Barolo. Turin is the capital of the region, which borders France and Switzerland and is famous for its car industry and of […] Read more » Biking Tours Italy 2015 Butterfield & Robinson Italy - Food Travels to Piedmont Travels to Piedmont Italy - Food Travels to Piedmont Italy 2015 Wine & Biking Tour 2015! Wine & Biking Tour!
Appetizers Food Squash Blossoms with Warm Herb Ricotta – Recipe! October 6, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | 1 Comment on Squash Blossoms with Warm Herb Ricotta – Recipe! If you have been following me on Instagram or Facebook, you would know that we (me and my husband) just got back from a wonderful trip to Northern Italy. Most of our time was spent in the Piedmont region, which includes the city of Turin. While we were in Turin, we dined at a wonderful […] Read more » cooking with Gena Bell How to Make Squash Blossoms Italian Squash Blossom Recipe Pumpkin Blossoms Recipe Ricotta Cheese Recipes Squash Blossoms Recipe Squash Blossoms with Warm Herb Ricotta - Recipe!
Food Salads Arugula, Manchego & Apple Salad with Toasty Pecan Vinaigrette – Recipe! September 16, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Arugula and apples is a nice combination of flavors because the bitterness of the greens pairs nicely with sweet seasonal apples. There are so many varieties of apples and I think it is a matter of preference when choosing what apples work best in this salad, but I prefer a crisp apple for great texture […] Read more » Apple Recipes Apple Salad Recipes Arugula & Apple Salad Arugula & Apple Salad with Toasty Pecan Dressing - Recipe! Arugula Salad Recipes cooking with Gena Bell How to Make Arugula Salad
Breakfast Food Live Truffle & Caramelized Leek Frittata – Recipe! Low-Carb Brunch! September 12, 2015 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Frittatas are a simple Italian egg based dish similar to a crustless quiche. What makes Frittatas fun to create are the variety of ingredients you can add like cheeses, vegetables and meats. Frittatas are often prepared for brunch or breakfast, when feeding a small group of people because you prepare it in a saute pan […] Read more » cooking with Gena Bell Egg recipes How to Make a Frittata Leek Frittata Recipe Low Carb Brunch Recipes Low Carb Recipes Truffle & Caramelized Leek Frittata - Recipe! Low-Carb Decadent Brunch! Truffle Recipes