Giada's Pizza Bianca with Kale and Meatballs

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done this recipe but I still think about how good it was so I had to share. The roux sauce is creamy and is the perfect complement to the turkey meatballs. Below is the pizza before baking.

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Where to get it: Giada at Home, Season 5

Update 4/27/13: I have re-categorized! View the new Giada at Home: STYLE page.

I just saw the Happy Holidays episode which is #3 in Season 5. I’ve definitely noticed a few changes in her decor. I love the little rainbow drawing on the back wall. Perhaps from Jade? The Chilewich Ray Tray that held all her produce has been replaced by a beautiful ceramic white four-tiered stand. As always, if any of you viewers spot items, feel free to post in the comments!

The shelf above the window is a bit more whimsical and fully blue-toned whereas she started out Season 1 in green. I immediately noticed these beautiful glass candy dishes that are like mini versions of apothecary jars. The round shape makes them unique. The Food Network site has been great about updating it’s set list sources and I found this there.

Lobmeyr Candy Dishes SHOP
On the shelf Giada has them filled with periwinkle and sea foam green coated jordan almonds.

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Where to get it: Giada at Home, Season 4

Update 4/27/13: I have re-categorized! View the new Giada at Home: STYLE page.

Avioli Sea Glass Bottle Vases ETSY SHOP
This blue hue is very fitting for the set by the water. You can purchase these sea glass vases through Avioli’s Etsy website.

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Where to get it: Giada at Home, Season 3

Update 4/27/13: I have re-categorized! View the new Giada at Home: STYLE page.

Perfect Endings Blooming Flower Pot Cake- Available in the Spring on www.williams-sonoma.com or at Dean & Deluca’s Napa location
Episode: Spring Has Sprung
This adorable springtime cake that Giada uses as her centerpiece can be bought through Williams-Sonoma’s website in the Spring/Summer. It is made by the Napa Bakery, Perfect Endings. While I have yet to try chocolate, I have had the vanilla bean cake and it was one of the best layered cakes I have ever had. Really moist and fluffy.

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Where to get it: Giada at Home, Season 2

Update 4/27/13: I have re-categorized! View the new Giada at Home: STYLE page.

Giada continues to use great set pieces for the themed episodes in Season 2. Must be fun to be the prop/set stylist.

Giada brings Hawaii to L.A. in a tiki-themed episode complete with an actual tiki bar, orchid leis and a menu that included delicious looking tilapia fish tacos with avocado and mango. I love this curved pitcher. Read more →

Baking from Giada at Home

After making Giada’s Pasta Ponza, I needed something sweet so I made Lemon Thyme Bars.

Close up. I like how the flecks of thyme show when you cut into the bars.

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Cooking from Giada at Home

My favorite kind of reading…from a cookbook. Giada de Laurentiis came out with a new book, Giada at Home and I tried out the Pasta Ponza. It’s light and refreshing with tomato as the main ingredient, but also comforting and satisfying with the addition of the bread crumb topping, reminiscent of a cold weather casserole recipe.

The bread crumb topping and Parmesan seeps into the corkscrew ridges, making every bite flavorful.

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Milk...meet the Perfect Cookie

On a recent episode of Giada at Home, Giada de Laurentiis did a play on a classic childhood PB & J and turned it into a cookie. Yes a peanut butter cookie with jam has been done before, but her addition of cocoa powder adds a whole new dimension. It’s fudgy, rich, chocolatey and the ULTIMATE cookie with a glass of milk. Sorry Oreos these chocolate peanut butter cookies are my new go-to.

Heavenly first bite which starts off chocolatey but unexpectedly you hit creamy the peanut butter flavor and lastly a hint of tang from the jam center.

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