Oatmeal cookies are delicious and nutritious, something to include in your breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it functions to kick-start your metabolism and subsequently to curb your appetite throughout the day. A typical Italian breakfast includes coffee/cappuccino/caffèlatte with “biscotti”. Instead of buying pre-made cookies, I make my own ones;…
Merluzzo alla Romana (Roman Style Codfish)
A tasty, healthy and easy recipe to prepare for family meal. I suggest that you enjoy it as a main course accompanied by mash potatoes or steamed rice. I learned this appetizing recipe when I visited beautiful Rome this summer. A wonderful cook and friend (Patrizia) generously shared her family recipe with me. Italian cuisine…
Torta d’Avena (Oatmeal Cake)
This is a moist, super healthy, sinfully delicious oatmeal cake that has no sugar, no eggs, no flour and no added fat. Is this possible? Yes it is! Try my tasty, easy and fast recipe, and you will find out. No fuss, no mess and in no time you have a nutritious cake (the “shero” cake)…
Cavolfiore Saltato in Padella (Sauteed Cauliflower)
Sauteed cauliflower with pine nuts and raisins is another story: tasty and appetizing. Once you taste it you will never go back to boiled cauliflower. This recipe is very easy to prepare and extremely delicious to eat. You can enjoy it as a side dish with grilled chicken breast or other grilled meat. Cauliflower is…
Spiedini di Sarde all’Arancia (Stuffed Skewered Sardines with Orange)
This is a typical dish of Sicily, land of sea, sun and, of course, an extraordinary culinary tradition. It blends together the taste of the most typical ingredients of this beautiful land: fish, citrus, capers, pine nuts and raisins. The sardine‘s fishy taste goes well well with the citrus flavor of orange, the tangy capers,…
Mele Ripiene al Forno (Stuffed Baked Apples)
A delicious autumn dessert, low in calories and perfect if you want to have something sweet without feeling guilty. Stuffed baked apples are surprisingly easy to prepare, yet are definitely impressive and delicious to eat. They are filled with almonds, raisins (soaked in Vin Santo, delicious!) and cinnamon, undeniably a mix of flavors that goes…
Torta di Riso (Rice Cake)
Rice cake: A light and delicious cake, perfect for a gluten free diet. The rice cake is an Italian classic, prepared with some variations in the different regions of Italy The recipe that I am proposing is typical of Emilia Romagna; in the past it used to be prepared only at Easter, but nowadays we…
Pasta con i “Broccoli” (Pasta with “Broccoli”) – Vrocculi Arriminata
This tasty primo piatto (first course) is typical of Sicily, but it’s not uncommon to find variations in the ingredients if you eat it in another province. Perhaps it is better known by its name in Sicilian dialect pasta with vrocculi arriminata, which translated into Italian means pasta with broccoli in the pan. I should…
Insalata di Songino, Noci e Uva Sultanina (Songino, Nuts and Raisins Salad)
This colorful salad can be either a great side dish for a main course, although the addition of goat’s cheese makes this salad a perfect wholesome, standalone meal, too. I love it after exercising at the gym: it is light and nutritious. The color of nuts and raisins contrast with the bright green of the…
Pan dei Morti (Bread of the Dead)
The Pan dei Morti (bread of the dead) are traditional Italian cookies prepared for the Day of Dead (Commemorazione dei Defunti) celebrated on November 2nd, the day following All Saint’s Day (Ognissanti). On these two holy days Italians honor the souls of deceased relatives and loved ones, and many believe that the spirits return to Earth…