This is a refreshing, easy, fast and healthy recipe. It is summer in a bowl: savory and sweet at the same time. As improbable as it might sound, this combination is delicious. It is prepared with watermelon, celery, Taggiasche olives and quartirolo cheese. Quartirolo is a soft cow’s milk cheese from Lombardy that you can…
Insalata di Ceci (Chickpea Salad)
This is refreshing and healthy salad made with chickpeas, olives, tomatoes and onions, flavored with olive oil and fresh basil making this salad even more delicious. This is a perfect vegetarian dish for a light summer lunch and is best served fresh “just made” and at room temperature to heighten the flavor of tomatoes and…
Insalata di Pollo (Chicken Salad)
How about a refreshing summer salad made with grilled chicken breast, carrots, red pepper, celery, pickles and delicious Taggiasche olives? The dressing is prepared with Greek yogurt, mayonnaise and flavored extra virgin olive oil. The addition of olive oil lends a special taste to this salad, a Mediterranean touch. Chicken is a healthy choice, in…
Spaghetti alla Puttanesca (Spaghetti Puttanesca)
Spaghetti puttanesca is a tasty and piquant dish. It is one of the more popular recipes of Italian cuisine, originally from Lazio and Campania but now spread all over the world. This recipe, fast and simple, is prepared with fresh tomatoes, garlic, olives, anchovies, capers and red chili pepper. The moderate amount of anchovies gives…
Pollo alla Cacciatora (Hunter’s Chicken Stew)
In past centuries, peasants used the vegetables cultivated in their fields and the animals raised on their farms to prepare their meals. Pollo alla cacciatora is one of these peasant recipes and seems to have originated in Tuscany. Typically for Sunday dinner, chicken, a readily-available animal, was used to prepare a fine and festive feast. …