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Red chilies from my vegetable garden Ciao everyone, no I haven`t won the lottery and escaped to exotic horizons (I wish ) or been the typical Italian and when August came closed everything down to go on vacation for a month !!!!! Yes, yes if only…..although the second option is closer to reality….. I [...] 
zucchini balls Good morning, finally the big day has arrived .. we are going on summer holiday !!!!!! Yes I know…we do live in a place where people love to come on holiday…. but you know? .. once in a while ( 2 years !!) a little break from all these green Umbrian [...] 
Linguine goats cheese ,spring onios and walnuts.
Hello, the week has only just began, and already I am looking forward to the weekend! But let me start from beginning. Once upon a time……. in 2001 Nick and I bought this derelict house in the countryside The roof needed to be replaced, the bathroom was [...] 
sweet and sour onions Hi, no I haven`t been stuck up an olive tree for the last week ! I have been laid low with a bad attack of flu and only just managed to crawl out of bed. Full of enthusiasm, I took a walk in the garden to check what needed to be [...] 
Spaghetti alla puttanesca
Why haven’t i made this dish before? It ‘s a very popular type of pasta, fast and easy to prepare plus it doesn’t need any expensive ingredients. Welcome to Spaghetti alla Puttanesca. Meaning : The Prostitutes spaghetti . As to the origin of the name , the main theory takes us [...] 
Bruschetta goat cheese ,avocado and olives.
The other day I was flicking through a magazine and saw this easy recipe. Nearly all the ingredients I already had. The black olives ( picked last October and marinated in garlic and chili) , Parsley in the garden and goats cheese in the fridge. The only things [...] 
Pasta with broccoli, spicy gorgonzola , walnuts and orange. Earlier this week it seemed that spring had arrived early. Blue skies and wonderful hot sun. My hopes were up and I started to think of summer. But , then as fast as it came the warm weather disappeared behind grey clouds , drenching rain [...] 
Fusilli pasta , radicchio,walnuts and buffalo mozzarella As I have already written a few months ago, this winter , for several reason, I didn’t do my vegetable garden. Not having prepared the ground in time, it would have been useless to plant winter vegetables. Unfortunately, we don’t have a green house so everything would [...] 
Suppli “Lucky you”….. I have heard many times. “Living in the country , among the Umbrian hills … …. It’s like always being on holiday. Peace and quiet, no traffic, no city chaos “… … …Yes, Yes, it’s all true , but you forget the hassle of putting on the fire every day for [...] 
Chestnut gnocchi and Porcini mushrooms sauce For generations in the old trattories of Rome, the Thursday menu is dedicated to Gnocchi pasta. I grew up with the saying: gnocchi Thursday ! So , after discovering that even here in Umbria , Thursday is the day for Gnocchi , I thought it was necessary to understand [...] 
Lentils Muffin To continue on the south food theme and also, to have another good excuse to eat Ricotta Forte , I thought I’d make these little lentil muffins . Their easy to make and and if you decide like me, to fill them up with a strong cheese and tasty vegetables … … [...] 
Orecchiette and Minchiareddhi pasta with ricotta forte Four years have passed since my good friend Cecilia decided to leave Rome and move to Salento in the region of Puglia. Geographically speaking the heel of Italy. A land I knew little about before . Puglia is known for its beautiful beaches, Baroque architecture , the [...] 
Spaghetti aglio olio e peperoncino There are days , even if it doesn’t happen very often ,when I just can’t be bothered to cook! Yesterday was one of those days. I think it’s fare, don’t you ? Because to be honest sometimes we all feel a little bit lazy and the idea to go [...] 
green tomatoes chutney I am always very sad when the time comes to remove the last plants from my vegetable garden : tomatoes, peppers and chilies, all planted during the spring. The plants are now dry and sad, with only their last fruits. In shock from the cold, not really able to fully mature, [...] 
savory biscuits with olives and cheese. I like all types of biscuit: with nuts, with chocolate…but the idea of savory , I find much more fun to do. This is my third experiment with savory biscuits and I apologize in advance…because I really think there will be many others in the future. Perhaps because they [...] |
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