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Sun dried Tomatoes

Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

It’s a tough life!

aubergine with mozzarella and prune

aubergine with mozzarella and prune

 

Sorry, but I cannot do anything about this. All the things that i have wanted to eat lately are small snacks and more importantly, they must be quick to prepare. I therefore apologize to those who live in Australia or elsewhere where it is not summer time, but here [...]

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Saved by the bell !

beef fillet to up with green beans and pistachios pesto

beef fillet to up with green beans and pistachios pesto

 

Do you remember my famous freezer? It’s the big investment we made during the spring and  it’s also the reason why this summer, my mission will not be to go on holiday , but to fill it up  with all the wonderful  vegetables [...]

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A double yummy!

grill vegetable

 

I know you were worried ,I know you thought …well, what’s  happened this week ,there are no  zucchini in the blog?????  I do not want to disappoint anyone so here they are.  What’s more it’s a double version! WAHOOO.  Considering also  that my garden is at the moment in full production with [...]

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caprese

caprese

Nothing is faster to prepare, fresh and tasty to eat as a good CAPRESE, especially for a summer lunch. Also at this time of year tomatoes are delicious and the basil is abundant. I started to collect the first cherry tomatoes from my vegetable garden and feel the taste of a freshly picked [...]

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No turning back

watermelon and feta cheese salad

watermelon and feta cheese salad

Just over a year ago, I saw a recipe for a salad made with watermelon and feta. I remember very well thinking …., MAMMA MIA  strange mix. Then last week , this recipe came back in my mind and I thought to do a little research on the [...]

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If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

bbq squid

bbq squid

 

It’s 36 degrees, ok I will not complain, because when it’s winter is too cold and when it’s summer. … So let’s just say that here in Umbria near Orvieto, at 15 minutes walk from the happy village of Allerona , in short in my garden, it’s 36 degrees and is bloody [...]

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A crispy snack not out of a bag.

crispy fried vegetable

crispy fried vegetable

 

Clearly all this time my zucchini continue to grow. I’ve already had enough to freeze a couple of bags , simply cut  into cubes. With the others i made a new version of Parmigiana, in which I substituted eggplants for zucchini  and  have frozen these too. But, to my delight, in [...]

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Sitting in the tube. Dreaming of Sicily.

bucatini with anchovies

bucatini with anchovies

 

Let’s go to Sicily? Wouldn’t it be nice?  Summer is here 100% now, and finally it’s warm, incorrect….it’s backing hot! Unfortunately we don’t have a swimming pool, although a few years ago, we put a beautiful old bath in the garden with a shower head above. Clearly it is forbidden to [...]

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The ladies prefer oil to ice

tonnarelli and green beans pesto

tonnarelli and green beans pesto

Time for green beans!! Even with these I think I have exaggerated. I planted 20 plants and so now  I have to create some ‘recipes. Talking with the ladies of Allerona, just to be safe, I have checked a bit ‘about the possibility of freezing some of the beans, [...]

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No pain no grain!

ravioli filled with ricotta and asparagus

ravioli filled with ricotta and asparagus

One of the beautiful things about living in the country  is that we  have many people who come to visit us . Friends and family directly from England or here in Italy. As I’ve said before here in the green hills of Umbria there is always work to be [...]

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You can never have to many artichokes…. apparently!!

capunata

capunata

Scusate, I apologize . When I started this blog, I thought to share the joys of living in the country with you, but unfortunately there is another side to the coin … ..  the ingredients in the kitchen are almost always decided by what’s in season. So ladies and gentleman, today for your [...]

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Love at first bite.

cheese cake

cheese cake

During the years 1996/19997 I had the pleasure of living a year and a half in London. At this time  I flew  up and down  to Italy to support my exams at the University of Rome .  During this time, I  did  the most bizarre jobs in London , including  waitressing in [...]

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Not again!!!!!!

lumachelle

lumachelle

 

No, not the savory croissants, again! This was the comment by Nick! But let’s start from the beginning. As I wrote in my blog a long time ago, the savory croissants are a classic at my house, they are something fast to make so I do them often …. in Nick’s view, too [...]

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Zucchini invasion!

stuffed zucchini

stuffed zucchini

Zucchini, eggplant and stuffed tomatoes are dishes that are used often in Mediterranean cooking. I had the pleasure of eating zucchini and stuffed tomatoes in Greece and I must say that they were very good . Now this is a recipe that, like many others in my blog came to me, passed [...]

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Spinaci time

spinach and smoked tuna terrine

spinach and smoked tuna terrine

It ‘s spinach time! The spinach harvest in my garden was excellent. Although I had the same problem I have  with the salad … .. they’re all ready at the same time! But this is not a big problem, because the beauty of spinach is that you can also [...]

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