Ciao a tutti! Pasta, bread and traditional risottos are not the only staples you will find in Italy! Especially northern Italy, where polenta, a corn based dish, is a common food in many of the households. Polenta is corn meal added with water, salt and some olive oil. Regions where you will commonly find polenta […]
Today we are posting an article in Italian!! Enjoy it!! Ricette tradizionali toscane: la Ribollita con il cavolo nero La ribollita è una delle preparazioni più rinomate della cucina toscana, fiorentina in particolare, pur essendo un piatto povero, fatto con quegli ingredienti semplici che appartengono alla cultura contadina e che riempiono la pancia con poca […]
Ciao a tutti! We wanted to make a soup today to keep everyone in Northern Italy warm (yes it does get cold there :)) A great soup always helps to warm the bones! Obviously if you just want the soup with no dumplings, you can simply omit them. Substituting potato for dumplings will give you […]
Ciao a tutti! A few people asked me if there was any good way to use greens such as kale or cabbage, so I invented a great green summer salad that can be eaten as a complete meal! In Italy, cabbage is known as cavolo and is pretty easy to find. Kale is referred to […]
Ciao a tutti! Today we made some lentil burgers. They turned out great, plus they freeze real nice so you can make a bunch of them, then take them out at a later date and reheat them! Enjoy! Ingredients: 100 grams brown lentils 50 grams frozen peas 2 large carrots 2 large celery sticks 1 […]