Archive for 'Recipes'

Pork with peaches

A few days ago I bought some really good peaches and I used some of them for a fruit salad. What could I do with the other peaches? I thought it could be a good idea to use it to cook some pork (I know that pork with apples is really good, so why not [...]

Lemon Spaghetti

This is a quick tasty pasta. I love to make it with home-made spaghetti, but you can also use Barilla or De Cecco pasta (my favorite brands). Organic lemons are a must, because you need lemon zest (and you know… lemons that are not organic have a weird wax on their skin. Bleah…!). I like [...]

A taste of India: Butter Chicken

I like to go to an Indian restaurant every once in a while. It is a very different cuisine from the Italian one but some dishes are really good. Plus, my brother likes to go there, so I wanted to learn how to cook one of my favorite Indian dishes: Butter Chicken. It is made [...]

Torcetti piemontesi

“Torcetti piemontesi” are Italian cookies similar to breadsticks (but covered with sugar). They come from Piemonte, a region (county) of Italy. Their shape is similar to a close “U” and they are very crunchy. I really like them! Here is the recipe.

A pan of Bolognese Lasagna

Bolognese Lasagna is a very typical Italian food. It is made of layers of lasagna, bechamel sauce, cheese (optional) and Ragu sauce (it is a sauce made of ground meat, carrots, onion, celery and tomato sauce). You can use the Ragu sauce also to dress any kind of pasta. What I like to do, is [...]