Meatballs with parsley, rosemary and parmesan – easy recipe

The kids were over the moon today when I announced that lunch was going to be meatballs. I guess I have not make them in a while. To my classic meatballs recipe I have added rosemary and lemon zest for a more perfumed taste. When I make them I usually do what my mum usually…

Eggplant Parmigiana Recipe

Can you ever say no to eggplant parmigiana? No you can’t if you like eggplant of course. Eggplants are in season during summertime so there cannot be a better time to make this beautiful…wonderful classic Italian dish. My daughter is totally obsessed with it and as soon as she saw grandad’s eggplants in the field…

Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto for a quick and tasty pasta!

What do you have when you are in a hurry? Pasta with pesto.. at least I do when I run out of ideas, but sometimes I find it boring having the same green pesto. There is another colourful interesting version: ricotta, sundried tomatoes, pinenuts and basil which is super easy to prepare as all the…

Roman Style Lamb Recipe – Abbacchio alla Romana

What is the best way to cook lamb? I love it roasted in the oven, barbecued, cooked on a griddle pan or.. “alla romana”! Abbacchio, or suckling lamb, has been enjoyed by the Romans since ancient times particulary at Easter time. The lamb is cooked with fresh herbs, anchovies (which add a real kick to…

Italian doughnuts with potatoes – lighter vegan recipe

Do you know that Carnival has started in Venice? I keep seeing fab photos online and I so much wish I was there right now! I have not been to Venice for Carnival for ages now. My hometown is just over an hour away from Venice and I grew up going to Venice every year…

Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Last year I visited a dairy in Italy where hubby and I early one morning were invited to a small village “latteria” (dairy) to watch the whole fascinating process of cheese, butter and ricotta making and to taste it afterwards. Literally the word ricotta means “re-cooked” as it is made with whey following what’s left…

Mediterranean fish parcels, light recipe

January diet? Not for me thanks, I’d rather have tasty light food that I can enjoy instead. Don’t get me wrong I have dieted in the course of my lifetime but all of my diets have miserably failed. All the lost weight has always come back just as quickly as I lost it. Most diets…

Savory Vegetable Loaf Cake Recipe

Happy new year! My jeans are really tight with all the lasagne, panettoni, nougat, chocolate and glasses of Prosecco I have been scoffing during these last festivities…this year it has really been non-stop eating. I spent new year’s eve in Italy and I had a big “cenone” or a big dinner where you eat all…

Pistachio crusted calamari oven cooked – easy recipe

Here it is a nice and easy squid or calamari recipe, one of those you can do when you are short of time or when you simply just want something tasty and quick which is not a ready meal… and who wants ready meals anyway??! All you do is mixing ground pistachios, parsley, parmesan, breadcrumbs…

Moist Citrus Carrot Cake Recipe

For the last 6 months, every morning I have taken up the habit of squeezing 2 or sometimes 3 lemons, add a little warm water and sip slowly. I use to find it quite acidic but I now don’t notice it anymore and I actually quite enjoy it. The benefits of drinking lemon juice first…