Tag: salt and pepper

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Braised Savoy Cabbage – Verza Stufata

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With all the focus today on trendy vegetables like kale and Brussels sprouts, we tend to forget about good old fashioned cabbage. It’s cheap and tasty and—just like its more fashionable cousins—good for you. And while most people associate cabbage with northern European cooking, Italians enjoy cabbage, too. Braised Savoy Cabbage is […]

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Rainbow Rice Salad – Insalata di Riso

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The rice salad is a traditional summer recipe, fresh, delicious and full of tasty ingredients. Once you’ve cooked the rice in salted water and it’s cooled down you only need to add the colorful tasty ingredients: peas, cheese, hot dog, tuna, olives, boiled eggs… These are some of the most common ingredients but you can change […]

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Brown Rice with Peas, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers and Basil

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Easy, refreshing and healthy. Make it from scratch or by using your fridge leftovers you can’t make it wrong. Use whatever vegetables you have available (raw or cooked) add some basil or pesto. This version is with peas, roasted peppers and tomatoes. Serve it warm or cold. Tip: when you […]

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Roasted Cauliflower with Onion, Raisin and Capers

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This is a brilliant idea to cook cauliflower, an easy way to improve the taste of this Cruciferous vegetable which, on its own, doesn’t have much of it. If you’re on a low-calories diet or you just want to eat healthier this is your recipe. (recipe from my friend  Maddalena G.) photos […]

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French Lentil Soup

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Rich in  proteins and fiber, it’s a fast and nutritious meal. This homemade lentil soup can be made with vegetable stock and be completely vegan. In less than 40 minutes you can have a budget-friendly  satisfying meal that makes the perfect dish for your family and for your guests.photos coco zordan  

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Chickpea Burgers with Couscous and Spinach

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An easy and nutritious recipe that kids will find delicious and is ideal for their lunchbox. Thanks to the garbanzo beans these burgers are rich in vegetable proteins and fiber, both indispensable for a healthy intestinal microflora. photos by coco zordan

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Potage Parmentier and Vichyssoise

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    The Potage Parmentier is a delicious velvety soup easy and quick to make, the ideal dish for the cold season. It’s one of the most famous dishes of the French cuisine, prepared with simple ingredients: leeks, potatoes and cream. Incredibly versatile, it’s good freshly-made and better the next day, it can be […]

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Il Nusät – Savory Pumpkin Pie

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Nusät means nutmeg in Milanese dialect (or language as the people of Milan proudly call it). Till the 19th century that spice, imported from Madagascar, was  very popular in Lombardy ,mainly used to enhance the flavor of dishes that were usually very simple like the “Nusät”. This Pumpkin Pie was one […]