My new pleasant discovery is Chickpea flour. Gram Flour, that is. You have to consider my genetic tendency to all things carbs to understand why I am more than happy to keep tasting bread and pastry made with a flour containing less carbohydrates. Gram flour accounts for only 18% carbs while Corn flour usually reaches …
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Best Recipes of the Week
What amazing recipes did food bloggers cook this week? What exotic, sensational ingredients did they experiment with? What kind of atmosphere did they convey through their amazing shots? Familiar, intimate or all-about-mouthwatering-food? With these questions in mind I go through my RSS to collect the recipes that inspired me the most. Every week thousand (maybe …
Pasta with Peas and Fava Beans
In Italy we call this dish “Pasta e Piselli”, definitely one of the most prepared main in Naples and its region, where it is very common to mix pasta with legumes. Remember my Pasta e Fagioli (sorry for the horrible pics)? These dishes were once considered food of the poor, now they are well rooted …
Skillet Gnocchi in Rich Tomato and Goat Cheese Sauce
Am I more impatient or lazy? I may be both to the same extent. Not the best qualities a food blogger should brag about, I know. Take this recipe, for example: one of the most popular Italian dishes with all ingredient tossed in just one skillet in order not to boil and drain the dumpling. …
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Best Recipes of the Week – What I’d Like to Cook
When I want to seek inspiration for my meals I know exactly where to go. Online, of course. I’m not tempted yet by food magazines which would end up in a tall pile of dusty magazines I always forget to go back to when I need. I know exactly which blogs to visit, the ones that inspire feelings …
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Antioxidant Punch Beetroot, Strawberry and Apple Smoothie
This is the week of “smoothie cravings” for me. Whatever the reason is, I found myself fancying fruit during the whole week. Every evening, once at home and always before dinner so to soothe my hunger, I quickly prepared a shake by blending all the fruits on hand. Most of my smoothies comprised orange, apple …
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