Few months ago I would have ever thought of blending a kale and then drinking it. Entering the world of Pinterest enlarged my food horizons. Hundreds of pins and several visits to "stratospherically" beautiful food blogs after, I know that smoothies combining fruit with green vegetables are popular among girls with weight loss ambition (90% of us). Surprise, surprise, they can even …
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The tastiest Italian pizza comes from an exuberant city in southern Italy that surrounds a dormant volcano called Vesuvius. It's Napoli, the city where I was born. There, Pizza is art and religion at the same time, a specialty always prepared to reach an inimitable texture and softness. Although only Neapolitan Pizzaioli (pizza makers) know the secret for the finest …
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Feeling like baking something effortless? This pie with no crust suits you well, then. In no time the cake is ready. Let the potatoes boil till tender and be ready to "work hard" when it comes to peel them. No crust, no pastry, it's all about the sweet potatoes, so the preparation, consisting in peeling …
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Chocolate cravings can placated with no feelings of guilt by these small treats. I eat them after dinner to end the day with a mellisonant note, sometimes in the morning to get started with a self-soothing moment. 7 small mini cakes that will take care of me once a day during a week of icy …
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Did you know that eating habits and carbon dioxide emissions are strictly related? The amount of CO2 produced in the transportation and processing of food depends on our diet: it ranges from 600 kg of CO2 in case of vegetarian diets to 3,000 kg of CO2 for diets based on red meat consumed on a daily basis. It …
Black beans boast the greatest amount of fibers compared to other varieties of beans and even some phytonutrient benefits more. Did you know that? This is what I recently found out. Also known as Turtle Beans, they comes with a black outermost coat which hosts flavonoids with antioxidant abilities. They are extremely popular in Latin American and …
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