There is nothing like a wonderful pasta salad in the summer…..and one that’s made with fresh ingredients. Being the salad lover I am, especially in the summer, here is one salad you can make quickly and simply enough! =) Ingredients (serves 2) – Orecchini shaped pasta (……orecchini in Italian means “little ears”…..the pasta has been[…]
Being the crazy person I am, and loving flowers……wearing bobby pin flowers to hold up one side of my bangs is something I do almost daily and I have one for almost every outfit! (No, I’m not 18 years old….actually I’m thirty something and expecting our first child……and if she’s a girl, mommy is going[…]
One of things I love most about summer is ice cream. Not that I eat a lot of it, but yummy, creamy, gooey, tasty, ice cream is just heaven when it’s hot! =) Here in Italy, gelato (ice cream) from a gelateria (ice cream parlor) is so good that I can’t even bring myself to[…]
Take a look at the above picture……talk about line drying…..are these professionals or what?….above water! Ok….I’ll admit…..before moving to Italy, I never thought of line drying clothes. Why should I? Growing up in California, we had a washer and a dryer and they worked just fine, thank you! The maximum we did was place[…]
My husband and I recently bought a juicer……being the kitchen gadget and appliance love that I am (…..Remember my post on the “DIY Kitchen Storage”?…the one using the bookcases? Well, there was a reason I posted that =D )….. I was in full agreement when the hubby wanted to buy a juicer. Now, I know[…]
Whew!…..All I can say is that I’m exhausted! Remember my last post on the “Best Homemade Canned Tomato Sauce” ? The one where I mentioned that we bought about 100 pounds of tomatoes to bottle\can? Well, I finished them…and not only them, but my sun dried tomatoes as well. I tell you, I don’t want[…]
Summer is finally here! Even if not officially, the tomatoes sprouting everywhere tell me “It’s a good ol’ summertime”. As promised a few posts back, I am going to show you how I, yours truly, bottles my homemade tomato sauce for the year. No, we don’t have a tomato grove or garden, no I don’t[…]
We all love Nutella, right? And cream cheese, right? And strawberries, right? ….well, here is a delicious recipe that combines all of these yummies together! I had to think a bit as to what to name these because they are so rich and scrumptious….and really, no name can do justice! =D Ingredients: – 1 cup[…]
I love all things grilled….I think it’s the grill marks make my mouth water =D Since buying my stove top grill pan, I’ve used it like crazy. I love it so much that only I can touch the pan…..my husband knows better! I’ve even got it meticulously kept in the cabinet between kitchen towels so[…]
Since I love cooking and baking, I always discover (through trial and error!) what works for me. And being OCD that I am, if something doesn’t work for me, I try to figure out a way until it does! My husband says I go 100 miles an hour when I’m locked on something….he’s right =D[…]