Hi Everyone =) Today my husband and I made “Cucche”(pronounced “coo-keh”), a typical eastern Sicilian dish native to the region where we live. They were absolutely delicious! So I wanted to share this recipe with you….are you ready? Let’s begin! -500 grams (1 pound) of fresh sausages -4 to 5 large garlics -1\2 of a[…]
Hi Everyone =) Have you ever been left with some lingering parsley in the fridge? Here’s a quick and super delicious recipe for pasta that only has three fresh ingredients…parsley, olive oil, and garlic! Prepare your pasta…in my case, I chose to make some spaghetti. While the pasta is boiling, smash 3-4 cloves of fresh[…]
Hi Everyone! Well, as summer is ending and fall is beginning here in Sicily, figs are everywhere. Yummy, plumpy green and purple deliciously sweet figs. My husband and I love fig jam and so as yearly tradition calls, I always make fig jam. In this post, I’m going to show you how incredibly easy it[…]
Hi all! Last weekend, my husband and I took our 5 month old daughter for a nice stroll along the beach here in Sicily. We went to Marina di Ragusa (see my “Travel \ Life in Italy” section to know more about the local areas) and happened to choose this ristorante to dine at. We[…]
Hi Everyone! Last week I was up early one morning after feeding our 5 month old, and wanted to make something sweet and easy for breakfast. My husband and I usually have something sweet with our cappuccinos…spoiled, I know!…..and so I remembered I had some puff pastry in the fridge. Puff pastry, puff pastry….fruit? fruit!…cream[…]
Hi Everyone! Well, if you love to cook like I do, but have limited pots and pan storage, then you are probably a pretty smart “stacker”. I can actually stack 5 ceramic pans if I angle the handles just right =) The one thing I do though, is put kitchen towels in between as I[…]
Hi Everyone =) We all have babies and we all know how EXPENSIVE they can be right? Right! So here are some of the ways I’ve saved and thought I’d pass them along in hopes that they can help you too! Here we go… 1) When people ask what you would like as a gift….ASK[…]
Hi all =) Well, I love hummus and that’s about the only way I really eat chickpeas. However, since I have a lot of organic dry chickpeas, I was thinking of other delicious ways to serve it besides in hummus or in a salad. And alas, it happened…burgers! Quick, easy and delicious using a stove[…]
Hi all =) Continuing on with my re-purposing and up-cycling….here’s another quick (and professional looking) way to add puff sleeves for the amateur sewer like myself! As you know, I’m up-cycling all of Rebecca’s baby clothing for as long and as far as I can =P So how about adding some puff sleeves to a[…]
Hi everyone! About a week ago, we were with my in-laws at their country home for lunch. While there, we discovered that they have several wild blackberry bushes. So since my husband and I love berry jams, I thought I would turn these tiny blackberries, called “more” (pronounced “mo-reh”) in Italian, into yummy jam.[…]
