Hi Everyone! A few days ago, I received an email to my blog from a sweet Brazilian lady who lives in Spain. She wrote telling me she saw my recipe “Quick 2 ingredient Pesto and Ricotta” recipe and made it using “Pesto Rosso” (made with tomato sauce\sun dried tomatoes) instead. She said it turned out[…]
Hi all! Well, these last few days we’ve been waiting to see if our little baby girl is ready to enter the world or not. It seems she’s quite comfy with mommy and so as I wait entering my 40th week of pregnancy, I thought I’d share with you a simple, yet delicious recipe for[…]
Hello everyone =) Today I want to show you how to make the easiest pasta dish you’ve ever made…or at least I hope so! Only 2 ingredients =) For those moments when you only have 15 minutes to prepare lunch or dinner. The key though, is quality….so here we go: Ingredients: 1\2 cup of[…]
Hi everyone =) Well, a couple of weeks ago, we were invited to dinner by some friends of ours and I decided to make my plant cake for dessert. Now I know what you are thinking…plant cake?….yes, it’s basically a cake or any dessert that you fill in a plastic plant pot to resemble a[…]
Hi all =) Well, today I wanted to share with you an incredibly easy lemon tea that helps you digest all you’ve eaten. How did I discover this? Well, picture it, Sicily 2013. It was Christmas eve and we were with my husband’s entire family. Needless to say, the combination of being pregnant and having[…]
Merry Christmas from Sicily! Well, as Christmas approaches, there is much to do for a lot of people. So how about a simple recipe for a quick pasta? It won’t take more than 30 minutes, that way, you can get back to Christmas shopping, wrapping, decorating, etc! Here we go….. Ingredients: 1-2 cups of good[…]
Hi everyone! Well, if you’ve tried my original tiramisu recipe, no doubt you weren’t disappointed. But here’s another twist on tiramisu that I invented to satisfy my love (….and that of many Italians….) for both tiramisu AND nutella. You can have both together right? Right! And guess what? It was sooooo good and so simple[…]
Hi all! Well, today I would like to show you how to make a deliciously simple and easy Mediterranean marinade for chicken breasts that are so moist and tender, even when grilled! Here’s what you will need: -1 LB or 1\2 kilo of thin, boneless chicken breasts -1 cup of yogurt, whatever you would normally[…]
Well, winter is approaching here in Sicily and what better that home made warm soup? Have you ever tried making your own chicken broth? First off, it’s really easier than you think. Secondly, store bought broth is laden with salt and has no nutritional properties……so give me a few minutes and I’ll show you how[…]
Hi all! Well first off, sorry about the long absence in posting….my parents were visiting us from California for 6 weeks and we were touring Malta and Northern Italy with them =) We had a wonderful time together and travelling is always so much fun, even if you are 5 months pregnant =) I think[…]