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[…]
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[…]
Here in Italy, if you are lucky, you will find peanut butter at major supermarkets. However, the price is outrageous. So what do I do? I make it myself! And boy oh boy…..I tell you, I will never go back to store bought again! It’s so much more tastier (no preservatives here) and healthier. Just[…]
I love roasted nuts, but do NOT want to pay extra for them roasted. My mom first taught me how to roast pine nuts a long time ago, and it’s the same for almonds, or any other nut you would like roasted. So here’s a simple and easy method using a frying pan. No roaster,[…]
If you know anything about me, you know I am absolutely addicted to baking two things: breads and desserts. Now, in Sicily, the most typical type of vanilla found in flavoring desserts is basically vanilla flavored baking powder. I like to use liquid vanilla, and more than that, I like to use real vanilla. And[…]
