Category: vegan
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Taralli (Puglia’s crackers)
In the south of Italy, to be precise in the region of Puglia, which is the heel of Italy, originate many typical italian dishes. The diet from southern italy is based on fresh vegetables, lots of olive oil, dried preserves like sun dried tomatoes and everything taste so darn good. It is warm mostly all…
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Indian simplicity: Chickpea Crepes with Palak
I love Indian food for two main reasons. First of all the use of so many spices, it makes the food taste so good and also adds health benefits. To list a few… ginger, turmeric, cardamom, curry, coriander…that aid as anti-inflammatory, digestion, antioxidant, grastointestinal issues and so on. And second because there are sooo many…
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New dog! and a Sundried Tomato Pesto
Please welcome our newest family member…BEN! My mom was going on a walk in the country with our dog Buddy today and suddenly a couple mutts came running towards her. She thinks they might have come from this farmer that has sooo many dogs kept outside and chained on very very tight collars, it’s very…
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Roasted Pumpkin w/ tahini sauce
It’s October…which means it’s pumpkin season! Here in Italy you see pumpkins all the time during this month, but mostly for culinary purposes. Halloween is not celebrated as much as in the US so pumpkin decorations are seen less of here. Pumpkins here are mostly used for risotto or soups. I love pumpkin, it’s a comfort…