Category food
The Dragon’s Loyalty Award!
THE DRAGON’S LOYALTY AWARD! I want to say a big thank you to Micaela Cremonesi for nominating me for the Dragon’s Loyalty Award! The meaning behind this blogger award is to be given those who visit your blog often, like your posts, and leave comments. I am honoured that Micaela gave me this award! I like visiting her […]
Grilled vegetables – Less is more
Grilled vegetables with dressing (Vegetarian recipes) I know many people who are non so keen on vegetables, they would never eat them unless blended on a soup. Vegetables, to my opinion are the most versatile ingredients we have in the kitchen and thus there are so many ways to cook them but I think sometimes […]
Meringues – Save room for dessert!
Meringues with homemade fresh fruit jam/sauce 2 days ago I really wanted to eat something sweet for dessert but I didn’t want the usual slice of cake, I wanted something different, that required few ingredients and produced a different texture and I came out with this idea of making small meringues (crunchy outside and soft […]
I’ll have a yummy salad, today!
I have been eating a lot of salads lately and I am enjoying them very much. I like the fact that you can assemble whatever you like and what’s important (whatever you have on your fridge). This salad in particular is one of my favourite as it has simple but very healthy ingredients in it.
Spaghetti carbonara – “There is no sincerer love than the love of food”
Spaghetti Carbonara I think that whenever a recipe is easy and has few ingredients than it is the best. Spaghetti carbonara reminds me of the simple and fabulous homemade recipes that our grandmas used to make for us. They didn’t use fancy “sauces” or expensive cooking utensils, all they had was easy and accessible ingredients, yet they […]
There is going to be food? Ok I’ll come!
Appetizer with egg, tuna and cheese Recipe I think everyone relates food or specific recipes to memories and whenever you make them again, it seems like you smell the same odours or experience the same moment of that particular time. This very easy recipe it is very special to me as I used to do […]
Baked pasta – Food is my best friend!!!
Baked Pasta – Pasta al forno One of those dishes we cook when we have friends coming by or big family gathering. There is not a lot of things to say about this recipe apart from: yummy meatballs, gooey cheese, Chorizo, baked pasta and other people congratulating your “hard” work.
Soup of the day! – Lentils Soup
Soup of the day – Lentils Soup This lentils soup is a perfect solution every time I want to eat something healthy, delicious and want to detox after “fully immersion into food” during holidays like Easter. The soup has very few ingredients and it is very easy to make. You can have it when outside […]
Breaking Bread :)
I love bread, all sort of breads,ciabatta,baguette,panini, the ones flavoured with tomatoes,onions or sesame seeds but my favourite is the one with pieces of yummy cheese on it. Yesterday,
Our Easter Meal
We cooked a lot of food this Easter (well we cooked the dishes we like the most) and lamb is one of those recipes one can’t miss to have, as me personally don’t eat lamb very often but I like this recipe because it is not too much complicated and has a few ingredients […]
Hummus recipe – In case you feel hungry…..
Hummus recipe am definitely a “snack loving” person but since most of the snacks are not very healthy, I am always looking for new ways to treat myself. Now, basically this snack consist of some “crudites”, just a fashionable way to say raw vegetables accompanied by my homemade Hummus sauce.
Keep calm and Curry on
Chicken Curry Recipe There are so many perfect combination in which we can cook chicken, you can roast it with potatoes/ make a perfect broth for a soup/ make yummy chicken rolls”gordon bleu” and add cheese and ham/ or simply cook it on a frying pan with peppers, wild fennel seeds “I will post the recipe […]
Treating myself the Italian way!
The sweetest cherry tomatoes, Bufalo mozzarella, Parma ham (no preservatives), Tuscany crusty bread….. I don’t need anything else!!!!!! 🙂
Truffle cheese Gouda and organic bread (an involving experience)
Since I have been in UK, I have been looking everywhere (local shops or big groceries) to find one of my favourite things ever, the truffle cheese.
Easy peasy and a lemon squeezy !
Sometimes, it is so easy to make a special and nice looking dish, using simple ingredients. To make this recipe, I used smoked salmon, and on the top I decided to put some finely sliced carrot,potato and parsnip.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold
I was just about to start eating the whole pizza, but I couldn’t resist the first bite before taking the photo! Lol 🙂
English Vs Italian (Tea break), Let the battle begin!!!
What do you prefer during your tea break? An English cup of tea with some biscuits or an Italian espresso coffee with a Sicilian Cannolo dessert?
Polenta recipe – A special meal for hungry people
Polenta recipe with spare ribs and sausage on tomato sauce. This is what I cooked last Sunday for me and my husband. If you don’t know what Polenta is, it is a cornmeal boiled into a porridge.
After work: A quick healthy snack
After a hard day from work, I usually am really hungry and due to this, I try really hard not to eat easy accessible junk food (like crisps or chocolate bars).
Banana cake – Cheer yourself up with a cake!
Banana, cinnamon cake recipe Hello everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday, if not, don’t worry things will always get better, you just have to be patient!
Exploring new horizons
Noodles means new flavours for me, I am not used to eating beansprouts either but I am really enjoying the combinations between the soya sauce,vegetables,prawns and noodles. The noodles in the photo are my very first attempt, (so people used to eating and cooking noodles, bare with me, I will try to improve) 🙂
When outside is cold….
Potato, carrot and leek soup Whenever outside is cold, I feel like I want something to eat which will cuddle me with its consistency and warm hearted smell. This soup is my favourite healthy comfort food and never lets me down. I think it is because it reminds me of my mum’s soup, she used […]
Welcome To The “I Love Cupcakes” Club!
Cupcakes with Nutella and homemade Raspberry sauce topping I wished I could give everyone of you reading this recipe one of these yummy cupcakes I baked today, unfortunately internet is still not good at this. 🙂 Cupcakes is one of my favourite desserts because they are delicious and you can top them with whatever you […]
3 casual continents on a dish
Salmon couscous with stir-fry vegetables Since today it is Friday (my favourite day of the week by the way) we decided to cook something really different and interesting. As enjoyed it a lot, I thought why not share it with everyone.
This is why I love cooking mushrooms!!!
Recipe: Paccheri pasta with mushroom and peas I know many people who aren’t very keen on eating mushrooms, a solution to this could be trying to cook it in different new ways which really enhances its amazing flavour. Mushroom is usually grilled or simply put on the pizza but there are a variety of them […]
Turkey Thigh (Flintstones’ style for my husband)
Today we had this special dish which is basically a whole huge turkey thigh cooked with some basic vegetables (carrots,onion,garlic,sellery) and white wine. Of course I couldn’t forget to make a special gravy to go with it.
Stuffed Vegetables with Tuna
I believe that vegetables are so versatile when it comes to cooking, that you can’t just have them boiled or fried, why not try to roast and fill them but with something different, you will end up eating something healthy and delicious and less expensive.
Photo: Our Japanese Treat Lunch
This is what we had for lunch 40 minutes ago and we really enjoyed it because we are trying to push our boundaries and try different cuisines.
Seafood Pasta (Linguine) with a touch of chili
This is what we had yesterday for dinner, seafood pasta linguine with a “touch” of chili. This dish is perfect if you want to impress your loved one, friends or even if you are brave enough to cook on your first date.
Crunchy Roasted potatoes (Healthy version)
Potatoes are my favourite vegetable and I like to cook it when I want to avoid eating bread, rice or pasta. This recipe is really simple and works every time, it worked even with my husband (he didn’t like potatoes very much but he really likes this roasted potatoes recipe), I use it as a […]
Spaghetti garlic, oil and chilli
Spaghetti garlic, oil and chilli (Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino) Whenever me and my husband are really tired coming back home from work, or we are not in the mood for cooking but still want something really tasty we cook this pasta recipe.
Photo: A really tasty pink cold Soup
An amazing healthy cold soup made with beetroot, dill, yogurt and a boiled egg.
Cold Couscous Salad
Cold Couscous Salad This salad is one of my special treats as it is very simple, easy and fast to make.
Photo: Our Homemade Italian Pizza Margherita
Proper Italian Pizza Margherita (tomato sauce, mozzarella, basilico)
apple and carrot cake recipe
Apple cake recipe To make this recipe you need only 1 hour Recipe for 4 persons Difficulty level: None ( if I can do it everyone can :)) Ingredients for the apple cake recipe: 1 cup of tea of white flour 1 cup of tea of sugar 2 medium sized eggs 3 tea spoon of butter
Moving in another country
I was in my kitchen the other day and as I was drinking a cup of tea (green tea and pomegranate) and I suddenly realised that I haven’t had my italian espresso for a long time now.
Hello world!
My name is Alice I am 29 years old. I live with my husband in UK, since we moved in 2 years ago from Italy. Everyday we are facing new experiences some of them challenging and other exiting. We got married in the beautiful city of Rome in 2012 on the hottest day ever and […]
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