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How to cook King Oyster or Cardoncelli mushrooms the Italian way: a very simple recipe with just olive oil, garlic, and parsley.

How to make my olive oil banana bread recipe, an Italian-style banana bread! The other ingredients are classic: good old baking stuff.

Grilled radicchio with balsamic vinegar: an Italian side dish.

Thick Italian hot chocolate for cold, cozy days.

How to cook kale on the stove the Italian way. Learn how to cook kale without losing nutrients.

This is one of the authentic Italian minestrone soup recipes – there are many. This minestrone recipe from Milan has cabbage, parmesan, and pancetta.

what Romans have on Boxing Day

a Tuscan delight for Fall celebrations

Sautéed kale recipe: a tasty Tuscan side dish.

the erbazzone recipe: a swiss chard pie from Emilia Romagna

Creamy, earthy and delicious porcini mushroom risotto, a rice recipe from Northern Italy.

eggplant parmesan: Fall comfort food

How to preserve eggplants in olive oil according to Italian nonnas.

Make eggplant al funghetto when you need a delicious side dish or a glorious condiment for your pasta.

Halloween food ideas: spooky Italian recipes.

chard, chickpeas and tuna filets with looots of fresh oregano

Sautéed black kale bruschetta with olive oil and red chili. Make the bruschetta with kale when you have a delicious loaf of crusty Italian bread.

Heavenly good pesce spada alla ghiotta: a Sicilian swordfish recipe with tomatoes, olives and capers.

Bone shaped Halloween Italian cookies recipe. A traditional recipe from Treviso perfect for spooky baking.

Sicilian orange salad with olives, shallot and fennel

pan-roasted potato and pesto salad with curly endive, tomatoes, sugar snaps and sprouts

chickpeas, tomatoes, carrot, cucumber and feta salad, with lots of mint and basil

Sicilian eggplant caponata with almonds, honey, olives and basil

Soft polenta, made from scratch, with crunchy guanciale and grated pecorino.

A flaming oatmeal soup with sweet pear crisps and savory prosciutto flakes.

a raw kale Buddha bowl with lentils, barley, cashews and pomegranate vinaigrette

Kale pesto with crunchy almonds, sweet raisins and fancy dried tomatoes.

A decadent mushroom soup cooked in aromatic parmesan broth.

bread tuscan soup: kale, potatoes and white beans to restore you from a cold, windy, winter day

creamy zabaione & spicy gingerbread cookies: they’re in love!

Italian white chocolate, pine nuts & mascarpone icing for cookies

pomegranate cookie icing: natural brilliant colors & incredibly delicious cookies

In this post, I’m sharing with you an Italian sausage stuffing. It is made with apples, Pandoro, walnuts, and olive oil.

pancetta mashed potatoes: when you’ll side dish will conquer the spotlight

An idea for thanksgiving table decorations you can craft yourself.

In this post, I’m sharing with you the Tuscan recipe for chicken pasta in tomato sauce. As learned in a restaurant in Val D’Orcia.

Here is the recipe for an unusual, delicious Italian pancetta gravy!

An easy basil homemade pasta dough recipe, by hand or with the pasta machine.

the ultimate Halloween aperitivo treat: spritz caramel apples. Hihihihihi (witch laugh).

Grape pie recipe made with a hazelnuts and almonds pie crust, grapes and a pinch of chili.

Italian pumpkin ravioli made with an American twist: pumpkin spice.

Curry pumpkin soup with crunchy cinnamon hazelnuts
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Crema di zucca al curry con croccanti nocciole alla cannella.

Grilled cheese sandwich with eggplant, gruyere, ham and mint honey.

a grilled eggplant tower recipe: grilled eggplant, ricotta salata, tomatoes and basil

mozzarella and basil stuffed fried cherry tomatoes

oven fried green tomatoes with an orange kefir dip sauce

Italian stuffed tomatoes with rice, “pomodori al riso”, is a traditional recipe from Rome. Here is the authentic recipe of the Italian rice stuffed tomatoes: they have a a lot of fresh herbs and a hint of parmesan cheese, and they are baked with potatoes.

cherry tomatoes galette: roasted tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and basil leaves in an olive oil pie crust

the italian eggplant fritters recipe also known as “braciole di melanzane”

sweet and scented oven roasted tomato sauce recipe

Italian hot chocolate with nutmeg and honey for Valentine’s Day

an easy recipe for your holiday gifts: homemade mulled wine mix, the best foodie Christmas present

drink it or give it, but make it ginger

Pandoro french toast with Italian pandoro, olive oil, and brown sugar.

just flour, salt and water, and olive oil of course

red chili, oregano, rosemary and basil. plus a new entry: wok oil

Oven roasted cherry tomatoes preserved in olive oil, with balsamic vinegar, salted capers, fresh basil and black olives.

In this post, I’m sharing with you an easy antipasto recipe: ricotta bruschetta topped with marinated and grilled cherry tomato skewers.

This roasted eggplant pesto recipe is made with cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, mint, garlic, and olive oil. It is perfect for Italian pasta dishes, but you can also spread it on toasted bread for a delicious bruschetta.