Category Archives: Spring
spinach and pasta soup
This is a healthy, refreshing and quite good-looking soup. It’s one of my desperation recipes, meaning that I make it when desperately needing a nutritious and light meal in hardly any time. I often keep a bag of pre-washed spinach … Continue reading
white lasagna with zucchini
LASAGNA BIANCA ALLE ZUCCHINE. You are looking for a zucchini recipe, are you? Are you getting weekly gifts of zucchini from your gardening friends? What should you do with it? Everybody is looking for a zucchini recipe at this time … Continue reading
potato gateau
SAVORY POTATO PIE a.k.a. GATO’ DI PATATE. There are moments I so miss my mother presenting one of her meals with that special look in her eyes. She had it when she knew she had made something really delicious. She … Continue reading
Filed under Appetizers, Fall, Potatoes, Recipes, Spring, Summer, Vegetables
Giulia’s elderflower jelly
Making a jelly from flowers has an alchemic feeling to it. It ‘s not the same as making a jam from fruit. It’s more like making a perfume, except you can eat it. Flowers are ephemeral creatures and so is … Continue reading
Filed under Preserves and Infusions, Recipes, Spring
asparagus 101
With all the running around, worries and excitement about the new house I forgot to post my April article in The American in Italia magazine featuring another of my favorite recipes, Parmesan and asparagus eggs. Please remember that if you … Continue reading
Filed under Appetizers, Cooking Tips and Ingredients, Fresh Pasta, Recipes, Spring, Vegetables
