Tag Archives: quick recipe

Grazia’s chantilly cream

I must be the only woman on the Western hemisphere who is not on a diet after the holidays. It can’t be healthy to be on a diet in the dead of the winter. Besides – with all my food … Continue reading

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Filed under All Seasons, Desserts, Recipes

chestnut and mascarpone cream

October is an incredibly generous month in Umbria. The weather is still mellow and sunny, the winds have cleared up the sky to porcelain blue, we’re counting the days to olive harvest. This will be the first year we’ll have … Continue reading

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Filed under Desserts, Fall, Recipes, Winter

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

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Filed under Fall, Recipes, Soups, Spring

grilled lemon-and-garlic marinated eggplants

I think nobody who doesn’t know me already is ever going to find this recipe. There’s 1 million and 970 thousand hits for “grilled eggplants” on Google. With more than 2 million people out there who can grill eggplants this … Continue reading

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Filed under Recipes, Summer, Vegetables

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

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Filed under Appetizers, Cooking Tips and Ingredients, Fresh Pasta, Recipes, Spring, Vegetables