Healthy living, including food and fitness.
Yesterday I shared my recipe for chicken cutlets and I served them for dinner accompanied by pan fried potatoes. There are several different ways we like to eat potatoes but this is probably my favorite. Pan Fried Potatoes A few notes: You can use any kind of potato but I really like Yukon gold. Same… Read More
One of my kids’ FAVORITE dishes is Cotolette or Breaded Chicken Cutlets. It’s the Italian version of chicken nuggets, except that it’s homemade, fresh not frozen, served with a squeeze of lemon rather than dipped in ketchup or ranch. It can also be made with eye of round, sliced very thin and pounded even thinner.… Read More
We’ve spent three weeks talking about first courses: pasta, soups and rice dishes. Since we are almost finished with the Write 31 Days Challenge, it’s time to start talking about other dishes. This week we will focus on meats and some sides. Let’s tackle a classic Italian chicken dish first: Pollo alla Cacciatora. This is chicken prepared… Read More
Perugina is Italy’s version of Ghirardelli. In my opinion, they have the best chocolate. I love dark chocolate. When I was young, I would eat milk chocolate but my mother cultivated my discriminating palette and now that I am a chocolate snob, I can no longer eat the sweeter, milkier version. [Link in this… Read More
Today, we’ll take a little break from talking about Italian food and instead I’ll talk a little about a little culture. Italians talk with their hands, using gestures. It’s a pretty well-known fact; so much so that it’s become cliche’ and the butt of jokes. In one joke, the punch line is an Italian guy… Read More