Healthy recipes, Italian cooking recipes and weekly menus for families.
There are certain holidays that call for certain foods. I believe that the most renown one in the US is Thanksgiving. I know not everyone makes (or even likes for that matter) turkey for thanksgiving but it is the most well-known of the traditional foods. And I’m glad, because I really like it! So much… Read More
Our church is hosting a Harvest Festival and we’ve invited World Relief to attend. They are bringing three bus loads! We are busy preparing for this influx of visitors, many of whom are of different faiths and do not speak English. We will have games and things for the kids to do, among which is… Read More
I received this book as a Christmas gift from a dear friend. She had mentioned that when she read the book she thought of me. The title and this comment intrigued me. I wanted to lock myself in a room with a glass of Chianti and read it immediately. But since I had some unfinished… Read More
Yesterday I told you about my trip to the farmer’s market and all the produce I bought. With the tomatoes I made this dish also using eggplant from my garden. [Melanzane is Italian for ‘eggplant.’] This is what I picked from my garden after being gone for a week. The tomatoes are wonderful but the plants… Read More
My neighbor’s garden is bulging with banana peppers and before he left for a month long trip, he offered his garden’s bounty to us. Today I dropped in to see what was ripe and was amazed at the quantity of peppers! However, besides slicing them into salads, I didn’t know what else to do with… Read More