Apr
20
Quinoa with cream of leeks
April 20, 2010 | 2 Comments
Few years back, as some of you already know, I decided to vary my diet introducing different cereals like millet, kamut, spelt, barley and quinoa to name few of them. Quinoa made quite an impression on me for itsĀ organoleptic properties and nutritional value. Quinoa is actually a pseudo-cereal, closely related to species like spinach [...]
Apr
4
Puntarelle, eggs, oranges and avocado salad
April 4, 2010 | 2 Comments
I made this salad for the first time last Easter and is served as an appetizer. It was more successful than I expected. Some of my guests didn’t even know what puntarelle chicory was and they were a little bit intimidated at first. A few years ago I didn’t know much about puntarelle either only [...]




