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 its  organoleptic properties and nutritional value. Quinoa is actually a pseudo-cereal, closely related to species like spinach [...]

Jul

20

Spezzatino di soia

July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

Texture vegetable protein (TVP) or, textured soy protein as it’s called in English, sounds like a chemical by-product. In Italian it has a better name, bocconcini di soia , soy chunks. What is TVP exactly? Textured soy protein is a food product made from soybeans. It’s produced from soy flour after the soybean oil has [...]

Jun

7

Hummus with crudités

June 7, 2009 | 2 Comments

Hummus is a Middle Eastern specialty commonly served together with a variety of appetizers, dips, salads at the beginning of a festive meal and they are called mezze or meze. The dip is now known worldwide and it’s eaten accompanied with fresh or toasted pita bread or fresh vegetables. It’s a great snack or appetizer [...]

Feb

19

Romanesco broccoli soup

February 19, 2009 | 3 Comments

It’s been awhile since I posted but in these days I’ve been really busy running around, showing my niece and mother-in-law Verona and its surroundings, Venice, Bolzano and as many places as our schedule can fit in. I’m having so much fun and I’ll be publishing really soon some of our visits. We, as you [...]

Jan

10

Tofu with bell peppers and tomato sauce

January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

It has been such a long time I didn’t make this dish that I almost forgot how good it was. I was craving tofu and I was thinking about Mapo Doufu with ground pork meat, tian mian jiang and dou ban jiang sauce (hoisin sauce), Chinese often mix their tofu with meat and this particular [...]

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