Mar

7

Minestrone: food for the soul

March 7, 2010 | 2 Comments

Minestrone is the Italian word for vegetable soup. Vegetables are cut in small pieces, and to make it tastier a soffritto is added. Soffritto is the base for a lot of Italian dishes. It consists of a small amount of vegetables, thinly chopped and saute in few spoons of olive oil or butter. The vegetables [...]

Oct

21

Baked salmon steaks with balsamic vinegar sauce

October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I like fish but we have never been so fond of cooking it in my family until I met my husband and things changed drastically. He loves fish, he loves to fish too as he used to go fishing all year long when living in Minnesota. As a matter of fact he wants to bring me [...]

Jul

29

Tofu with curry coconut sauce

July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This is one of my favorite tofu dishes. Golden tofu in a creamy curry coconut sauce enriched with green bell peppers and roasted peanuts. I never tire of this dish, and whenever I’m craving it, I usually have all the ingredients on hand. There’s always coconut milk in my pantry, and tofu in the refrigerator, [...]

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 [...]

Jul

8

Frittata with trombetta di Albenga

July 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

Have you ever heard of Trombetta di Albenga (Cucurbitmoschata Duch.)? It’s an Italian summer squash, light green in color and 1 to 2 feet long. Trombetta means little trumpet, it takes the name from its shape which is a little bit curved and enlarged on one end. It’s a common vegetable around the Albenga area [...]

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