Aug

6

Eggless Ricotta and Zucchini Cake

August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In these days I’m in a ricotta kind of mood, so today I prepared this savory cake for dinner. I used sheep milk ricotta, which I prefer to the cow milk ricotta, and fresh zucchini just picked from the garden. A little gift from our neighbor. I tried to make it without eggs and it [...]

Jul

29

Kamut Salad with Vegetables

July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

In the last few days I thought summer was going to end sooner but finally it warmed up again so instead of thinking about polenta and spezzatino I chose to prepare this tasty summer salad with vegetables and kamut berries. I’ve been eating Kamut products for quite a while now but it was only this [...]

Jul

20

Frigittelli: fried sweet green peppers

July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Friggitelli or friarelli (friarelli is a word also used for cime di rapa) are small sweet light green Italian peppers.  They have an irregular shape not to be confused with conical shape peppers and they are not hybrids either.  They are a very common variety originally from Campania. The name derives from the verb [...]

May

24

Zucchini salad

May 24, 2008 | 2 Comments

This week I bought zucchini with their flowers still attached because I wanted to prepare risotto with zucchini flowers. Risotto came out really good so I published it on my site Cooking with Patty.
I was going to cook the zucchini with onions and olive oil (zucchini in tegame) but they were so fresh [...]

May

5

Baked millet with squash

May 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

I started using millet few years ago when my doctor told me to eliminate wheat from my diet for awhile and since then I developed some recipes that now are part of my family’s eating habits. I was also very surprised that when I introduced solids in my baby’s diet he loved millet right [...]

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