Pasta a la carbonara, such a famous Italian dish, I bet everyone tried it at least once. We tried this particular recipe in Maderno, a tiny village on the Lago di Garda coast, North Italy. The waitress brought a jar with all of the ingredients and shaked it in front […]
Main dishes
Ratatouille
Hey everyone! Today I will share the best Ratatouille recipe! It is a French-inspired vegetable dish. The classical recipe includes summer vegetables, such as zucchini, bell peppers and aubergines. It gets richness from the olive oil and freshness from the bunch of fresh herbs. My secret is adding some white […]
Spinach and ricotta lasagnaÂ
Today I prepared an Italian dish that gathers freshness, ooziness and flavour. It is great for your health as it contains lots of spinach-very rich in vitamins and minerals. Although it’s vegetarian-friendly, carnivores will be conquered by its richness and taste. It is a great weekend lunch or dinner. If […]
Chicken and mushrooms ciulama with polenta
This is a traditional Moldavian dish, and every timp I miss my home, this kind of dishes helps me to feel closer to my country. Even though one can say polenta is italian, in Moldova and Romania the traditional dish ‘mamaliga’ is also made of cornmeal, but the preparation is […]
Homemade gnocchis with wild garlic, green peas, bacon and parmesan
This spring we have found wild garlic in the forest (also known as bear garlic, ramsons or buckrams). Do you know what it is? A wild flower, relative to the chives, it has great garlic flavour if you break the leave and it’s very nice for seasoning or marinating. I’m not even […]