Cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli and cauliflower, are popular for being both nutritious and tasty. This dish uses broccoli, a vegetable that originated in Italy more than 2,000 years ago. Broccoli is low in calories, nutrient dense, and considered by many to be a superfood. Oddly enough, in spite of thisRead More…
Category: Recipes
Ravioli And Tomato Sauce
Ravioli and tomato sauce might evoke images of the canned variety that we all knew from all those TV commercials growing up. I don’t know about you but I can’t stomach the canned ravioli and my belly complains if I try. For a long time our family almost never ateRead More…
Baked Ziti – Italian Comfort Food
Baked Ziti is a dish that easily makes the list of Italian comfort food. Italians call this dish Pasta al Forno. It’s a delicious dish and another example of a versatile italian home style meal. This dish is made many different ways in different italian households. Baked Ziti is aRead More…
Tomato Sauce – A Basic Recipe
Tomato sauce is a basic recipe used as an ingredient in many home style Italian dishes in our home. It’s both delicious and nutritious. While you can buy tomato sauce in a jar (yuck), why would you? Especially when a basic Italian tomato sauce is so easy to make. NotRead More…
Frittata – The Italian Omelette
Frittata, the Italian omelette, is not just for breakfast. And when I think of having a frittata, the first word that comes to mind is yummy. In simplest terms, a frittata is an egg dish consisting of beaten eggs cooked in fat. Yet, that description does little to express theRead More…