Best Italian vegan minestrone soup with fennel / "finocchio" and fregola pasta in a homemade tomato based broth from scratch. In essence: a super delicious 1-pot thick vegetable and pasta soup! Vegan Minestrone Soup This easy classic vegetable minestrone captures all the sweet fragrant flavors of Italian fennel sausage but without any of the saturated fat and cholesterol. Meatless, dairy free and loaded with nutrients. Usually served as primo piatto (between starter and main course), I ...
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Italian Couscous Recipe
The best Pearl Italian Couscous recipe with burst tomatoes, garlic and herbs brightened up with a squeeze of fresh lemon. It's the perfect everyday meal that can be enjoyed warm and creamy like a risotto or fluffed up and served cold as a salad with lots of vegetables. Italian Couscous (aka Pearl Couscous) Cooking couscous has been a part of Italian culture for a long time, so much so the there's even a festival dedicated to it. This Sardinian pearl pasta also called Fregola tostata or ...
Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Sauce
Roasted red pepper pasta sauce recipe from scratch made without cream or nuts, dairy free and good for you. Savory, hearty and comforting ideal for coating chewy bucatini noodles, spaghetti alla chitarra or rigatoni. Serve with a sprinkling of crispy fennel bread crumb topping for the ultimate meatless dinner. Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Sauce A savory Italian style roasted pepper sauce with the perfect texture that checks all the boxes and can be enjoyed year round. Toss it with your ...
Italian Rice Recipe
Italian rice made pilaf-style using long grain brown rice cooked together with tomato paste, capers, bell pepper and fragrant fennel in a delicious savory broth. Brighten up with a bunch of fresh basil or parsley for a delicious weeknight meal. Italian Rice This flavorful Italian style tomato rice dish is a take on the classic Spanish red rice. It makes use of classic pantry ingredients like tomato paste, salty capers and fragrant fennel seeds. You can expand on the concept by adding ...
Ribollita Recipe + Video
A classic Tuscan Ribollita soup recipe made with seasonal vegetables, creamy white beans and kale then thickened with chunks of garlic bruschetta instead of the more traditional stale bread. It's best made ahead a day or two so the deep flavors get a chance to marry before reheating into a delicious meatless pot of goodness. Ribollita Soup Zuppa di Ribollita (pronounced ri-bow-lee-tah) which means reboiled in Italian is basically yesterday's leftover vegetable soup thickened up with stale ...
Fregola Pasta
Fregola pasta, a uniquely delicious and nutty Sardinian pasta made from hard durum wheat flour and water hand rolled into little dough pearls then toasted into a beautiful mix of golden, yellow and brown shades. Reminiscent of risotto, Succu or Sardinian couscous, Fregula is particularly nice coated in fresh basil pesto and topped with roasted cherry tomatoes and a kiss of citrus. Fregola Pasta Hold on to summer with this perfectly cooked Sardinian Fregola Pomodoro or Fregula Sarda coated in a ...
Orecchiette Bruschetta Pasta Recipe
Bruschetta Pasta - a fresh tomato orecchiette pasta salad with sweet cherry tomatoes, basil, lemon and garlic. The quintessential meatless summer meal to make use of all those colorful homegrown or farmers market tomatoes and basil bounty. Satisfying, filling and refreshing! Orecchiette Bruschetta Pasta Salad A fresh riff on the classic capellini pomodoro dish featuring all the flavors of an authentic Italian bruschetta bread. The chewy orecchiette pasta here takes the place of the garlic ...
Capellini Pomodoro Recipe
The best Capellini Pomodoro pasta bowl of all times. An easy, light and zesty sauce made with fresh tomatoes and basil. This simple, meatless, dairy free recipe is the absolute perfect weeknight dinner. Capellini Pomodoro Thin angel hair style pasta ("little hairs" in Italian) coated in a luscious pomodoro sauce - a fresh tomato sauce made from juicy cherry tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and basil. Brightened up by a squeeze of fresh lemon juice this is the ultimate summer pasta ...
Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes Recipe
Simple and quick oven roasted cherry tomatoes with thyme, rosemary and creamy goat cheese. Slow roasting method included as well. Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes If you haven’t roasted tomatoes yet this summer, now is the time to do it you guys! You really don’t have to do the slow roasting method in the summer heat, all you need is a hot oven at 450”F for about 20 to 25 minutes. Just until the tomatoes burst and start releasing those magnificent juices. I’d go for a ...
Italian Vegetable Farro Soup (Video)
Easy Italian Vegetable Soup with farro, cannellini beans, zucchini, leeks and spinach. Kale, escarole and cabbage are also traditional choices, so take your pick of what's in season in your area! Hearty, healthy, comforting, super delicious and good for you, a real immunity soup perfect for the cold winter days! Italian Vegetable Farro Soup Also going by the name “ Minestrone “ or as i like to call it “ Zuppa di Farro “ this is a hearty, good for you soup made without any meat, but ...