Pasta Aglio e Olio, this Italian classic recipe is the quintessential weeknight pasta dinner. Ready in less than 20 minutes and bursting with flavor from only a handful of ingredients, simple things are always the most impressive. What is Aglio e Olio pasta? Pronounced “ah-lee-oh eh oh-lee-oh” it literally translates to garlic and olive oil pasta. It has a nice kick from peperoncini (fresh hot red chili pepper), but dried red pepper flakes are more commonly used in the US. It's ...
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Italian Cabbage Recipe
Italian cabbage with sweet and smoky notes from fennel, tomato, onion and smoked paprika. Add some buttery cannellini beans or some plant based sausage to make a meal of things. It’s the perfect meatless weeknight dinner, easy, super flavorful and nutritious. Italian Cabbage A peasant type meal I remember my grandpa making often after a long day in the fields. It makes use of common and cheap ingredients that fill the belly and satisfy the soul. There are endless delicious ways to cook ...
Italian White Bean Soup Recipe
Immerse yourself in a bit of heaven with this Italian White Bean Soup. Buttery and soft cannellini beans pair with tantalizing herbs to be slowly simmered to perfection. Serve with some crusty bread or bruschetta to finish off one beautiful dish. Italian White Bean Soup When you take your first spoonful of this bean soup, if you’re not buckling at the knees, you must be superhuman. It’s heavier than my wild chanterelle mushroom soup, and just as hearty as my Italian vegetable soup. In other ...
Italian Focaccia Bread Recipe
This Focaccia Bread recipe is an easy, no-knead, tasty treat or side. A tantalizing Italian flatbread topped with rosemary, heirloom cherry tomatoes or olives. Perfect on its own, used to make Italian panini, or even used as a base for pizza. Italian Focaccia Recipe If you’ve never had homemade focaccia bread before, you’re missing out on a love affair you shouldn’t deprive yourself of. Every bite of that perfectly crispy, yet soft bread is a wonderland of discovery. You don’t need any ...
Strawberry Mimosa Recipe
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Riondo Prosecco. All opinions are 100% mine. Strawberry mimosa recipe - an easy, delicious sparkling cocktail made with strawberry puree, orange juice and chilled Riondo Prosecco. Oh, hello friends! Have you met my bestie' Riondo Prosecco ? Well let me do the honors and introduce you to the #1 Prosecco in Italy. You can totally forget about champagne with this gem around. As a matter of fact who’s up ...
Easy Vegan Soups and Stews Recipes
A collection of easy vegan soups and stews that I have on repeat all fall and winter long and late into the spring months. Most of them require just 1 Pot, a handful of ingredients and ready under 1 hour. They also tend to freeze well. I try to share only the very best, the ones that stand the test of time and I find myself craving through all the seasons. Healthy, whole-foods and plant-based or easily adaptable to be so by simply replacing any olive oil in the recipe with a splash of ...
Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf Recipe
If you’re in for a luscious side dish, you’ll be twitterpated with this Wild Rice Pilaf recipe. Brown and black rice is lightly toasted with savory aromatics, then simmered to a softened perfection. Paired with sauteed vegetables and dried cranberries, to create a magical experience for your mouth. Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf I am slightly giddy over this festive recipe. Once you make it, you’ll completely understand my slight obsession. When I stock up on my favorite whole grains ...
Spinach Brown Rice Recipe
Healthy spinach brown rice that is made with a raw spinach and kale sauce and a lovely exotic twist from mango and lemon. A delicious, easy way to spruce up your plant based vegan brown rice dishes - Florentine style ;) You cook the rice and dress it up with an Island style green Goddess sauce with exotic notes from mango and lemon, then sprinkle it freshly toasted pine nuts and edible flowers! Falalalalalalala Perfect as a salad, a side dish or as a main meal in a veggie ...
Warm Farro Panzanella Salad Recipe
A warm farro panzanella salad recipe featuring fall and winter flavors: roasted butternut squash, shiitake mushrooms, whole-grain farro and cannellini beans tossed together with a fragrant vegan basil pesto, tomatoes, herbs and day old bread. The absolute best! Panzanella is traditionally an Italian summery bread salad from Tuscany consisting of sliced tomatoes, basil and stale or grilled bread rubbed with garlic and tossed with olive oil and vinegar. Today I wanted to get creative ...
Vegan Potato Stew Recipe
A simple vegan potato stew recipe: hearty, nutritions, low in fat, full of flavor from leeks, carrots, bell peppers and nutritional yeast. 100% plant based! Who knew a pot of veggies could taste this good ? I most definitely surprised myself with this easy deliciousness. I can’t believe it's not chicken you guys! You can use whatever potatoes you have in the pantry at this moment in time: red, golden, russet, whatever. I’d stay away from the sweet potatoes here as I feel that ...