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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Broccoli Sweet Potato Cakes Recipe
Savory roasted broccoli and sweet potato cakes from scratch, loaded with flavor, smokiness and nutrition. This is a thing! These gluten free, savory sweet potato patties are the best way to use up leftovers you guys. As a matter of fact what you are seeing here is two of my favorite plant based recipes had a vegan baby. Hahaha, I know, my brain works in mysterious ways. As you might have heard we have embraced a plant based lifestyle at full speed and these are real nuggets of ...
Vegetarian Mushroom Bolognese Sauce Recipe
Best ever, this vegetarian mushroom Bolognese sauce is easy, hearty and tastes like the real thing. Made with wild mushrooms, roasted peppers, eggplant (aubergine) and meaty San Marzano tomatoes. The smoky layers of flavor in this dish are reminiscent of a traditional homemade, slow cooked meat sauce from Bologna, but it is 100% vegan and plant based. Easy and healthy, toss it with your favorite whole wheat pasta, fettuccine, rigatoni or bucatini for a perfect weeknight ...
How to Make Ricotta Gnocchi or Gnudi from Scratch
How to make the best, homemade ricotta gnocchi from scratch, step by step recipe tutorial and quick recipe video! Classic Florentine dumplings or “ Gnudi “ made with whole milk ricotta cheese instead of potatoes, gnocchi are light and fluffy little pasta pillows with an airy, irresistible texture. You guys, once you make this recipe I doubt you’ll want to ever go for the store bought variety ever again. So easy to make, you can whip up a batch in 20 minutes while your tomato sauce is ...
Ricotta Baked Gnocchi with Tomato & Basil Recipe
Easy, vegetarian ricotta baked gnocchi Pomodoro with homemade marinara sauce, tomatoes, basil and fresh mozzarella. Because I simply can’t resist the beauty of heirloom tomatoes this time of the year, and because I could never say no to fluffy gnocchi and ricotta cheese, even If that means blasting the oven with triple digits outside. That’s Amore you guys! Not to worry tough because this casserole bake only needs about 15 minutes in the oven, just enough for that cheese to melt ...
Italian Green Minestrone di Verdure Recipe
An authentic Italian vegetarian minestrone soup recipe made without tomatoes, using Pesto, cabbage and potatoes instead, for a hearty, classic, traditional green minestrone di Verdure. Healthy, easy, homemade and really good for you. What more can you want from a soup ? Maybe just a piece of homemade crusty bread. “ Minestrone “ a thick vegetable soup literally meaning “ that which is served ”. The way I see it kids: you get what you get and you don’t throw a ...
Easy Italian Vegetable Soup with Farro (+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 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 a ...