Here is the recipe for traditional Neapolitan Easter cake baked in every Neapolitan family. It should be baked 3-4 days prior to Easter. This is essential so that all the ingredients of cream filling mix thoroughly with each other into fabulous taste composition. Pastiera is typically made on the same day as Casatiello Napoletano roll […]
Have you tried sweet fennel or finocchio? If you haven’t, we strongly encourage you to do so, especially if you are watching your diet. Fennel improves metabolism and helps lose excessive weight. Finocchio is an Italian (Florentine) fennel, the closest relative of dill that is a sort of fennel.
All legumes are great source proteins. Among its relatives, green peas are the richest in proteins, mineral salts and vitamins. Besides, green peas are high in calories: 100 g provides 70 kcal. That’s why green pea dishes are very nourishing. Actually, any dish will be amazingly tasty and healthy if you cook it with love […]
Blueberry is a shrub bearing dark blue berries. It belongs to the heath family and occurs across northern regions. Blueberry is mostly known for its ability to protect retina and sharpen eyesight. It is also important that blueberry effectively helps to lower blood sugar levels.
Try this traditional Neapolitan recipe for potato cake featuring two sorts of cheese and dry-cured Prosciutto ham. In Italy, potato cake is called “Gatto di Patate” and has very rich taste because mash potatoes are mixed with grated Parmesan. It is good to eat potato cake 15-20 minutes after it’s done and is still hot. […]
What could be more nice and yummy than strawberry desserts? Strawberry is rich in pectin and lupeol which are essential for our health. What’s more, prune and strawberry featured in our recipe are on the top 20 list of foods that keep us young. They stimulate the breakdown of fats, so dieticians encourage us to […]
This apple pie is so easy to bake that even an unskillful housewife will handle it. Dough comes out very soft, flavored with apples, raisins and prune. And walnut and pine nuts add a bite to this pie. Pie with green apples is always good, with its well-balanced and sourish taste. Doctors and dieticians say […]
Mozzarella is a soft Italian cheese. When heated, this cheese becomes flexible in texture. That’s why it’s easy to make Mozzarella rolls with various stuffings. Try our Mozzarella rolls stuffed with Prosciutto ham you can pick up in Italian groceries where it is available in slices thin as paper.
Artichokes are fleshy tender flowers used as vegetables. Artichokes are rich in iron, potassium and natrium and, as new studies showed, clean the blood vessels from cholesterol. Artichokes taste slightly nutty. They are very easy to cook. Artichoke dishes are very popular in the Mediterranean region.
Scientists from the University of California have published new study on how calcium is linked to obesity. Lab experiments showed the following fact: sufficient calcium intake helps to control normal weight and to lose extra pounds quickly.
Fruit desserts are your best allies if you want to enjoy slim figure and lovely complexion. These desserts are not fattening as fruits are low in calories and choke-full with natural vitamins. That’s why it is very healthy to treat oneself with these yummy desserts. This kind of desserts is especially helpful for those who […]
There has been said a lot about the health benefits of green tea. But scientists keep discovering new facts. For example, they recently found selenium in green tea, on of the most beneficial microelements. Selenium in a balanced combination with zinc, potassium and other elements and vitamins amazingly keeps us young and sexually active. It […]
Squid bodies are hollow and it makes them very convenient for stuffing. Stuffing may be of any sort depending on your taste and wishes. We stuffed small squids with stewed napa cabbage, sweet pepper and mussels. We got quite a nourishing yet easy to digest dish because vegetables and seafood are always very tasty and […]
We are now rediscovering how natural foods are healthy for us. Earlier some of the natural foods were wrongly accused of being harmful. Take butter. Many people needlessly excluded it from their diet, buying into the spin that butter increases cholesterol levels and that
Have you already tried papaya? You absolutely have to try it not only because of its wonderful taste. This fruit has another amazing property – you can eat papaya as much as you want without gaining extra pounds. In combination with cranberry the health effect doubles because
