Soft Italian Mozzarella cheese is used not only for making salads and pizza toppings. You can also fry it. You will find a great variety of recipes as anyone can add new ingredients to the breading. In Italy, Mozzarella balls are fried right in the streets on the holidays to honor tutelary saints of towns […]
Endive leaves stuffed with tiger shrimp is a lip-smacking cold appetizer specialty. Tiger shrimp rank high on the list of seafood delicacies. Crispy and slightly bitter endive leaves give them a zing. And mayonnaise gives the appetizer a sourish flavor. What’s more, endive and shrimp are very healthy food rich in vitamins and minerals.Try this […]
This salad comes with seemingly incompatible sweet pineapple and smoked chicken. But the combination surprisingly creates a tender and amazing taste. All the ingredients marry well with each other. This salad is so juicy and flavorous. It is worth trying. Your guests will undoubtedly enjoy it. They will eat it up as the salad just […]
Spring is the time when we want to get more fresh vegetables into our diet. Zucchini, a variety of squash, is a very tasty vegetable that helps remove the toxins accumulated over wintertime. Try this traditional Neapolitan zucchini recipe. The recipe goes back to the reign of Ferdinand II of Naples. This light meal is […]
Although dumplings are said to have originated in China, the similar dishes are found in different cuisines worldwide. Dumplings appeal to most every appetite. You can serve it as a first course (like soup) or as the main dish (with sauces, butter, mayo or sour cream). Russian dumplings are always stuffed with a raw ground […]
The pineapple is a fruit of a tropical shrub. The plant is native to Central and South America. The pineapple is rich in vitamins A and C. It is easily digested and improves proteins uptake. That’s why it is good to eat the pineapple after you have a hearty meal. The pineapple promotes healthy digestion […]
The latest studies amazingly show that lard isn’t harmful, as it was thought, but healthy! The lard contains the arachidonic acid that relates to polyunsaturated fatty acids (Omega-6). Omega-6 is part of heart, brain and kidney tissues and essential for their proper functioning. The lard has anticancer effect as the most
Zucchini is a variety of squash. The zucchini’s rind color can vary from yellow and dark green to light green and almost white. Zucchini is obviously healthy as this vegetable contains zinc that is beneficial to men’s sexual health. It also offers vitamin E that supports healthy skin and smoothes out wrinkles, which is especially […]
Olive oil is obtained from the squeezed olive fruit. Taking into account olive oil’s health benefits as well as its importance for various national cuisines in the world, we have decided to depict the oil extraction process to answer numerous questions of interested people. During olive harvest in November 2007, we toured a small private […]
Sometimes you will want to enjoy a rich and high calorie pizza. Try this popular Italian recipe for pizza al prosciutto (prosciutto ham). All the ingredients go well in this pizza, which creates a wonderful taste. Prosciutto is a dry-cured ham. The process of making prosciutto is the following: raw ham is salted and hung […]
Cottage cheese pie is a tasty, light dessert. Cottage cheese is a rich source of calcium and proteins. This dairy product is very healthy, and you should make more meals with it, especially for kids. Growing kids need calcium to build strong bones. You can serve this pie as a tea time snack when your […]
You can make a wonderful starter with a herring. All you have to do is to stuff herring fillet with boiled vegetables. You get a rich, delicious and appetizing-looking dish that will appeal to most every appetite. Moreover, eating fatty fish (and herring is considered a fatty fish) at least once a week significantly lowers […]
Oyster mushrooms are edible mushrooms that grow in clusters on the dead tree trunks and stumps. The shape of their caps resembles the oyster valves. Younger mushrooms are highly prized for their juiciness, tenderness and deep mushroom flavor while older mushrooms are tough as ropes. Oyster mushrooms are rich in all essential substances we need. […]
Gilthead seabream is usually cooked on a grill. But we offer you something special here. Try this recipe for baked gilthead seabream with Salvia sauce. Creamy-caramel taste of this flavorous sauce gives the dish an amazing zing. The combination of sage leaves and basil is what creates a wonderful odor and taste of the sauce. […]
Try this creamy Salvia sauce featuring fresh sage leaves and green basil. That’s a tasty way to enrich your menu as it goes well with seafood, fish and meat. This sauce gives any of these dishes a gourmet kick. Sage leaves sautéed in butter have a fabulous creamy-caramel taste and splendid odor. Salvia sauce is […]
