If you are depressed or just out of sorts, pick yourself up with a cup of hot chocolate. Hot chocolate will lift up your spirit and send a pleasant warm energy through every cell of your body. Using this recipe you’ll get rich, fragrant and very thick chocolate. It is a good idea to dip […]
To make your pork shank properly juicy and tasty you’ll have to marinate it overnight. We had two small and not very fat shanks without skin. The photo shows them already marinated. You can bake any vegetables you like. Potatoes, zucchini, carrots and onions will be a good choice. Choose spices also according to your […]
This is our favorite recipe for fried pies. The dough is made with cottage cheese and yoghurt and it comes out very soft. Since there is no cottage cheese in Italy we use ricotta. It is creamier than cottage cheese and it is made from whey not from milk. You can cook these pies very […]
The investigation of the healthy properties of green tea is going on. Scientists keep finding new aspects of wholesomeness of this unique product. News came from Hong Kong to the effect that green tea can protect from such eye diseases as glaucoma and cataract. Thanks to scientific progress and the newest technologies researchers had already […]
Fruit jellies with natural fruits are very healthy. There are endless variants of making it. Take any fruit and you’ll get tasty jelly. For example, juicy fragrant kiwi fruit and fresh mint go very well together. You can drizzle this jelly with melted chocolate. It will make a light, low-fat and exquisite dessert to be […]
Fennel bulbs are good fresh as well as stewed and fried. Their soft fragrant flesh gives dishes a sweetish slightly anisic smack. It goes perfectly well with fish and leek. Salmon that was cooked with fennel and leek and imbibed their spicy flavor will be appreciated by those who like their bit of fennel in […]
Italians are very fond of carpaccio. Carpaccio is a dish made up of various products cut into thin slices. One of the most favorite kinds of the dish is carpaccio with pears and Parmesan cheese. It is usually served as an excellent round-off for dinner or supper. Sweet, delicate, juicy pears combined with the rich […]
You can think up many different cocktails with martini and they always taste excellent. For example, lemons with brown sugar, mint and martini is a happy combination. This cocktail is fragrant, pleasant to the palate and goes down easily. It is sure to appeal to ladies. All ingredients are mixed to taste. Ingredients for Martini […]
Eggs are an inexpensive source of top-quality proteins and other nutrients. But the intake of eggs has been decreasing during the last 30 years due to disquietude over the cholesterol problem. However, a recent research destroys the myth about eggs increasing the cholesterol level completely, showing that healthy people can eat eggs without incurring the […]
Some sorts of valerian leaves are used in salads. They taste almost like the common leaf lettuce; maybe just a little richer. But there are much more healthy substances in valerian leaves than in other sorts of lettuce. For example, they are rich in vitamin C which we are always short of. Ingredients for Salad […]
A regular intake of nonalcoholic sweetened sodas has an independent influence in developing pancreatic cancer. Lead researcher, a professor of the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Dr Mark Pereira with his colleagues studied more than 60000 men and women from Singapore for a decade. They found that those who drank sweet […]
The origin of this dish is not clear. Some sources insist that it was knocked up by a prostitute who came back home after a working day and found only these products at home. Others say that this sauce was invented by Sandro Petti, co-owner of a well-known restaurant and night club when his hungry […]
Heart diseases are to be found much rarer in the countries situated in the Mediterranean area than in countries elsewhere. Researchers believe that the foods common in Greece and Italy make one of the principal causes for that. The last issue of the famous MAYO clinic’s (Mayo Clinic women’s healthsource) journal outlines the key elements […]
An exquisite cheese omelet is not too difficult to make. You must have high-quality fresh eggs and avoid putting too much butter and oil. A classical omelet is made without flour or milk. It should not be too puffy. A few correct motions, and the sunny, soft and delightful dish is on your plate. Omelet […]
Scientists came to the surprising conclusion that beer helps strengthen bones. They established that beer contains a great amount of silicon which is the key factor for increasing the mineral density of the bones. Researchers from the Department of Food Science and Technology at the
