Pollo alla cacciatora, is an Italian dish, which translates and hunter's chicken. I don't know if game, such as rabbit was originally involved and later on chicken was used to ...
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Pesto Mafioso from Sicily
A few days ago when I posted the Scarlet Pesto with Piperies Florinis I was planning to call it Red Pesto and google searching to see if there were other pestos with similar names ...
Low Fat Greek Strawberry and Apricot Yoghurt – Cream Cheese Panna Cotta
Eating healthily according to the Mediterranean Diet, does not mean depriving yourself of all treats! If you want to eat a dessert every now and then, just be smart about what ...
Greek Herby Shrimp Risotto
Chronia Polla - Happy 2010!! I hope you all had a wonderful time. Unlike Christmas day, we had a wonderful time during these holidays. The weather here in Greece was fantastic ...
Baked Meatballs and Homemade Cheese Ravioli and Malfaldine
One of the dishes we tried in Rome was ravioli and I loved their sauce. I don’t know what kind of sauce they make but it was delicious and as I had never served ravioli with a ...
Pull me up with a Tiramisu
Tiramisu is an Italian dessert made from ladyfingers that have been lightly soaked in espresso coffee, layered by a cream made from whipped egg yolks, sugar, and mascarpone ...
Calzone
Another thing we tried, while in Rome was Calzone. Although I had heard of calzone, I thought it would be much smaller and imagined it to be something like a turnover with ...
Healthy Homemade Greek Ladenia vs Italian Pizza
Did you know that in Greece we have our own pizza which is called Ladenia (Λαδένια), meaning olive oil bread. This is a vegan pizza and is a speciality from the ...
Easy Homemade Marinara Sauce
Marinara sauce, ia an Italian sauce from Naples, made with fresh tomatoes, onions, garlic, spices and herbs. Although the name "marinara" which means "sailor's sauce", may bring ...
A different approach to Insalata Caprese
Insalata Caprese, which means Salad made in Capri, the region of Campania, in Italy, is a simple salad using plum tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, olive oil and season ing. I ...
