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Tiny journeys in my kitchen (#4): 5 minutes a day (and a small microwave tea-cake)
| March 2, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, easy, fast, journeys, meditation, poem, simple |
[Pictured above: chocolate and lemon-blueberry tea-cup cakes; chocolate and unsweetened cocoa; lemon and blueberries] There are 24 hours in a day, which equals to 1,440 minutes… wouldn’t you think that you can find 5 minutes in a whole day (that’s merely 0.3% of the whole day) to do something good and special for yourself??? Dissecting it… more
Tiny journeys in my kitchen (#3): Mediterranean simplicity (pasta al limone)
| February 28, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under easy, fast, journeys, lemon, pasta and grains, simple, vegetarian |
[Pictured above: tagliolini al limone; simple ingredients: tagliolini, thyme, lemon, Parmigiano; a terrace over the Mediterranean] Whenever I go back to Italy, I return with a bag full of memories, a few fresh lemons from Sorrento, some well aged Parmigiano-Reggiano…and a good reminder: that life is best when lived simply and that food is best… more
Summer fruit crisp: sweet, tart, easy and fabulous
| August 19, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, easy, fruit, summer |
While I was on the sailboat in Italy we would stop daily on the islands to pick fresh fruit, vegetables and fish. One of the days my mother brought in a box of summer fruits, just picked from the tree: apricots, nectarines, plums, figs, and peaches. I did not have cup measures nor a scale… more






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