Category: vegetables
Zucchini & fiori di zucca
| July 10, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under Italian, spaghetti, squash, summer, vegetables, zucchini |
Estate (summer) = fresh vegetables and herbs from the garden. Zucchini (or as the Brits call them, courgettes) are one of the most prolific ones (you would know if you have planted some)! And they are also one of my favorites, because there are no shortage of ways to prepare them. The trick is cooking… more
A lighter caponata (“al forno”: roasted)
| June 22, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under appetizers, Italian, italy, summer, vegetables, vegetarian |
Summer is here. I like to eat more vegetables and stay lighter. I am sure many of you feel the same way… It’s a time to lighten our burdens, be they physical, mental, geographic (via travel), or dietary. Growing up in Italy, lunches in the summer were often a “panino” or a salad (ripe tomatoes… more
the need for “green” and a velvety vegetable soup
| May 9, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under soup, vegetables, vegetarian |
I think my life is quite colorful, but the color I cherish the most is definitively green… on so many levels. If you ask me what food I could not ever give up, or actively choose to eat, that is greens, especially leafy greens. The kind you steam quickly then saute’ in olive oil and… more
Simplicity – and a bowl of “fave e cicoria” (dried fava beans and bitter greens)
| March 31, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under beans, Italia, Italian, italy, vegetables, vegetarian |
There comes a point in your life in which you need to pause and look at the road map that is in front of you. You mark your mileage and look in the rear mirror to the road you have driven so far. And it’s long, and windy, and beautiful, and full of bumps. It’s… more
Good Friday: 2 vegetable dishes (individual torta pasqualina + oven roasted baby artichokes) and Sorrento’s processions
| April 22, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under easter, Italia, Italian, italy, vegetables, vegetarian |
Easter (Pasqua) in Italy is an even more holy holiday than Christmas. When I was growing up in Sorrento, “la settimana santa” (Easter’s holy week) was truly a week-long event. School would close on Wednesday and open back up the Tuesday after “Pasquetta” (Easter Monday). Thursday was dedicated to cooking together as a family. We… more
Torta di scarola (savory endive pie) from my nonna Paola
| April 1, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under Italia, Italian, italy, vegetables, vegetarian |
Torta di scarola is my grandmother’s (nonna Paola) specialty. While nonna is originally from Sardinia, she learned to make this recipe when she married my grandfather and was living in Sorrento (although he was originally from Benevento). This is a Neapolitan dish that used to be prepared over the Christmas holidays but is now often… more
Winter comfort: zuppa di cannellini (white bean soup)
| November 17, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under beans, country, Italian, sage, soup, soups, vegetables, vegetarian |
Winter is here… and so are colder days, longer and darker nights, blankets, wood fires and comfort soups.While I have spend much of the last couple of months consumed in a blogging contest (you know which one…), I still live and cook as usual, especially over the week-ends. I just have not had time to… more
Poached dorade (sea bream) with lavender-lemon sauce, side of pan sautéed ratatouille
| August 20, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under challenge, fish, vegetables |
Robin gave me a “recipe challenge” (see pre-holiday post).She wrote: “Hi Amelia – My favorite restaurant dish ever was in a fabulous restaurant in Provence. It was dorade (white fish you can’t get here) with a lavender cream sauce, served with the most amazing ratatouille I have ever had in my life. I have never… more
Mini summer quiches (zucchini, tomato, green bell pepper, pesto, asiago)
| August 18, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under appetizers, summer, vegetables, vegetarian |
Summer is not over yet!When I returned from my holiday I was happy to see that my garden had continued to produce vegetables and herbs…especially tomatoes and basil.So I used up some of these summer goods to make small appetizer quiches (suggestion came from Tea and Taro in my pre-holiday post asking for suggestions and… more
Gazpacho velouté with basil-olive-oil sorbet (summer in a bowl!)
| July 27, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under gazpacho, soup, soups, summer, vegetables, vegetarian |
I have been patiently waiting to make a perfect gazpacho for a while. I can’t think of a better (and more refreshing) way to “condense” the best flavors of summer (tomatoes, basil, bell peppers, olive oil) in one place! I vividly remember one hot summer many many years ago that I spent with my… more
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