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Nutella Cookies Easy Recipe

Nutella Cookies Easy Recipe

Nutella brings back many memories. Nutella as a treat: spread on a piece of crusty bread when I was a kid. Nutella as comfort food: with a spoon, straight from the jar, when I lived in Paris and sometimes longed for home. Nutella as a 

Pasta e Fagioli (Italian Pasta with Beans)

Pasta e Fagioli (Italian Pasta with Beans)

Pasta e Fagioli, which means in Italian Pasta and beans, is a traditional recipe from the Veneto region, where it is called Pasta e Fazioi in the local dialect.There are other regional variations, one of the most popular being the Neapolitan version, called Pasta Fazool. 

Pasta with Sardines (Pasta con le Sarde): a Sicilian recipe

Pasta with Sardines (Pasta con le Sarde): a Sicilian recipe

Pasta with Sardines, which in Italian is “pasta con le sarde”, is a classic Mediterranean dish. The recipe brings together quintessential Sicilian flavors with distinct Arabic ingredients. In one bite, you will taste the saltiness of the sardines, the sweetness of the raisins, the spiciness 

Roasted Cauliflower with Asiago Cheese

Roasted Cauliflower with Asiago Cheese

  If you were to ask me my favorite way to cook veggies, I would probably say roasted. While I love veggies in almost every variation, there is something about roasting that I love. It is a simple preparation and the outcome still captures the 

Easy Vegan Pesto Pasta with Arugula & Mint

Easy Vegan Pesto Pasta with Arugula & Mint

This post has been updated and first appeared on Italian Kitchen Confessions on September 8th, 2020.   By now you know that I have a thing for fresh produce and for pesto. Pesto is a great sauce throughout the entire year. This recipe calls for 

Quick and Easy Cabbage Soup

Quick and Easy Cabbage Soup

Who didn’t indulge a bit extra during these holidays? Well, I’m with you. I thoroughly enjoyed the food, the wine, and the cookies, but now it is time to reboot my system with simple and clean food. This cabbage soup recipe will be a great 

Homemade Christmas Cream for Panettone

Homemade Christmas Cream for Panettone

Homemade Christmas Cream is an essential part of the holiday season for my family and is served with the traditional Christmas cake – Panettone. This recipe is one of the specialties of my Grandma Giuliana, my dad’s mother. She was a fantastic cook and many 

The best classic lasagna

The best classic lasagna

Christmas just isn’t Christmas for me without Lasagna! Lasagna is one of the main dishes that my family prepares every year either for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. This recipe is a sort of “magic magnet” of the holiday season as it brings the entire 

How to make Lasagna

How to make Lasagna

Lasagna is probably the oldest form of pasta in Italy. But what exactly is Lasagna? It is both a kind of wide flat sheet noodle pasta, as well as a traditional Italian dish made of lasagna pasta layered with different fillings that vary by region. 

Pomegranate Aperol Spritz: the Best Holiday Cocktail

Pomegranate Aperol Spritz: the Best Holiday Cocktail

  The 2020 festive season might be different for all of us, but either in person or over zoom, celebrate the joy of the holidays with your loved ones while sipping a Pomegranate Aperol Spritz. The tangy pomegranate is combined with the bitter flavor of