Discovering our food: raspberries

June 2, 2020.Reading time 18 minutes.

Hello my dear readers, And here we are, June already. Is incredible how fast these months passed by. Are you ready to discover another ingredient of our kitchens? Today let’s discover a fruit that I love and it reminds me of my childhood, let’s discover the raspberries. My grandma used to have a lot of […]

Il Cacciucco, a delicious Fish Soup

May 30, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello my dear readers, How are you today? I hope everything ok! I have this recipe in my draft from October 2018…what can I say…it took me quite a while to complete it and make a post 🤪 Honestly, when I’ve done this dish, I did not have time to do proper photos because we […]

Should you eat green peas?

May 26, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

Hello my dear readers, Last week we have learned more about green peas origins, varieties, seasonality, how to choose and buy them, how to cultivate green peas even in our balcony and how to cook them, but should we really eat them? And if yes, why? Let’s try to find out: calories and nutritional values […]

German potatoes salad

May 23, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

A very easy side dish with only a few ingredients, that goes well with meat, fish or even as a vegan dish by itself. A very popular salad in Bavaria and Austria easy to find in any salad bars, family grills and restaurants. Ingredients for 2 persons: 4 potatoes a slice of red onion chopped […]

Discovering our food: green peas

May 19, 2020.Reading time 16 minutes.

Hello my dear readers, Ready to discover another wonderful food that this planet give us? Because is spring time, let’s discover today the green peas, one of my spring symbols 🌸 You will find in this post: green peas’ origins green peas’ varieties green peas’ seasonality how to choose and buy green peas green peas […]

Breakfast cakes ideas

May 16, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hello my dear readers, Are you a sweet morning breakfast person or do you prefer salted? I go for both! My breakfast is made from fruits, eggs and cereals or muffins or cake with cappuccino! Every morning! I can’t go out without having my breakfast at home! It is my tradition 😉 Some time ago […]

All-Purpose Flour, Italian 00 Flour, Bread Flour, Pastry Flour, Cake Flour, Gluten Free Flour…What’s the Difference?

May 12, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

All-Purpose flour, Italian 00 flour, bread flour, pastry flour, cake flour, gluten free flour…if you love to cook I’m sure you’ve heard of all these types of flour. There are so many, but what’s the difference between them? When do we choose an all-purpose flour or a 00 flour? Pastry or cake flour? How all […]

Mouth-watering Homemade nachos

May 9, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello my dear readers, Well, what do you do in lockdown? I do 3 main things: working from home, cooking and eating 🤪 regularly 🤪 Cooking and eating is great, the only problem is that I can’t go grocery shopping as supermarkets are almost empty, my pantry is almost empty too so the challenge is what […]

Coffee or tea?

May 5, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Hello my dear readers, “If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President Are you a coffee or a tea drinker? Did you know that coffee and tea are among the most commonly consumed nonalcoholic beverages worldwide? While the origins […]

Truffle fettuccine pasta with artichokes paste

May 2, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello my dear readers, Since this partial lockdown started also in Singapore from 7th of April (I say partial because we still can go out for work, groceries and to the park if we want), I thought now is a good time to use whatever we have in the pantry, avoiding going out for groceries […]