Usually stuffed peppers are topped with cheese.
I decided to put fresh mozzarella inside the peppers instead.
The recipe says ‘2 or 3 peppers’ because I have no idea how big your peppers will be. Sometimes they are huge and other times small…. Decide for … Continue reading.....
Did I mention that we’re going to Italy?
I mean, really…. We can drive to Italy (and Spain and Germany and Slovenia and Austria and….) We ought to go more often.
We decided we should go more often. It’s a long drive but there’s lots … Continue reading.....
I love fresh mozzarella with fresh tomatoes and a drizzle of olive oil.
Using it in cooked dishes can be a bit of a problem. It has a lot of liquid. When I slice it and add it to pizza, for example, it tends to … Continue reading.....
I have more green tomatoes on my vines at the moment than I picked all summer.
The vines are breaking from the weight.
I doubt that they will all ripen, so I have been cutting a few off to give the others a chance.
A week ago we were debating on lighting a fire.
Three days ago summer arrived and we opened all the doors and windows to let the warm air in and the cool air out.
Today I was ready to close the shutters against the heat.… Continue reading.....
Do you use a Béchamel sauce when you make lasagne?
Back in my younger days, when I lived in the US, I made lasagne with ground beef, cottage cheese and tomato sauce.
Well, that and onions, garlic, oregano, and a sprinkling of Parmesan (from the … Continue reading.....
Sometimes, we I can spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to make this vegetable or that green shine.
Is simple best? Just picked green beans, braised in olive oil, finished with a sprinkling of salt and some shredded basil…. Perfect summer … Continue reading.....
Fried green tomatoes meets Caprese salad with a stop off at Vitello Romano.
Or something like that….
Okay, so it's not an Italian recipe – but it would be if they'd thought of it….
Supermarket tomatoes work well for this.
Nice, juicy vine-ripened tomatoes … Continue reading.....
A long time ago, in a place far, far away, in another life, I went to a restaurant show.
Not the kind of restaurant show for the general public; the kind of restaurant show for people whose business was restaurants: People who sold to, bought … Continue reading.....
Okay, here's a photo of mon mari's clean and tidy barn.
It's been like this all of one day and it won't last. but we have a photo record of it.
The toilet is not an integral part – it will be installed in … Continue reading.....
