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  1. A lazy Tuesday – Vegetable stock-cube

    December 6, 2011 by Giulietta

    I return to the charge with my lazy posts .. and this is lazy squared!

    Why lazy squared? First of all because this is a quick preparation: it won't waste much of your time or attention. And, secondly, because once you've got your cube, you can afford to be lazy for four to five months (it will last this long), you can get a vegetable broth in a second (for risotto, to add to meat preparations, for a broth if you're ill) and you can have always at your fingertips a great seasonings (I often use it instead of salt) made ​​with fresh and healthy ingredients (ok, I sound like a baby food advertising).

    Believe me, if you already use stock-cubes, this will change your mind about what a stock-cube really is. If you don't use stock-cubes, you'll begin to use this one.

    I learned this recipe at a recent cooking class about meat preparations, and I won't leave it!

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    Category Concentrated, Conserve, Cooking for dummies, Herbs, Vegetables | Tags: ,,,,,,,,,,,, | 18 Comments

  2. What’s going on in my head?! Squash, potatoes and prosciutto crudo tart

    October 8, 2011 by Giulietta

    October has arrived, and with it arrived autumn, too … despite the nearly 90° F (30° C) we had this week, the other day the wind changed, and in these last two days the temperatures went down, and it almost seemed fall. It appears that next week they'll rise again, but meanwhile I'm enjoying a few days of soups and hot dishes. If next week I'll have to make a rice salad again, then rice salad will be, but it will be a problem of future Giulia.

    However, rising or falling temperatures, finally a vegetable made its entrance again: the beloved, colorful and versatile squash (or pumpkin). I love it so much for its sweet and distinctive taste, that goes well with both the sausage and chocolate… how many other ingredients have this innate ability? Very few.
    And then, let's face it, squash is so good even accompanied by other vegetables, for example in the evergreen (or everorange .. ok, bad joke) cream of pumpkin soup, a real must in my kitchen's fall-winter collection (but thanks to the freezer, even in spring it appears on my table … and a friend of mine suggested me to make a summer version of this soup, eating it cold with a sprinkle of cinnamon … so I'll have pumpkin all year).

    In short, I just love the pumpkin and squash in all their forms and combinations .. and this year two things will help to bring even more of them on my table, in every possible dish: first of all, other than my trusted dealers in farmers market this year a friend of mine grows pumpkin in her own garden (I could already taste one of her pumpkin… simply delicious!); secondly, later this month I'll attend a cooking class entirely dedicated to pumpkin. I think you'll see this vegetable again and again here on my blog, continuing this saga.

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    Category Appetizer and Finger food, Cold cuts, Dried fruit, Herbs, Quiche and savory muffins, Savory tart, Single course, Vegetables | Tags: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, | 44 Comments

  3. About holidays and Ligurian style rabbit

    August 18, 2011 by Giulietta

    As I promised in this post I'll talk about holidays, my holidays, of course. This year, in spite of the few days off, we managed to have a triple holiday, thanks to a stroke of luck (aka the postponement of my coming back to work). I don't rule out a fourth little holiday, if luck assists me again, but I don't want to attract bad gods on me, so I won't go on. I'll talk about the past, so I'll play it safe!

    My long-awaited holidays began with a week-end in Verona: Verona greeted us with a hot sun, its peaceful calmness and its really italic center, in which you can walk without any rush, in search of its history or in search of some shade. Here below you can see some characteristic Verona glimpses: starting from top left, clockwise, you can see Ponte Pietra (Stone Bridge), the Lombardi Tower, a view from above, the Arena and a view on the Adige river.

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    Category Dried fruit, Herbs, Holidays, Liguria, Meat, Rabbit, Regional Italian cooking, Second course | Tags: ,,,,,,,,,,,,, | 12 Comments