Puglia Party Day 2 – Pittule
Deep-fried bread balls. Need I say anymore? These moreish little dough balls are a Puglian stable when dining at a restaurant or attending a festival. These delectable spheres come to […]
Category Archives: Vegetarian
Postcards from Italy
It’s a bit late, but here is the second instalment of my series, Postcards from Italy. This time Zia Teresa is using two of my favourite ingredients: aubergines and mortadella. […]
Spinach and Eggs
I’ve been thinking about my Mum a lot recently. This time of year is always a difficult one with a triple whammy of emotional dates in tow. Valentines day, the […]
Chicory
I talk about chicory a lot. Not the reddish yellow tipped salad like leaf known by us British, but the long leafy green kind you find in Italy. It seems […]
Courgette Bruschetta
Here’s the final part of the trilogy. This dish is great as a starter or even a light lunch, which I had my fair share of sitting in the garden […]
Courgette Cake
Last time it was fritters this time it’s cake. With a glut of courgettes growing in our garden I had been racking my brains for more courgette dishes to cook when […]
Courgette Fritters
As the courgette season slowly comes to an end, I look down at our plants, whose roots look almost tentacle like from us continually picking their fruit – they’ve served […]
Fried Zucchini Flowers
Eating these might be one of my earliest memories. I’d like to say it was also one of my happiest memories (which putting them into my mouth possibly was) but […]
Green beans in tomato sauce
I could eat these all day long and have been eating green beans this way since I can remember. My auntie started this trend off within our family by bringing […]
What to do when you’ve got a big stash of aubergines – Aubergines Tre Modi (three ways)
Hooray! The sun finally made an appearance last week and it was a very welcomed one indeed. The more the sun beams down onto my extremely willing skin which eagerly […]
Mangia Bene 