Entries Categorized as 'Vegetables'

Carrot Soup

Date novembre 9, 2009

Good morning, good morning! And Good maniac monday too! Can I write a rapid post, can’t I? It’s such a frantic and happy period, lots of things to do, and I love doing things, being occupied with the things I love, and with my friends, too! On Sunday I organized a brunch for a friend’s [...]

Grandma Menna’s Kitchen: leaf cabbage crostoni

Date novembre 4, 2009

Have I ever told you my mus has a twin? Aunt Silvana, they are as like as two peas in a pod. In the family, we are totally aware of all the differences: they have different voices, different hair cut, different attitude, not to mention accent! Since she married, Aunt Silvana lives in Florence, so [...]

Grandma Menna’s Kitchen: Pumpkin Omelette

Date ottobre 29, 2009

We are approaching to the end of October: Halloween, the night of witches and zombies, when little children dressed up as skeletons or monsters go around knocking at neighbors doors singing ‘trick or treat’. Halloween celebrations do not belong to our traditions, they have been imported together with Marshmallows and hot dogs form USA thanks to movie, serials and cartoons. When [...]

Grandma Menna’s Kitchen: stewed French beans

Date settembre 30, 2009

If you’d see me now, you could think I’ve always loved eating, everything and in large quantity. Actually, I was a bit of a picky child, especially for vegetables. I used to eat green salad, seasoned with lemon juice, olive oil and salt, nothing more nothing less, and potatoes, boiled, fried, baked, mashed… but just [...]

Grandma Menna’s Kitchen: tomato eggs

Date agosto 26, 2009

Nice to see you all again! Finally I’m back with my Tuscan recipes… There are three recipes waiting on my desktop to be translated, I hope to to be able to publish them as soon as possible, even more than one per week!
Tuscan cooking is really related to the vegetable garden and its seasonal products. [...]