Posts By matteo

When the days get very hot during the summer, I usually cook in the coolest hours, dishes that I can serve cold for lunch or dinner. Today I suggest you this nice match, which I decided to call “Tao” rice, consisting of two varieties of rice: the semi-whole Balilla and the Black Venere. Adding coloured raw vegetables and tofu will be a delicious dish to enjoy in this time of the year.
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If I say “Caprese”, everybody knows what I’m talking about: mozzarella, tomato and basil. But today there are so many ways to revisit this famous dish. With this recipe I propose you to use glasses to create the same combination with a new, tasty and nice form. You will be able to serve it also in smaller portions; blending mozzarella and cutting tomatoes, infact, give you the possibility to better organize doses for each portion as any single situation needs.

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Summer is coming and we start to enjoy the first fruits of this season; the great heat, unfortunately, sometimes forces us to consume them in a hurry so they do not risk to become too much mature with no longer pleasant to enjoy fresh. To avoid this we can do different things like jams or tarts, for example. Sometimes we can use the freezer: in fact, with frozen fruits we can prepare tasty smoothies or excellent sorbet like this! The recipe I propose today is possible to do with a few ingredients and with the help of a simple mixer.

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The summer is approaching and zucchini too… and we will have them for several months yet. During this time I would like to share with you different recipes. When a vegetable remains for a long time on the market benches or in our home vegetable garden, we need to use our creativity to cook it in different ways. Today here is a zucchini parmigiana with basil pesto.

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I love travelling: it always makes me meet different cultures, visit places caracterized from different colours and perfumes. Travelling, open my mind and makes me embrace new life styles and point of views. Every time I feel a very important personal enrichment. In addition I can eat different food. I also live the possibility to join ingredients and cooking styles to create a nice dialog between cultures…..it’s wonderful! In this recipe I make one version of falafel, that is a typical plate of Middle East Countries: these legumes fried balls are delicious with a fresh yogurt sauce.

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I use to prepare juices with fruits and vegetables, and every time I ask myself how to reuse the fibrous parts of carrots, beetroots, apples etc. I really love “recycle”… also when I find something old and used, I feel excited when it comes a good idea to use it another time. The same is in the kitchen: all the time I have to discard something for some preparations I think about different ways to “reuse”; it is also a nice exercise to stay in the field of possibilities and be creative in front of a question: “What can I do with this?”.

I don’t have animals or chickens wich would be very satisfied from these food scraps, so I share with you this wonderful idea: just adding some simple ingredients you will cook a vegan and sugar free carrot and beetroot cake… really tasty 😉

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Need a simply idea to pepare a tasty vegetable dish in a few minutes? This is a fast recipe for you, who love healthy food and do not want to renounce to the pleasure of taste.The oven can also be very useful: intact, while the vegetables are cooking, you can do other things. 😉

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I don’t use to eat fresh fruits….I admit. But I’ve understood that I like fruits, but sometimes I don’t like their fibrous texture; so I’ve descovered some ways to eat it with pleasure: cooking it in a cake, putting it in a salad, making a juice or a smoothie. This is a very simple and fast recipe to start the day….in just 5 min ready!

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Flans are always very elegant and attractive; they can be a nice appetizer or a light side dish, especially if you mix classical ingredients (like eggs and cheese) with some lighter ones; in this case I’ve used soy cream instead of fresh cream. Flans can be served in different kind of ways: here is a delicious version with a velvet carrot and curcuma cream.

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In my experience, cooking “light desserts” is very satisfying: first, because I can achieve excellent results abstaining from using ingredients wich are often part of daily nutrition; I’m talking about eggs, milk, yeasts, refined flours and sugars … these are vegetarian ingredients, but they should be limited. Secondly, I realize that, gradually, my palate becames more perceptible; this allows me to enjoy also the simple and light tastes.
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