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Oatmeal raisin cookies

Whoever of you that know me, know my passion for cookies. On the streets of Shanghai is common to find people from XinJiang selling raisins and other dry fruits thus my idea of making oatmeal raisin cookies. For the oatmeal, I would not recommend you to go to CityShop, where they will charge you 90 [...]

French toasts

At least on the weekend I  allow myself a decent breakfast which is not just a quick cup of  coffee  and a couple of cookies. This morning I made French Toast. Here is the recipe!

Ingredients (for 1 serving):

3 slices of white bread
2 eggs
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla estract
1/2 glass of milk
Syrup
powdered sugar

First thing, cut the [...]

Corn Chowder with Biz of Chicken

I learned this dish from my boyfriend, who is from the States, and after some minor adjustments this is what I‘ve got. I have eliminated the bacon to make it slightly lighter and instead of using tomatoes in can, I just use a fresh ripped tomato.

Let me know what you think about it

Ingredients [...]

Caprese Salad

Caprese Salad is a very simple recipe that takes his name from the city it comes from, Capri (in Campania). It is made of sliced fresh buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil.

This dish is also known as a Tricolore salad due to its three colours which resemble the Italian flag [...]

Penne with asparagus and bacon

Today’s recipe is this simple, quick and tasty pasta dish with asparagus and bacon.

Ingredients (for 2 people): 原料(2人份量)

250 g asparagus – 250 克芦笋
80 g bacon (cut into small stripes) -  80 克培根
1 clove garlic – 一瓣蒜
3 tbsp olive oil -  3 匙橄榄油
160 g pasta – 160 克 通心粉
1/2 glass of white wine – 1/2杯白葡萄酒
salt [...]

Potato cream with mushroom and prosciutto soup

Here we go with an other soup recipe. This is perfect for a light winter dinner. You don’t need any special ingredients, you can buy all the vegetables at the Chinese grocery store and for the ham, I bought it at City Shop in Xujiahui (25 yuan for a 150 g package).

Ingredients (for 6 people): 原料(6人份量)

600 [...]

Hummus

After Pita Bread, today I’m going to post the recipe for making Hummus. Hummas is the Arabic word for chickpeas, in fact, hummus is a dip made from chickpeas.

There are a bunch of different version of hummus: hummus with Tahini, hummus without tahini, hummus with spinach and feta bread, hummus with yogurt, and so on. [...]

Pita Bread

Puglia (the Italian region where I come from) is located at the heel of the boot, right in front of Greece. Back in the past, it was lived by Greek Colonies, which explains the great importance Greek culture still has in Puglia.

Pita bread is served at almost every meal in the Middle East, but it’s [...]

Coconut Muffins with Nutella soft heart

Today I’m going to post this fantastic sweet muffin recipe. It’s the combination of 2 different recipes I’ve found online, the result is this delicious threat. If you have a sweet tooth, like I do, I am sure you will love it!

It is really simple and pretty fast. You can find all the ingredients (like [...]

Baci

Baci (in Italian it means kiss) is a famous Italian chocolate brand. I love their chocolate balls but unfortunately they are not sold here in China. Good thing my mom has this recipe which reproduce them quite well. It’s easy and I am sure you will all love it!

Ingredients (for 40 Baci):

1 cup hazelnuts (250 [...]