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Chicken Roll

Last Saturday I got an oral surgery so now I have 2 stitches in my mouth and I can slowly eat only soft food.

At home I had this ricotta cheese that I bought from Bottega with the help of Giusy of Vivishanghai and some ground chicken meat so yesterday night I decided to make this [...]

Frittata with Potatoes

This is one of those plate I’ve been eating since I was a little kid. It was a common dish when my grandma was alive and after her, my mom continued making this delicious frittata.

Frittata is a type of Italian omelette either simple or enriched with meat, cheese or even pasta. It is not an [...]

Mushroom Lasagna with Bechamel Sauce

Lasagna is one of those dish to which I can’t resist, it is just too good for saying no to nice and warm serving of it. After the traditional lasagna alla bolognese recipe today I’m going to post what in Italy we call a “Lasagna Bianca” which means “white lasagna” from it’s color, since there [...]

SF style Clam Chowder

The first time in my life I had this delicious soup was back in 2008 when I was on vacation in San Francisco (California). I remember I went to this little nice restaurant right on the beach in Monterrey and they served me the Clam chowder in a sourdough bread cup…It was just delicious!

Since I don’t [...]

The Lentils cookies

I’ve found this recipe on a cooking magazine and I thought it was a cool recipe for an original finger food or as an alternative starter. It can also be used as a way to have your children eat legumes without even realizing it

It is also a very healthy and low fat dish, ideal if [...]

Scallop shell pasta in Ricotta Cream

Last Thursday I went to my first Photography class hold by ViviShanghai (teacher David Slavich) so I got back home pretty late (after 9) and I really didn’t have much time nor I did feel like spending time in the kitchen.
In the fridge I had some left overs of ricotta cheese and tomato sauce so [...]

Homemade Ravioli

Ravioli are a type of filled pasta composed of a filling sealed between two layers of thin pasta dough.  Home making the dough is really easy and not time consuming at all. You can choose among a pretty wide variety of filling for your ravioli: with meat, fish, simple vegetables.

The one I have made [...]

Stuffed Chicken

I got this recipe from my mom’s cooking notebook, a little, old memo pad where she has been hand writing all her recipes since I was a little kid.

The stuffed Chicken is a very tasty dish, a bit time consuming but a perfect idea for a special dinner, maybe on a friday or saturday night [...]

Sorrento Style Gnocchi

The word gnocchi means “lumps”, and may derive from nocchio, a knot in the wood, or from nocca (knuckle). It has been a traditional Italian pasta type of probably Middle Eastern origin since Roman times. It was introduced by the Roman Legions during the enormous expansion of the empire into the countries [...]

Green Peas Risotto

Risotto is a very tasty way of cooking rice. It is an Italian traditional dish, cooked with broth and flavored with Parmesan cheese and other ingredients which can include meat, fish or vegetable.

The recipe I’m posting today is with green peas, very healthy and low fat. Hope you guys will like it!

Ingredients (for [...]