Monthly Archive for agosto, 2015

Herby hummus

Published by Lucina, on 29 agosto 2015 in English Recipes, starters and vegetarian. 1 Comment
herby hummus

herby hummus

I promise you that the next thing I am going to blog will be of the sweet variety and calories laden but for now allow me to share yet another healthy recipe, namely this gorgeous herby hummus which I have already made twice in the near past. And this is a good sign, trust me. Once again it comes from the Cookie and Kate blog. In her latest newsletter she sent a link which contained 12 of her favourite salad recipes and this was one of them, albeit technically not a salad. Still: let’s not quibble and get hung up on semantics. I used to buy a lot of hummus until I saw the light and realised it was soooooo easy to make. Honestly. All you need is a food processor and the correct ingredients. Voilà! Delicious with raw vegetables, pitta bread, tortilla chips, etc. Continue reading ‘Herby hummus’

Crostata al limone, mandorle e cocco, profumata di lavanda

Published by Candida, on 20 agosto 2015 in Chiacchiere/Chatting, Dolci, Ricette in Italiano and teatime. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

2015-08-05 08.03.47E così eccomi qui fedifrega, dopo tanto tempo che Lucina da sola tira la carretta. Non che non abbia cucinato in questo periodo. Ho anche fatto varie foto a ricette sperimentate proprio per il blog, ma poi non arrivavo a pubblicarle, a scrivere bene il procedimento, la foto rimaneva lì e la ricetta veniva dimenticata. Spero di essere un po’ più assidua ma il periodo non dispone agli hobby ahimè. Allora mi consolo con una tortina che ho fatto per la prima volta che sono andata a casa della mia nuoretta fresca fresca. Eh sì, perché nel frattempo son diventata anche una SUOCERA!

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Chocolate oaties

Published by Lucina, on 2 agosto 2015 in biscuits and English Recipes. 0 Comments
chocolate oaties

chocolate oaties

After several healthy, savoury recipes the time has come to blog some naughty sweet treats, namely these oatey, chocolatey biscuits which I made last weekend in a desperate attempt to keep depression at bay. And by the way, don’t worry! The depression was caused by an absolutely atrocious day, weather wise. Nothing else! I kid you not: it could have been November! I know…I know…people in Italy are complaining about the excessive heat (in the high 30s. EEK!). It would seem God can’t get the world temperature quite right. If we could get ten degrees more and Italy ten less that would solve the weather woes, would it not?. 😉  ha ha. Anyway, I was stuck in the house feeling cold and miserable. What better way to keep the blues at bay than bake? I am not one for cookies  but I was due to have a meeting with a local group (tea/coffee and biscuits is de rigueur here in the UK whenever there is a meeting) so decided to give them a try. Well…people were very appreciative indeed. Mind you: if the choice is: bog standard bought biscuits (custard creams and the likes) or home made ones it ain’t hard to win the competition. Modesty apart I was pleased with my results: my oaties were nice and crunchy which is just what the doctor ordered in biscuitland, in my humble opinion. They come from the Good Housekeeping website. Apparently they are amongst the 15 best cookies. And I must say I agree. :-) Continue reading ‘Chocolate oaties’