Ciao a tutti! Eggplant, called melanzana pronounced mel-an-zahn-a, is a popular Italian vegetable although not originally from Italy. It is actually native to India. It is one of the night shade vegetables and can be found just about anywhere in Italy, since it grows well in warmer climates. Melanzana is full of water and to […]
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Easy Tomato Sauce
Ciao a tutti! Today we wanted to give a couple of ideas on making the quickest and easiest tomato sauce that you can use for practically any dish. You can use it on pasta, rice, sandwiches or just eat as-is. We make ours almost chunky and fresh. There are really 2 versions to tomato sauce. […]
Pizza Robusta con Seitan
Ciao a tutti! We made a pizza today and didn’t have a particular name for it, so we invented one: Pizza Robusta con Seitan, which literally would be “robust pizza with Seitan”! We put everything onto this pizza, so it seemed appropriate. Here is what we did for the ingredients: 300 grams or 2-2 1/2 […]
Green summer salad
Ciao a tutti! A few people asked me if there was any good way to use greens such as kale or cabbage, so I invented a great green summer salad that can be eaten as a complete meal! In Italy, cabbage is known as cavolo and is pretty easy to find. Kale is referred to […]
Vegan Pizza in Italy
Ciao a tutti! How vegan is the pizza in Italy? Let’s go over a few very vegan friendly options 🙂 There are a few different types of pizza to learn about. Pizza is normally with tomato sauce, but you can also get pizza bianca (white pizza) meaning there is no tomato sauce. Many times there […]