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Apple Roses
These are super easy, but they are super nice to taste and to look! Why not trying? Ingredients 2 apples 1 pack of puff pastry 2 tbsp...
Francesca
Mar 15, 20211 min read
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Strozzapreti with broccoli and almond pesto
For 4 people: 50g whole almonds (blanched or skin on) 400g pack purple sprouting broccoli, ends trimmed and cut into 3cm pieces 1⁄2 x 25g...
Francesca
Mar 11, 20211 min read
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Twice-bakes potatoes with crab and gruyere
For 2 people: 2 large baking potatoes 1 tbsp olive oil 1 large leek, thinly sliced 200g Seafood & Eat It White Crab 20g Gruyère, finely...
Francesca
Mar 9, 20211 min read
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Mango and Granola Pots
You can do this as a vegan version, just swap the yogurt with a vegan one! For 4 pots: 2 mango, peeled 1 lime juice 1 tbsp maple syrup...
Francesca
Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Strozzapreti
Hello people - it starts to feel a bit more spring, and I love it! Over the weekend I made strozzapreti, and they are super easy to make....
Francesca
Mar 3, 20211 min read
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Vegetable cous cous
Hello people! Today at lunch I wanted something easy, quick and healthy so I looked in the fridge and I saw a lot of veg, so I thought to...
Francesca
Mar 1, 20211 min read
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Butternut Squash Soup
Hello beautiful people! I don't know you, but I still have lots of pumpkin / butternut squash in the fridge after Thanksgiving! So the...
Francesca
Dec 3, 20201 min read
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It's Tuesday - Taco Tuesday!!
Since Lockdown 1.0 we have had Tacos for every single Tuesday, we made so many different ones: prawns, vegetables, pork mince, beef...
Francesca
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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Spicy buffalo wings 🔥🍗
I mean, everyone love some spicy chicken wings! And we found the perfect sauce, and your wings are ready in 20 mins! Ingredients: Organic...
Francesca
Nov 29, 20201 min read
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Spicy prawns and vegetable curry
Ingredients 1 tbsp oil 1 onion, finely chopped thumb-sized piece ginger, finely grated 3 garlic cloves, crushed 3 red chilli, shredded 4...
Francesca
Nov 26, 20201 min read
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Moules Frites with white wine and parsley
I miss fresh fish, growing up in a small town along the coast in Italy, we would have fresh fish pretty much every day. Clearly that...
Francesca
Nov 24, 20202 min read
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Tegolini
Once again I was looking a recipe on this blog - thank you Luca! - and found this recipe that reminds me when I was a kid in Italy; we...
Francesca
Nov 22, 20203 min read
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Smoked Haddock, Leek, Bacon and Stilton Pie
We don't cook many pies, but last Sunday we wanted to try one with fish and stilton, then we throw in some bacon as well and it was...
Francesca
Nov 19, 20201 min read
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Cinnamon and Apple Rolls
I found this recipe online and I loved it! Super easy to follow! It's just in Italian, so will translate here for you ☺️ For the dough:...
Francesca
Nov 17, 20202 min read
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Coconut fish curry
It was super cold over the weekend, so I decided to cook some fish curry! Method: 1 tbsp oil 1 onion, finely chopped thumb-sized piece...
Francesca
Nov 13, 20201 min read
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Rice cake
This is very easy to make, but it's super tasty! You only need few ingredients to bake this cake - I am sure you have all the ingredients...
Francesca
Nov 9, 20201 min read
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Gnocchi with courgette, pancetta and ricotta!
You can find my recipe for the gnocchi here! Ingredients: 200gr Gnocchi 3 courgettes finely chopped 1 pack of pancetta 150 gr ricotta...
Francesca
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Oat cups with Greek Yogurt and Kiwi 🥝
Hello people. Now that gyms are closing down again, we need to stay healthy physically and mentally, so I want to bake some healthy...
Francesca
Nov 4, 20201 min read
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Guinness Cake 🍺
It was the first time I ever made a Guinness cake, but I have to say, it was delicious! Ingredients: 100 g unsalted butter , plus extra...
Francesca
Nov 3, 20202 min read
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Pumpkin and gorgonzola risotto
Almost happy Halloween folks! I am sure we all have a lot of left overs from our pumpkin carving - as long as you bought an edible one...
Francesca
Oct 30, 20201 min read
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Apple Crumble 🍎
An English classic. I used to bake this so often, and then I forgot about it! Last week my mum asked for the recipe so I thought, why not...
Francesca
Oct 28, 20201 min read
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Stuffed Vegetables
I agree with you, the picture doesn't look the greatest, but it matters how it tastes, doesn't it? Ingredients for 2 people: 4 courgettes...
Francesca
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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Beef fillet with green peppercorn sauce, creamy Brie spinach and rosemary potatoes
It tastes as it sounds - delicious! First of all though I wanted to say that it was a nightmare finding green peppercorn in brine. In...
Francesca
Oct 26, 20202 min read
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Minestrone di Verdura / Vegetable Soup 🍲
I don't know in your city, but here in London today is raining so much and super cold. So today I am going to make a typical Italian...
Francesca
Oct 14, 20202 min read
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Mushroom Risotto 🍄
It's getting cold outside in London - and warm food is a must! What about this creamy mushroom risotto? I tell you a secret - it's...
Francesca
Oct 12, 20201 min read
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Banana Bread
Who doesn't like banana bread? And it's the easiest thing to make! Ingredients: 100 gr butter softened 175 gr caster sugar 2 eggs 2 ripe...
Francesca
Oct 10, 20201 min read
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Pasta with Courgette, Mozzarella and Tomatoes
This is probably one of my fav! It's so easy to make and it tastes so good, and so cheesy! And how doesn't like cheesy meals? Ingredients...
Francesca
Oct 8, 20201 min read
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Poke Bowl
Probably we won't have a poke bowl in a while now as it's starting to get cold, so I just wanted to make the last one for a while! They...
Francesca
Oct 6, 20201 min read
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Chocolate Fondant
Who doesn't love a chocolate fondant? Especially in winter with the hot and melted chocolate inside? Now I want another one! Ingredients...
Francesca
Oct 4, 20201 min read
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Prawn Katsu burgers 🍤🍔
We fancied some burgers, and we had prawns at home, so why not making some prawn burgers? Recipe for 2 Easy Cook: 10 mins Prep: 20 mins...
Francesca
Oct 1, 20201 min read
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Ravioli with spinach and ricotta filling
Hello everyone! It's starting to be a bit chilly here in London! We need some hot food to keep us warm 🥶 🔥 I am sure you understood...
Francesca
Sep 28, 20203 min read
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Taralli with chilli flakes
As I can't go back home, and I haven't found any taralli in this quarantine, I thought to make some! Ingredients for roughly 30 taralli:...
Francesca
May 21, 20201 min read
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Cecina
As I had a lot of requests for the cecina's recipe, here you go 😍 Ingredients for a tray of 32cm diameter: 130g chickpeas flour 350 ml...
Francesca
May 20, 20201 min read
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Sushi again! 🍣
Last night we made sushi again, and this time both maki (rice inside) and uramaki (rice outside)! You can look here to make the sushi...
Francesca
May 19, 20202 min read
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Philadelphia, Smoked Salmon and Pistachios Pasta
Do I need to add anything else? I think this plate includes every single one of my fav food! Ingredients for 2 people: 180 gr pasta - I...
Francesca
May 5, 20201 min read
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Asparagus wrapped in ham and cheese
It's that time of the year again, where you can find asparagus! But let's be honest, they are not the cheapest, so what recipe can you...
Francesca
Apr 30, 20201 min read
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Gnocchi
All you need is literally potatoes and flour! And a bit of salt! - 1kg of potatoes - 300 gr flour - Salt That's it! Clean the potatoes...
Francesca
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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Aubergine 🍆 Parmigiana
This dish is for everyone, kids will love it as well! Ingredients: - 3 Aubergines - 2 Mozzarella - Parmesan Cheese - 2 tins of chopped...
Francesca
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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Scarpaccia
This is what you would have in my home town, Viareggio. There are two ways to do it.. sweet or salty, but the main one of course is sweet...
Francesca
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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Pizza night - again!
What about another pizza? Mushroom ham and tomatoes, what you think? Or what about an easy cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and rocket? Or...
Francesca
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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Sushi 🍣
As we can't leave the house, we cannot go out for dinner.. which means we are missing our weekly dose of sushi. We tried to make our own...
Francesca
Apr 8, 20201 min read
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Carbonara
Hello people! Today I want to share with you a simple but amazing dish. Ingredients for 2 people: - Spaghetti 180 gr - 1 Egg + 1 yolk -...
Francesca
Apr 6, 20201 min read
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Polpette - meatballs
Happy Monday people! Today another Italian recipe for you. I prepared quite a lot of polpette, so I can put them in the freezer and have...
Francesca
Mar 30, 20201 min read
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Raspberry Crostata
I finally found some flour and some eggs, so I thought I'd cook one of my favourites: raspberry crostata or raspberry jam tart! It's...
Francesca
Mar 29, 20201 min read
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Today, focaccia!
In these days that flour is almost impossible to find, I dream about this focaccia I baked couple of weeks ago! The recipe is once again...
Francesca
Mar 24, 20201 min read
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Black Spaghetti with tomatoes, courgettes and mozzarella sauce
Can't say this picture looks nice, but trust me it tastes way better than it looks! For two people: Garlic Cheery Tomatoes x 10...
Francesca
Mar 23, 20201 min read
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Chocolate cake
Yesterday I wanted to do a cake - as always. As our shops are a bit short of food, I had to think something that didn't require a lot of...
Francesca
Mar 22, 20201 min read
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Crème brûlée
I have never made a crème brûlée before, but I have always loved them! So in these days of "stay at home" due to the virus, I decided I...
Francesca
Mar 17, 20201 min read
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It's not Sunday without pizza!
Last night I was at home and the only thing I could think of was "I want pizza". I am sure you all had that feeling at least once in your...
Francesca
Mar 9, 20201 min read
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Steak and Stilton Pie
We fancied a pie yesterday evening! And of course, it can't be anything else but steak and stilton pie! And of course, homemade! I think...
Francesca
Mar 8, 20202 min read
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