Neapolitan Pastiera (Vegetarian Recipe)

Easter is coming, and I thought I could share with you one of my favourite easter recipe: Neapolitan Pastiera, but a vegetarian version! This means that it contains dairy products, but these are actually the only animal products amongst the ingredients. Why vegetarian and not vegan The original recipe contains eggs as well, but since…

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Honey: a superfood for your wellbeing

Honey is your winter best friend I loved honey since I can remember tasting it, I loved the texture, the savour, and it has always been my go-to medicine treat in winter time! But is not only the sweet flavour and its soothing properties that makes honey the perfect ally for your wellbeing! Honey has…

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Dark chocolate: history and health benefits

I have always had a passion for chocolate, dark chocolate precisely, the darker the better. I love the one with 75% of cocoa minimum, otherwise all I can taste is the sugar, and I wouldn’t want to lose the typical bitter notes of its flavour! Despite knowing it might not be the right season yet,…

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The Benefits of Green Tea

Green Love I have always loved tea, not only for its flavour, but for the romantic and aesthetic halo I’ve always associated it with. (Mad tea party anyone? I’ve thought since the first time I read it that, being Alice, I would have happily stayed with the Mad Hatter). And that was true for black…

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The importance of food in our health

Sometime ago, I was chatting with a friend about his recent consultation with a doctor. During this encounter the doctor stressed to him over and over the importance of food in our health, in order to keep his high blood pressure in check. He wasn’t really impressed about it, and he told me that he…

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