Mini chickpea muffins

Simply but impressive, healthy and tasty...these mini muffins are crispy outside and soft inside and match perfectly with a creamy topping like that. You can offer them whether as a main course or as a starter and you will make everyone happy: they're gluten free, low fat, low GI and - with a little variation for the topping - also vegan!

Smoked medallions

Are you looking for a time-saving dinner? Here you are a quick and super easy recipe for delicious high-protein burgers. If you like smoked aftertaste like I do, you will love them!

"Iron Man" quinoa salad

After Spring quinoa salad, here you are the Iron man dedicated one:

• quinoa is a pseudocereal rich in minerals like calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and iron (4.6 mg per 100 gr);
• cannellini beans, like other legumes, contain a good quantity of iron (4.5 mg per 100 gr);
• dried tomatoes are a considerable source of iron (9.1 per 100 gr);
• and, last but not least, vitamin C contained in bell peppers (166 mg per 100 gr) is really helpful to absorb all non-heme iron above mentioned.

Should I add something to explain the reason why I chose that name for this salad?

Stuffed halfmoons & homesick

These stuffed halfmoons reminds me of a typical street food of my native land, called crescione (same family as piadina, maybe you know that). Unfortunately, the traditional recipe is made with lard, even if more and more kiosks have started to offer also the version with olive oil. In the same way, the filling can be another problem in the pursuit of a vegan crescione, unless you go to an alternative place where you can find also tofu, seitan or simply mixed vegetables (e.g. this and this).
Today I show you my vegan version of one of the most famous and requested filling, that is: zucca, patate e salsiccia (meaning pumpkin, potatoes and sausage). Now guess, what have I replaced the sausage with?

Rainbow salad boats

Healthy, appetizing, nourishing: one of the best dinner I've ever had.

Millet & Beans

No, I'm not talking about a brand new group on the musical scene, even if the name might deceive you ahah

Millet balls are a recent discovery, very easy to prepare and super healthy, and the sauce is irresistible thanks to a secret ingredient...

Spring quinoa salad

Yeah, I know, it's November and I'm talking about SPRING...I wish it was! In the meantime, I can imagine to enjoy this simple and tasty quinoa salad laying on a blooming lawn under a lukewarm sun :) you should try as well!

Vegetable curry 2.0

It's official: I'm curry addicted!! I love the summertime version with eggplants and zucchini, but the winter one is very tasty as well. Enjoy the sun in your plate even when it's cold and grey outside :)

Muscolo di grano

Muscolo di grano is a product created by an italian man named Enzo Marascio in 1992, similar to seitan but more nourishing because it contains also legumes flour and - in my opinion - it's even tastier. I don't like to think about these kind of products as "meat alternatives" because this term keep on supporting the idea that meat is necessary to live...and we know this is not true. You can simply call them: "high-protein food to eat every now and then" ^_^

Graffiti eggplants

Look, how beautiful they are! This nature's masterpiece deserved a special recipe...

...millefoglie with tofu cream!

Multicolor potato croquettes

Hands up who doesn't know any person that hates vegetables?!

Don't worry, with this recipe all your problems are gone: I swear, the fussy people you're surrounded by will love that! And if you don't say them, they will never find out what kind of "horrible" vegetables are hidden inside ahah

Vegetable Thai curry & Wanderlust

Sometimes, cooking is like travel. You can close your eyes and imagine the stunning atmosphere coming from far away countries...you can smell their fragrances, admire their colours, delve into their cultures. You know, I often use youtube to listen to traditional music while cooking, so that I can also ear the sound of these places and feel closer. Unfortunately, so far in my life I didn't have the opportunity to travel a lot and I still have got a long wishlist of places to visit. But until I won't have enough money and time to rove about, I will keep using my imagination and my kitchen to pretend being over there.

Red dressed eggplants

After blue and green, red is my third favourite colour...so, why don't use it  in the kitchen as well? I believe that food should be attractive also for the eyes, don't you? Here you are another gluten free recipe for all quinoa lovers! And if you're not, nevermind...you will be!