member blog: Allora Andiamo
Allora Andiamo
From
Sauerkraut Country
Member since
6th Oct 2008
About
I'm 42 years young and LOVE cooking. My family is originally from Italy and my Mum was a fantastic cook. She cooked us the most wonderful dishes and I have fond memories of sitting round the dinner table with my family, eating great food that had been prepared with one very special ingredient...LOVE. This is still important to me today and I could never just throw a ready meal in the microwave and serve it up to my family. I think good food isn't about expensive ingredients or making plates look like works of art but about making food that's tasty and will make your friends and family come back for seconds :)
Oh and we tend to eat mostly Italian in our house but I will try anything and everything that looks and tastes good :) If the food i've made looks good i'll take a piccy of it too,much to the annoyance of my hubby,who will have to wait patiently whilst i take the umpteenth photo,lol.
Allora Andiamo's blog posts
Fettucine with Zucchini & Tomatoes
Mon 16 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
a lovely and light pasta dish made with strips of lightly fried zucchini,mini san marzano tomatoes,garlic, some white wine, a little creme fraiche, S & P and some frozen chopped basil...i'd usually use fresh basil but didn't have any so used a pre-chopped frozen one instead..it has quite an intense flavour and worked well in this dish..not bad for emergencies 
roast peppers..again !
Mon 16 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
I LOVE roast peppers ....you can throw them into all sorts of things...you can toss them with fresh pasta,throw them into cooked rice with some herbs,blend them with feta,basil & thyme for a dip, fill foccacia with them or add them to a frittata or even a quiche 
this time i used just red peppers along with some olives,capers, basil ,garlic and some chilli flavoured olive oil (along with some plain olive oil)...yummo !
today's lunchtime salad
Mon 16 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
mixed salad leaves, avocado, sliced radishes, olives, tomatoes, radish sprouts,some parmesan shavings, chervil and dill....dressed with a sauce made of creme fraiche, yoghurt, finely grated parmesan,a drizzle of white balsamico,a little crushed garlic and S & P to season....luurrvly
larger pic
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do you think it's too early......
Fri 13 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
...to start putting up Christmas decorations ? 
I don't !! 
i decided to do up the kitchen window yesterday (seeing as i spend a lot of my time in the kitchen i figured that should be the first place to start )...i might spray a bit of snow on the window later, maybe some snowflakes or something ..we'll see 
bigger pic
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Kale and Kassler Soup
Fri 13 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
made with German Kassler, which is similar to English gammon...you could use other smoked meats too or even smoked sausages ....whatever rocks your boat really 
i'll type up the recipe later, as soon as i can focus properly 
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