by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Oct 24, 2018 | Italian Christmas Gifts
No matter how much we all love the Christmas holidays, gift-giving can be a stressful time if not planned out properly. It’s like making new year resolutions, we all love the idea, we all say we’re going to do it, we even write out on paper, and...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Jul 1, 2018 | Italian Kitchenware, tips
Probably every home has some sort of a cheese grater. From the flat ones to the ones that stand up like a tower, to the ones they use at Italian restaurants that you use to grate right over the plate. But using a food processor to grate cheese?? Isn’t that...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Apr 25, 2018 | Food
Last week we were at Walmart and we checked out their produce section to find beautiful fresh organic zucchini that was firm, deep green and all over beautiful! That night we had some pasta and in my attempt to try and add more veggies I took out some zucchini,...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Mar 6, 2018 | Recipes
Thanks for stopping by! I’ve got a great recipe for you today and I’m excited about sharing it with you! For this post, I chose to write about lentil bolognese for a few reasons. Well, I’d rather call it bolognese with lentils since...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Feb 6, 2018 | Recipes
If you’ve ever been curious about making fresh Italian bread, you’re not alone. Here’s a recipe you can use just like I did, and it comes out awesome each and every time. Doesn’t every Italian say their recipe is the best? Well, when your...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Jan 1, 2018 | Food
I thought I would do something I’ve never done before, and instead of writing a recipe, I’d take a look at what 2017 dished out for me and take stock of everything while I prepare for 2018. 2017 was better than 2016 and I’m anticipating 2018...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Dec 22, 2017 | meatballs, Recipes
A Swedish meatballs recipe on an Italian website?? Well, yes, this recipe was so amazing and one that I would classify as a distant cousin to the Italian style meatball and I decided it deserved a place on my website. They are still in the same family of meatballs,...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Dec 16, 2017 | Recipes
There are many Italian (and not-so-Italian) recipes for making a simple Italian pasta sauce (some of which are on this site), but today I am using cans of tomato sauce as the base for making the sauce. This particular version is a simple marinara style recipe,...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Dec 6, 2017 | pasta
How to Use an Electric Pasta Maker for Making Homemade Pasta Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure of using my pasta maker and making fresh homemade pasta. By the time my water is boiling my pasta is ready to go in, that’s literally how easy and...
by Simple Italian Cooking Blog | Dec 5, 2017 | Recipes
Cooking pasta is one thing, but learning how to turn it into an amazing and delicious pasta and shrimp recipe that is both easy and over the top fantastic, is actually not hard at all! This post will include step by step instructions that anyone can follow. The...
