Special Nutrition
CHOPies – Chocolate, Oats & Peanut Butter Cookies
Could we have it all? With this concept in mind, we developed a delicious chocolate and peanut butter cookies recipe, without refined oils, low in gluten, low in sugar and high in nutritional fibers, yet super easy to make. The CHOPies are great for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, just watch out for your cookie jar…
A Purple Hanukkah: Beetroot and Almond Rösti Patties
Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday of lights is also about eating fried food. One of the main dishes in this 8 days holiday are the Levivot (Latkes in Yiddish, the east-European Jewish dialect) – Rösti style patties made from grated potatoes, that are of course fried. We decided to make our own modern version of Levivot…
Creamy cauliflower pasta with roasted pumpkin and hazelnuts
This pasta dish is all about celebrating seasonal cooking. The stars of the dish are cauliflower, pumpkin and hazelnuts, three ingredients that symbolize Autumn and winter in Europe. This sauce is not only seasonal but also easy to make, creamy and delicious. It is the ultimate comfort food for those longing for summer and sun.
Migliaccio – Naples’ Millet Cake
Migliaccio is a traditional Neapolitan ricotta cake. As it’s name implies this cake was originally based on millet (Miglio in Italian) which was a widely cultivated grain across the Mediterranean basin, however these days most bakeries would offer a wheat based version. We hereby present our own plant-based and gluten free version of the Neapolitan…
Buckwheat Crunchies
This cookie recipe was developed for those who are most sensitive to allergens. It uses 2 forms of buckwheat to give it an interesting texture and a high overall nutritional value inherent to these precious seeds. It is so simple to make so that anyone could give it a try, even if you never cooked…
Colorful Thai Salad
The idea for this salad came up as we missed the warm vibrant flavors of Thailand in the middle of a cold north Italian winter. The recipe here is based mainly on colorful cauliflowers that you can easily find in the farmer markets here. However, using only one type of cauliflower or even switching it…
Panatalizio – Italian New Year’s Vegan Panettone Cake
Panettone is the traditional Italian new year’s cake. It name implies that it is actually considered to be a large or special bread (“Pane” in Italian) rather than a modern days cake. In fact, traditional cake recipes originated from the addition of something tasty in the bread’s dough before baking it. The Italians from the…
Castagnaccio Muffins
From Tuscany to Piedmont, this chestnut delight is enjoyed since centuries. The traditional recipe was always simple and vegan, and we only dared to add some chocolate chips in it to make it even tastier.
Mochi Cake
Mochi is the general name of a rice “cake”, i.e. a mash of rice. In ancient times it was a form to preserve leftover cooked rice invented by the Chinese. However, since many centuries already it is made on purpose for making traditional Japanese confections, Wagashi in Japanese. Along the years the name associated most…
