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Beet and Goat’s Cheese Salad with Mint Balsamic Vinaigrette

Beet and Goat’s Cheese Salad with Mint Balsamic Vinaigrette

I love cheese.  All kinds.  Goat’s cheese in at the top of my list, together with Gorgonzola, Parmigiano Reggiano and Taleggio.  I like it so much that I even learnt how to make it by myself, at home (click here to find out how to make your own Chėvre)!  I love how flavourful and tangy it…

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Salada de Bacalhau e Grão

Salada de Bacalhau e Grão

Today’s recipe comes straight from Portugal.  If you follow this blog more or less regularly, you will know I adore Portugal.  I have been there only once, many moons ago, but I was never able to take it out of my head and heart.  So, every now and then, I cook Portuguese food in an…

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Tomato and Labneh Salad with Pomegranate Dressing

Tomato and Labneh Salad with Pomegranate Dressing

Today I want to share with you the recipe for a Middle Eastern inspired salad. I have just recently begun to explore what I call “the amazing world of salads”. It is amazing indeed. Growing up, salad was always lettuce (or tomatoes) dressed with vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and salt. Nothing wrong with that,…

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Smoked Salmon and Avocado Salad

Smoked Salmon and Avocado Salad

While it is getting colder down here, I know that my friends on the Northern hemisphere are starting to enjoy warmer weather.  So, today I am going to share with you the recipe for a delicious salad that, while perfect for spring, is also a great alternative for a quick and light lunch pretty much…

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Fattoush with Sumac Dressing

Fattoush with Sumac Dressing

For March’s Daring Cooks’ Challenge, Ruth, Shelley and Sawsan asked us to totally veg out! We made salads and dressings, letting the sky be the limit as we created new flavors and combinations that reflect our own unique tastes. Ohhhh yesss!  That’s exactly what went through my mind when I read about the challenge!  It…

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Green bean, tomato and potato salad

Green Bean, Tomato and Potato Salad

Today I want to share with you the recipe for a delicious and healthy side dish.  This Green Bean Tomato and Potato Salad is very special to me and eating it always takes me back in time.  My mum would often make it in summer when we were holidaying in Sicily.  It is a very…

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Couscous, Olive and Orange Salad

COUSCOUS, OLIVE AND ORANGE SALAD

Ohhh I love couscous and I make it in all kinds of ways.  My all time favourite is my mum’s (and grandma’s) traditional Fish Couscous, but I also make the pre cooked version and serve it as a side dish.  And then there is leftover plain couscous.  Which is like a white canvas that can…

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SPINACH, ROCKET AND STRAWBERRY SALAD WITH STRAWBERRY VINAIGRETTE

I have seen quite a few recipes of salads that include strawberries lately and I was very curious to try one myself.  I usually enjoy having fruits in savoury dishes and I think strawberries (and berries in general) make for fantastic savoury ingredients as they are slightly tart and not overly sweet.  I have even…

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COUSCOUS AND HERB SALAD

Couscous is one of my favourite side dishes.  I love the fact that it is so versatile and that it can be easily turned into a light and healthy main dish for a weekday lunch.  I usually make couscous to go with my Lemon Chicken Tajine with Olives or my LambTajine with Quinces and I sometimes have…

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Raita

RAITA

The first time I ate raita, I was in Mumbai.  I was still quite new to Indian food (we are talking about over 10 years ago!) and everything seemed too spicy for me!  That’s when I was served some raita… I loved it immediately as it was refreshing and cooling (the weather was also very…

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CARPACCIO WITH GRANA PADANO AND ROCKET

Summer in Italy can be very hot, though since living in Sydney the term “hot” got a much “warmer” meaning… 😉  Anyhow, Italians tend to eat light in summer.  We do not like to use the oven or the stove too much when the outside temperature is so hot, especially when you think that the…

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Fuji Fruit, Spinach and Rocket Salad

GRILLED FUJI FRUIT, SPINACH AND ROCKET SALAD

I have noticed that l don’t have enough recipes for side dishes on the blog, so I thought of remedying that and today I am going to share with you the recipe for a delicious salad.  This is perfect for autumn, when fuji fruits are in season.  In fact I have had this recipe in…

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Chicken Salad

CHICKEN SALAD

I must admit that I had my very first chicken salad when I visited the USA in 1997.  Yes… quite late in life (well, I am not THAT old, but the point is, it is not a dish I grew up eating!).  I am not sure why, but it is not something my family would…

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Roasted Tomato, Rocket and Macadamia Salad

ROAST TOMATO, ROCKET AND MACADAMIA SALAD

This is the salad I served as one of the sides for my “Come have some Aussie tucker, mate!” party for Foodbuzz 24×24.  It is one of those salads with fancy names that you could easily see on a café menu, yet it is very easy and quick to make at home.  These are the…

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FOODBUZZ 24X24: COME HAVE SOME AUSSIE TUCKER, MATE!

Even though I am Italian, I have been living in Australia for the past 6 years.  I love this country so much that I have formally become Australian a couple of years ago and I consider myself Australian as much as Italian. Australia is a wonderful country where people from different cultural backgrounds live together. …

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Caponata

CAPONATA

After sharing with you the recipe for cabbuci, today I am back with the second part of my Italian Regional dish series.  We are back in Sicily and I am going to show you how to make one of the most popular dishes of the island: caponata.  It could be described as a cooked salad…

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OCTOPUS SALAD

Today I want to share with you a very easy dish.  In fact, it is almost a “non-recipe” as all you have to do is cut the ingredients and mix them together.  Well, you may have to boil the octopus and potatoes too if you cannot find them ready.  But that’s about it.  I used…

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MIXED SALAD WITH YOGHURT AND SAFFRON DRESSING

This recipe will help you to spice up your salad with a low fat and delicious dressing.  Yes, you read that right… low fat and delicious were used in the same sentence!  It is low fat as it is a yoghurt based dressing and it is delicious thanks to the addition of saffron and curry…

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ORANGE, FENNEL AND BLACK OLIVE SALAD AND AWARDS

My series of posts dedicated to my Foodbuzz 24×24 Christmas in July event is back after a few days’ break and 2 guest posts!  Thank you again Kankana from Sunshine & Smile and Erin from Big Fat Baker!  This is a typical Christmas salad as it is made with winter ingredients, but I love it all…

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COUSCOUS SALAD

Couscous is one of those ingredients that I have always loved.  To tell you the truth I have discovered the pre-cooked version only in recent years.  My mom is from Trapani, a city in western Sicily that is renowned for the most delicious fish couscous on the planet.  I have grown up eating (and enjoying)…

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Bresaola

“TRICOLORE” SALAD – INSALATA TRICOLORE

To celebrate the 150 years of the Unification of Italy I thought of creating a special theme menu.  In the next few days I will post 3 recipes (an entree, a main and a dessert) with one thing in common: they will all have the colors white, red and green in honor of the Italian…

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TEX MED SALAD – INSALATA TEX MED

No, it is not a typo!  I really meant “Med” as in Mediterranean.  It is summer here in the southern hemisphere and when it is hot, there is nothing better than a light salad for lunch.  But who says that light cannot be tasty and filling??  This is the recipe of one of my favourite salads.  It can be…

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