italian cooking made easy

534 grams!!!!!! It's summer, it's hot and our homegrown tomatoes are mature and ready to eat! Don't you feel like cooking dinner? Here is a good solution: Tomato, mozzarella, brie, cracker, olives, ham and artichokes. Buon appetito!  Good for your health. please read the insert on the right about cholesterol!

This is an exellent recipe for hot summer days, when you don't want to eat hot food. Boil or steam fresh salmon without skin. Always add a piece of lemon to the boiling water! When done, let the salmon cool down (one hour). In the meantime: - chop fresh parsley. - chop tomatoes in very small dices. - chop a tiny piece of fresh ginger. - chop one spring onion. - take a handful of capers. - mix everything with olive oil, salt and        pepper and leave to rest for one hour.  After one hour, cover the salmon with the mix and serve. Buon appetito!!!

  These are the ingredients: - For 2 persons:  - 200 grms. tagliatelle. - 12 to 18 prawns. - 1 zucchina sliced like this. - 1 small piece of garlic. - some chopped parsley. - chili. - salt. - curcuma. - 2 tbl. sp. butter. - 2 tbl. sp. olive oil.   Stir fry the zucchine and shrimps in hot butter, together with the garlic, the chili and a little salt, for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile cook the tagliatelle (about 5 minutes). When the zucchine and shrimps are done, add a little curcuma, for nice yellow coloring and add the parsley. When the tagliatelle are ready, add 2 spoons with the hot water you used for the tagliatelle and  mix everything and stir 1 minute over high flame: Ready!!! Total preparation time: 20 minutes. Buon Appetito!