Eating Made Easy | Beef Stock Sardinian Style

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Beef stock soup or brodo is a simple and popular Sardinian meal, generally served for lunch on Sundays and or mid-week. Homemade beef stock is rich in flavour and less salty than store-bought stock. Beef stock is a flavoured water … Continue reading

Gathering of Mushrooms

Tis the season for mushroom hunting in Sardinia. The skies have been ablaze with fire for days and now the cool rains have sprung forth a bounties basketful.

Sardinian Mushroom

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Eating Made Easy | Oven Baked Artichokes & Potato

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Artichokes originated in Southern Europe right around the stunning, sun-filled Mediterranean. The main producers of this fully loaded vegetable are Italy, Spain and France. There are several different types of artichoke: Green, purple, large, medium and the spined artichoke (spinoso Sardo) … Continue reading

The Sardinian Fig | Ficus Carica

The edible fig is one of the first plants that was cultivated by humans and is known for its edible fruit throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East. August and September are prime picking months for the fig in Sardinia and we’ve come home with bucketfuls.

Sardinian Fig

Fig leaves have for centuries been used to cover the genitals of nude figures in paintings and sculptures as a protector of modesty. Continue reading

Eating Made Easy | Oven Baked Endive

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Oven Baked Endive is a delicious alternative to potatoes. Packed with oodles of minerals and vitamins, you just can’t go wrong with this choice. Now let me tell you how easy it is. My Oven Baked Endive | Eating Made … Continue reading

Eating Made Easy | Oven Baked Eggplant

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Do you love to eat but can’t afford to eat in restaurants every night? Are you looking for a clean way of eating, a way to get those veggies in, that is easy and simple? Then you’ve clicked the right … Continue reading

Heaven in a Crepe

Life doesn’t get any better than a traveling Nuttelleria. Freshly made hot crepes with the worlds best ingredient NutellaContinue reading

Where Wine is Born

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Sardegna is where wine is born. It is where the oldest wine in the Mediterranean is produced and it is here where the tales begin. Some say the Cannonau grape variety was introduced by the Spaniards in the 1400’s during … Continue reading

The Sardinian Sea Urchin. A Delicacy.

Sea Urchins are found in the ocean the world over.  They range in size from six to twelve centimeters and come in many different colors.  Red, purple, brown, green and black.  They are spiny round creatures that live in shallow rocky waters.  They move extremely slow on hundreds of tiny tube feet and feed on algae.  Their spines range from one to three centimeters in length, and they use these ferocious spines as a protection barrier against predators. These spiny strange creatures are considered an aphrodisiac and in many parts of the world they are in extreme high demand.

Sardinian Sea Urchin

In many parts of the world the roe (which are the urchins internal ovaries) are a culinary delicacy.  In Japan good roe can cost around $450kg. Continue reading