by Natalina Campagnolo | Dec 18, 2020 | Cooking Tips, Ingredients, Recipes
Simple Arancini… simple because I use a good quality Risotto Mix with all natural ingredients to save time! *Sarafino’s Risotto comes in 16 flavours and you can make this recipe with any one of them. It is all-natural and preservative free, just like scratch!...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Dec 9, 2019 | Family Stories, Ingredients, Recipes
It is December 9th and I am finally getting around to planning my family Christmas Day meal… Although we all pitch in to feed the extended family Christmas Day Lunch, I like to make family favorites and traditional Italian recipes! This year we are revisiting a...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Aug 19, 2019 | Ingredients, Recipes, Seasonal Recipes
iI grew up in an Italian Canadian household and in August eggplant rules! It is one of my favorite, late summer vegetables and I prepare it in many ways. Cooks that are unfamiliar with eggplant may be intimidated by it, but it is a wonderful, satisfying vegetable that...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jul 29, 2019 | Contests, Cookbook, Ingredients, Recipes, Uncategorized
I grew up in an Italian Canadian household and if we were ever strapped for time to get dinner on the table quickly, the “go to” was usually “Pasta al pomodoro”. This simply translates to “Pasta with tomatoes”. If there is one dish known throughout Italy, regardless...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jul 31, 2017 | Cooking Tips, Ingredients, Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Uncategorized
I love Summer! Beautiful weather, more family time and the beautiful local fruits and vegetables are in full swing! I love to make my old stand by recipes but every once in a while I am introduced to a new ingredient that challenges me. This weekend my husband, the...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jun 19, 2017 | Cooking Tips, Family Stories, Ingredients, Recipes
My family’s ancestral region of Calabria is famous for the peperoncini or chili peppers! My childhood home had a large vegetable garden and my parents grew a few varieties of peppers. Once harvested my mother would dry the chili peppers on cookie sheets in the...