Porcini-mushrooms/2 recipes

Spread with homemade marinara sauce, sprinkled with mozzarella cheese, and topped with sweet cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, kalamata olives, red bell pepper and onions. This easy pizza will for sure satisfy everyone's appetite, be sure to make enough :-)

Sautèing asparagus with bacon (pancetta) and leeks is an excellent way to cook asparagus and keep it perfectly tender-crisp and finished with pine nuts and aromatic garlic. Lemon and orange zest make this side a sophisticated, delicious variety of textures and flavors.

Beef in a sweet red bell pepper sauce spiked with jalapeno, garlic, ginger and subtle spices. Colorful and easy preparation.

A scrumptious pasta salad that's both healthy and easy to make!

Panettone (Italian Fruitcake) recipe

Too lazy to cook, but still want something tasty, this Mediterranean pasta salad will fit your need. Pasta is tossed with olive oil, roasted bell peppers, marinated artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese and olives.

Nothing is better than a bowl of hot and sour soup on a cold winter day. Fresh vegetables, garlic, ginger and scallions, and some udon noodles are cooked in a base of stock, soy sauce and rice vinegar. It warms you up within a few seconds with tons of flavors.

I make triangles and leave out the mizithra or cottage cheese (too wet for these). Great appetizers if you make them small.

A rich and delicious home made cream of mushroom soup.

Chickpea, pinto beans, sweet potato and spinach are slowly cooked in crock pot with cumin, coriander, lemon juice and honey. It's an ideal weekday dinner, just throw everything into your crock pot, and push the start button. By the time you are home after work, your hearty and delicious dinner is served.

This delicious couscous salad has so many layers of flavors and textures. Marinated artichoke hearts and mushrooms, olive-oil packed sun-dried tomatoes, and salty feta cheese together with couscous deliver a satisfying dish that's also eye pleasure too.

Cheddar and Parmesan give the bread super cheesy and tasty flavor, buttermilk and vegetable oil make the bread very moist. It's a delicious bread that you can't stop eating after the first bite.

Tofu was golden and crispy after being cooked in the skillet, the mushroom sauce was made with Marsala wine, tomato paste and mushrooms, and it was absolutely flavorful.

Very quick and easy to put together, and it came out so creamy and delicious. A well balanced meal on flavor, texture and nutrient. Perfect for a busy week-day dinner.

Yum! I added some sliced red bell pepper strips to give the dish more colour. Used fresh broccoli instead of mixed frozen veggies, and added a drizzle of sesame oil and rice vinegar in the end as well as some sesame seeds. Enjoyed the dish with a bowl of rice, so good!

Roasted vegetables give lasagna amazingly good flavor!