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RECIPE: Make your own EASY gluten-free fresh pasta!
Experience the joy of fresh pasta - but gluten free AND vegan! You will be pleasantly surprised just how wonderful the texture is. Before...

Nadia Fragnito
Feb 9, 20223 min read
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PART 2: 10 important steps to self-publishing your cookbook
In the last blog we started with your theme and getting clear on the ‘why’ of your cookbook. Now it's time to get practical. Let’s get...

Nadia Fragnito
Jan 22, 20226 min read
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RECIPE: An Italian Christmas Menu #2
Here is a menu filled with all the indulgence of an Italian-style Christmas. But vegan! I'm so excited to share these dishes with you and...

Nadia Fragnito
Dec 20, 20217 min read
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RECIPE: Biscotti (Cantucci)
This is a wonderful biscuit to bake, particularly at Christmas. Add some festive style ingredients by including your favourite dried...

Nadia Fragnito
Dec 10, 20212 min read
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PART 1: How to create a unique cookbook
It is said that we each have a book within us. Perhaps it's a self-help book, a Mills and Boon romance saga or an anthology of poetry....

Nadia Fragnito
Oct 17, 20214 min read
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RECIPE: Spaghetti Mushroom Calamari
King oyster mushrooms make a fantastic and healthy plant based substitute for calamari. Instead of preparing your own mushroom calamari...

Nadia Fragnito
Aug 7, 20211 min read
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RECIPE: Braciole with slow cooked sauce
I'm excited to bring you the latest culinary re-creation from my childhood: Braciole. In many southern Italian homes, thin slices of beef...

Nadia Fragnito
Mar 20, 20214 min read
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Honouring your food traditions.
As vegans, we’re not only saying goodbye to the food itself, we’re giving up a seat at a table in which we were once a valued guest of...

Nadia Fragnito
Nov 9, 20202 min read
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RECIPE: Pasta with Hazelnut Cream Sauce
We can't help but associate hazelnuts with sweetness: chocolate hazelnut; hazelnut gelato or even toasted and sprinkled over muesli. But...

Nadia Fragnito
Oct 18, 20202 min read
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The 10 Best Un-Italian Ingredients for Vegan Italian Cooking
Italian cooks and food critics will tell you - adamantly - that Italian cuisine is best at its simplest. Minimal fuss and fewer ingredients

Nadia Fragnito
Oct 4, 20204 min read
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EASY RECIPE: Instant Vegan Mozzarella
Why grate, slice, chop and melt mozzarella when you can cut to the chase and have it pre-melted?

Nadia Fragnito
Jun 23, 20201 min read
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TRAVEL: A Unique Italy Bucket List
A bucket list is unique to the person who compiles it. Here is my personal list of must-have experiences from my own Italian travels....

Nadia Fragnito
May 8, 20205 min read
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RECIPE: Vegan Easter Rice Pie (Pastiera di Riso) - Shortcrust Version
Pastiera di Riso . Growing up we'd always have a rice pie at Easter - Nonna would make big trays of it. This is a shortcrust version (not...

Nadia Fragnito
Apr 8, 20203 min read
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RECIPE: WALNUT RAGU PASTA
What a rich and robust sauce walnuts create, so satisfying and ‘meaty’. This recipe is an adaption from my cookbook of the Walnut Ragu...

Nadia Fragnito
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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RECIPE: CLASSIC TIRAMISU
This recipe is beloved by vegans and non-vegans alike, having been shared at vegan festivals, cooking classes, on TV and enjoyed at...

Nadia Fragnito
Feb 28, 20202 min read
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TRAVEL: Discover Vegan Tuscan Cuisine
What’s not to love about a region that has developed a sustainable approach to its cuisine? In Tuscany, one of the most popular regions...

Nadia Fragnito
Jan 4, 20203 min read
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RECIPES: A Vegan Italian Christmas Feast.
Buon Natale! Why not celebrate Christmas in Italian style this year? Enjoy a feast of flavourful, fun food that celebrates all the...

Nadia Fragnito
Dec 4, 20198 min read
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TRAVEL: 10 Unique Vegan Italian Dishes You Must Try
A round-up of 'accidentally' vegan Italian dishes that you probably haven't heard of but should really get acquainted with. Be sure to...

Nadia Fragnito
Oct 14, 20197 min read
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TRAVEL: The real Italy. The real you.
My first trip to Italy was like falling in love. I was besotted. Like an all-consuming crush, I only focused on the things that I wanted...

Nadia Fragnito
Sep 30, 20194 min read
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Is there such a thing as Cooking Therapy?
What happens when you cook just because you want to cook? Not because anybody or anything requires it... When my mind starts swirling...

Nadia Fragnito
Sep 21, 20193 min read
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