Pizza roasted peppers and olives is delicious and filling. The base is prepared with the easy light &… Pasta with frozen seafood is a quick and practical recipe but at the same time delicious and light.… While on a diet or not, Bucatini amatriciana is very tasty. This is a light version, ideal for… Seamless […]
These crunchy figs and parma ham tartlets are mouthwatering, ideal as starter, finger food or eaten with a… Crunchy and light phyllo shells to fill with your favourite savoury or sweet ingredients using your creativity! Seamless Theme René, made by Altervista
Creamy salmon tagliatelle is a classic pasta dish served in Italy during festive days, like Easter, Christmas or any Sunday. I will show you how to prepare the light version of the traditional recipe, without cream and with a delightful taste of lemon… The traditional recipe calls for full fat thick cream but trust me: it’s […]
Bucatini amatriciana light Here’s my light version of Bucatini amatriciana, a very popular Italian recipe. This recipe is based on one of the many versions of this dish. In fact in Italy cities the amatriciana sauce is prepared in different ways. This dish has evolved during the years but the most known version nowadays is made with […]
Light apple and cinnamon cake I made some light apple and cinnamon cakes before but I wanted to make it really more similar to an Italian Torta di mele with added cinnamon, which I love. I tried a recipe given to me by Enrica, a reader of my Italian blog Mangia senza Pancia, and yes, that […]
A light apple and cinnamon cake, know in Italian as Torta di Mele, made with nearly no fat… Crunchy and light phyllo shells to fill with your favourite savoury or sweet ingredients using your creativity! Seamless Theme René, made by Altervista
Made without cream, flavored with fresh lemon, ready in 15 minutes! A tasty vegetable detox soup, light and perfect to cleanse our body and restart our diet after too… Pasta and pumpkin is an ideal meal when on a diet: nutritious, low in points and filling at… Pasta with frozen seafood is a quick and […]
Pizza roasted peppers and olives Pizza roasted peppers and olives is the first of a series of pizza toppings I have in mind to propose you on my blog. There so many yummy combinations of light ingredients that it was difficult for me to decide which one to start with. And eventually I decided to […]
My name is Giovanna and I was born in Italy, in the beautiful city of Naples, but currently I live in the Netherlands with my partner, my son and four lovely cats. I started this blog some time ago as the English companion of my Italian well established blog Mangia senza Pancia, but then I had […]
When there are holidays there is food, and lots of it, so best idea is to use a recipe as healthy and filling as this vegetable detox soup, packed with goodness and taste! We do not want to eat sad food after all. In this soup I have not used other than natural ingredients. Nothing prepacked, […]
Stuffed courgettes I am very proud of this recipe for making light Stuffed courgettes, also called zucchini. The reason is that I composed the recipe while calculating the Weight Watchers Propoints online, cooked it and it was delicious at the first attempt. So no browsing on internet, no looking through my recipes on pieces of […]
Figs and parma ham tartlets These mouth watering figs and parma ham tartlets really bring together foods which are very different to each other. There is the contrast of the sweet figs against the salty parma ham. Then the softness of the fruit as opposed to the crunchiness of the phyllo shells. Yet they are […]
Easy pizza dough “no need to knead” In my Italian blog I call this easy pizza dough impasto a mani pulite meaning “clean hands dough”. This is not because it has anything to do with the famous anti Mafia operation but because for making this dough there’s no need to get your hands dirty. This dough […]
An easy pizza dough with “no need to knead”: simple and quick to prepare, for a pizza soft… Crunchy and light phyllo shells to fill with your favourite savoury or sweet ingredients using your creativity! Seamless Theme René, made by Altervista