Cooking with Carmel: Cooking for Diabetics

Chef Carmelo’s latest recipe offers a healthy and delicious meal for those with Diabetes to help avoid gluten and sugar in your diet. ‘Braze’ in Italian means ‘dipped in flour’, and this is a great alternative to using egg and breadcrumbs, while still creating a tempting glaze. Chicken Brasato with…

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Cooking with Carmelo: Eggplant with Pasta al Pomodoro

Here’s hoping you all had a happy and healthy Easter, and no doubt enjoyed lots of home cooking! Chef Carmelo continues his theme of easy and quick-to-cook vegetarian recipes which offers a healthy alternative to the meats, desserts and chocolate we have likely all indulged in this Easter-time! Remember, if…

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Life in Tuscany with Covid-19

Published article: Coast Report Covid19 – Italy.pdf Villa Fonte sits on the crest of a wide valley outlined with tall poplar trees, its rustic stone facade bathed in afternoon sunshine, bougainvillea draped from its doorway. Holiday apartments now occupy the old animal sheds and farm labourers’ dwellings above, while the tower…

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Cooking with Carmelo: Pesto alla Genovese

Spero che stiate tutti bene! Carmelo and I hope you are all well on this beautiful April morning here on the Sunshine Coast. We hope that wherever you are, you are enjoying some home cooking, trying out new, healthy recipes to share with your loved ones during this period of…

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Cooking with Carmelo: Vegetarian

Polenta is quick and easy to make and a healthy alternative to pasta, especially if you are a diabetic and need to stay gluten-free. Polenta has a flour-type consistency and is made of corn meal. Ingredients: 100g Polenta 450g chicken or vegetable broth or semi-skimmed milk Salt 1 tbsp unsalted…

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