During the windy February in Italy we start to make the countdown: nearly a month and then it's Spring! We are not alone in this expectation because even the blackbirds, since the second half of February, start singing softly from the first light dawn. The spring is still far away but they are preparing for the season of love. Even if we have not any nest to prepare, like the blackbirds sometimes we are looking for sweetness too.
In those cases, what could be better than choosing between our seasonal fruits:
or between our seasonal vegetables:
Beets are something really sweet to prepare. They are red, sweet and very good! In Italy, beets are cultivated by the end of the seventeenth century, especially in the Po Valley and the provinces of Ferrara and Rovigo.
In the past beans were the meat of the poors: beans have always had many nutritional and energetic qualities.
Splinters of Africa scattered in the Mediterranean sea
Have you ever turned into jujube liquor?
Let’s profit from this season’s veggies.
Yellow like the shiny sun that caresses its peel