Nutrition

Lychee is a tropical fruit that probably not everyone knows, but it boasts countless beneficial properties for our health, especially by virtue of the antioxidant agents it contains. Lychee is the fruit of the Litchi chinensis or China Cherry plant, also known as Desert Grape, belonging to the Sapindaceae family, which also includes maple and … Read more

Tapioca is a food of tropical origin that now has a wide spread all over the world thanks to its nutritional properties and its versatility. Let’s see what it is, what are the properties of tapioca and how to best use it. Tapioca (also called cassava or yuca) is a starchy food obtained from the … Read more

Pine nuts, a fundamental ingredient of basil pesto, but not only, are the precious seeds of some pine trees and boast remarkable nutritional properties. We all know pine nuts, which are the seeds of the fruit of some species of pine trees. Pine nuts are therefore oil seeds, widely used in the culinary traditions of … Read more

Sulla is a fine monofloral honey that is grown mainly in southern Italy, the islands, Emilia Romagna and Liguria. It has numerous properties and benefits, but also some contraindications. How to use? Where can you buy it? The grass on the is a legume belonging to the Fabaceae family, present mainly in Western Europe, as … Read more

Chard is a light, digestible and refreshing vegetable, let’s find out what are the properties that make it suitable for everyone’s diet. Chard is a typical spring vegetable, although it is now found in the markets all year round. It is a herbaceous plant botanically known as Beta vulgaris cicla, a variety of the beet. … Read more

For their quality / price ratio, eggs represent an excellent food, boasting remarkable nutritional properties at a minimal expense. We know better the characteristics and nutritional profile of eggs. Hard-boiled, soft-boiled, scrambled or in the form of an omelette: unless you follow a vegan diet, raise your hand if you don’t keep at least one … Read more

When peppers appear in the markets in their many color variations, we realize that summer has indeed arrived! Let’s discover the properties of this vegetable. Peppers are vegetables belonging to the large Solanaceae family, the same family which includes tomatoes, aubergines and potatoes. However, this family includes numerous species, for this reason peppers and potatoes, … Read more

Cranberry juice: a tasty, healthy drink with numerous beneficial properties, which releases all its benefits especially if we consume a homemade product with freshly picked fruit. The blueberry is the fruit of a plant belonging to the Ericaceae family, widespread in the wooded areas of the Alps and the Apennines. The fruit is known and … Read more

Pecans are fruits that have recently entered the market and are often confused with traditional walnuts. Let’s see their properties, the benefits for our health and how to use them. Despite the name, pecans are quite different from traditional walnuts . They are the fruit of a plant (Carya illinoensis) native to South America, in … Read more

Kumquat, or Chinese mandarin, is a small fruit similar to orange that comes from China and Japan and is useful as an antioxidant and antimicrobial. It can be used for the preparation of excellent jams and meat dishes. Kumquat is a little known fruit in our country, at least with its real name. In fact, … Read more