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Maybe you would be able to find eggplant parmigiana, but some disadvantages also arise like eating eggplant that was fried and smothered with fatty cheese. Italian-American cooking lacks the essentials of a good, old fashioned Mediterranean diet. Salads and vegetables are overwhelmed with sauces and cheese. Some of these dressings are so high in fat that they eliminate the benefits of eating salads.

PASTA AGLIO E OLIO HOW TO

Salad is often served with pre-packed dressings that Euro-Italians have never seen, and there is a lack of quality which cannot compare to the taste of fresh olive oil and a mild vinegar.Ĭlick here to find out how to make a garden salad as the Italians do in Italy. It is even rarer to find fruit being served as dessert. Only the high end Italian restaurants in the United States offer a variety of vegetables. When people talk to me about going to an Italian restaurant, they mention pizza or pasta (by the way, Alfredo sauce is unknown in Italy).

Italian Food, the Mediterranean Diet and how we interpret it in the US This excerpt from Life in Italy, explains some of the differences rather well: Homemade grattini all’uovo recipe as well as lots of my family’s recipes. However, nothing could be farther from the truth: a typical authentic Italian diet, whether from the north or the south of Italy, is extremely healthy, and I would venture to say, one of the healthiest diets in the world. Many Americans think Italian food is very unhealthy because of the amount of cheese, heavy sauces and fried items they associate with Italian-American dishes, because that is what they are familiar with. Just to clarify, I’m talking about authentic Italian cuisine, not Italian-American concoctions which often bear no resemblance to anything which was first created in Italy, and many of which has unfortunately given Italian food a bad rap. Click the photo for the recipe for an authentic BRUSCHETTA recipe.Īmy and I are on the same page when it comes to sharing the phenomenal recipes and foods of Italy to places beyond its borders. I met an incredible lady named Amy Riolo, last year, and she can help you to learn about a non-extreme, healthy lifestyle, and way of eating called The Mediterranean Diet. Instead of going on some fad diet, or making some resolution that will be collecting dust by the end of January, what about learning about what actually makes a healthy diet? I don’t mean “diet” in well-known sense of the word that goes along with trying to lose weight, but as in the everyday choices of what we eat. I think it’s the combination of overindulging from Thanksgiving until New Year’s Eve, and the beginning of a new year that is the incentive to cut back on sweets and high calorie foods and go for more nutritious, and health-conscious dishes.

This post may contain Amazon affiliate links for your convenience, at no added cost to you. Most everyone wants to eat healthier in January, right? It’s just as tasty as it is quick and easy. Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino is one of the easiest and simplest pasta recipes you will ever make.