SLOW LIVING IN ITALY// SIMPLE VEGAN MEALS

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and adds flavor.

Pick fresh fava beans and green peas from the garden.

Freeze the picked fava beans and peas to keep them fresh until use.

Prepare a simple risotto using carnaroli rice, onion, garlic, lemon juice, and lemon zest.

Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat.

Add chopped onion and sauté until translucent.

Stir in minced garlic and cook until fragrant.

Add the frozen fava beans and peas to the pot.

Pour in water instead of vegetable stock and bring to a simmer.

Add the risotto rice and cook, stirring frequently, until the rice is tender and creamy.

Finish with a squeeze of lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, and black pepper.

Optionally, stir in vegan cheese and nutritional yeast for added flavor.

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