Quick Bread

I discover this bread recipe few years ago on my favorite Italian Blog “Le ricette di Mysia”. I’m not a baker and this recipe was a really good introduction to the bread world.  

The recipe is really easy to follow, it doesn’t require any kneading, any folding and it takes just few hours for the bread to rise.

I made this bread so many times already and I’m glad lots of people are doing it too now, there is nothing more awarding than making bread from scratch.

I served it with some good extra virgin olive oil, some good cheeses and cold cuts, also after dinner we had it with some Nutella.

This recipe will definitely be added it to my cooking classes in September. Follow me on social media channels and let me know the recipe for your favorite bread http://www.bellacibo.ca http://www.instagram.com/bellacibo

Ingredients:

• 500 grams/3 cups and half Flour
• 370 ml water lukewarm
• 8 grams or 1 sachet of dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 10 grams Salt
• Love

Method:

In bowl put 200 ml water, add the yeast and honey (If you don’t have honey use sugar). Mix well. Add the flour and mix with a wooden spoon. Finally add the salt and the rest of the water, knead quickly with the wooden spoon. The dough must be sticky, soft and grainy. Dust the surface with flour and cover with plastic wrap.

Let the dough rise in the oven turned off with the light on for 1 hour and a half or 2 hours. You can also leave it to rise longer.  After that take the dough and slide it gently on a baking sheet with a spatula previously floured. Gently, with the spatula, divide the dough into 3 parts and move them spaced apart. You will need to get 3 loaves. You can also make just 2 bigger loaves or one big. Bake at 410 degrees for 30 minutes. The result of this bread is simply exceptional. Buon Appetito

Blueberries Cheesecake

My husband favourite dessert is cheesecake and last week he requested it for his birthday celebration. We recently went with the kids to pick up blueberries at the farm so I thought that blueberries cheese cake would be a perfect idea. This recipe is very easy, you don’t need to bake the cheesecake so it’s perfect for hot summer day, plus its more light. Note: on top of the cheesecake I made a mix of local berries sauce, it was to die for it.

Ingredients for the cookies crust:

• 200 grams graham cookies
• 100 grams melted butter

Ingredients for the cheesecake cream:

• 180 grams whipping cream
• 300 grams blueberries yogurt
• 400 grams Philadelphia cheese
• 50 grams icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 7 grams gelatine sheets
• 2 tablespoon of blueberries juice or berries sauce
• Sprinkle of love

Ingredients for the berries sauce:

• 250 grams of berries
• 2 tablespoon of sugar

Method:

In a bowl mix the cookies and the melted butter. Press into bottom of 9 inch springform pan and put it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Whip the whipping cream and put it in the fridge.

Put the gelatine sheets in a bowl with some water, and start to make the cheesecake cream putting the Philadelphia cheese, yogurt, vanilla, icing sugar. Beat all the ingredients until they are creamy. In a small saucepan put the blueberries juice and warm it up, get the gelatine sheet from the water, squeeze all the water out and add it to the blueberries juice. Cook it for 2 minutes until the gelatine is completely melted. Pour it now to the cheesecake cream and mix. Add the whipping cream and mix very well. Bring your cheesecake crust from the fridge and pour the cream on top; put it back to the fridge for at least 4 hours. For the berries sauce put in a pan the berries with the sugar and cooks them for 5/7 minutes. I like to squeeze some of the berries with a fork for more juice. When the cheesecake is ready pour the sauce on top.

Note: The gelatine sheet has to stay in the water to melt just the time that you are making the cheesecake cream.

Buon Appetito

Bella Cibo’s Italy Food Tour

Come to Italy with me in May 2020 to discover how gorgeous my country is and experience how to live the Italian Dolce Vita.

Hi, my name’s Marzia, Award Winner and Creator of Bella Cibo’s Kitchen. I recently decided to make one of my dreams come true : to bring some of my clients and Italy lovers to Italy, the most iconic Destination for travellers, and show them how gorgeous it is with my eyes.

The trip is going to be spectacular, we will start in the North, in the amazing Valley where I grew up Valtellina, we will go to Teglio for Pizzocheri Class, we will visit Como Lake and travel by train to Bologna to discover all their specialty to finish off to Naples, where I was born, and of course touring the Amalfi Coast.The most important thing about this amazing trip is that we will experience Italian Culture and You will have a connection with the food that you are going to eat! It will be Unforgettable.

Thank you to Monica’s Vacation Creation to help me out with this journey, here her website https://www.monicasvacationcreations.ca/Any travel questions please email her or marzia@bellacibo.ca

Price is $ 4190.00 per person (based on double occupancy) and Includes:

• Accommodations
• Transportation
• All the breakfast
• 2 cooking classes
• Dinner with my mom
• 7 meals ( including the 2 cooking classes)
• Gelato by Como Lake

Not Included:

• airfare
• Anything not mentioned in the Included list

Bella Cibo’s Cooking class on JoyTv

In March I had the honour to have Dean Atwel from JoyTv here in my kitchen to film one of my Gnocchi cooking class! It was really an amazing experience and I really wish I can inspire more people with my cooking and my love for Italian Culture!

Below the YouTube link to watch the video from JoyTv, let me know what do you think, your comment is appreciate it.

Bella Cibo winner of Service Excellence Award

Few months ago I received 2 nominations from the Langley Chamber for Service Excellence and guess what I won!

I still can’t believed that I WON the Awards! This is such a great feeling!

So happy and proud of all the work that I put into it in the last 4 years! It was really difficult in the beginning because I had to start from scratch without knowing anyone and without knowing what Social Media was!

Sometimes its not easy being a full time mom, wife, chef, taxy driver, nurse and have your own business but Its so worth it! Believe in yourself and everything can happen ❤️

Thank you to @langleychamber for the great event, every year is amazing and Im so happy Im part of a great supportive community! Thank you to the generous sponsor of this category @envisionfinancial and it was a great pleasure to receive the award from an Italian @leannanapolitano!

Thank you to all the people in my life that are supporting me my dreams in a positive way! I love you all, very excited for the future! Lots of news for 2019! Stay tuned

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The Authentic Italian Table in Vancouver

Last week I had the opportunity to be part of  ” The Authentic Italian table” in Vancouver at the Terminal City Hotel. The Authentic Italian Table is food festival  designed to educate food lovers all around the word about Authentic Italian Food and Products  including DOP, DOC, IGP! The program, which is supported by the Ministery of the Economy Development, will also stop to 8 other city like Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston,New York and Mexico City. Thank you to the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada West, Assocamerato and True Italian Taste to put such a great effort on this amazing project! We all need to educate more people about Real Authentic Italian Poducts, unfortunately there is a lot of scam out there.

The night was amazing with lots of vendors that brought their Authentic Italian Product to show and taste! From Prosciutto di Norcia, Orecchiette with Anchovy Rucola  Pomodorini and Burrata,  Bresaola DOP, Casera DOP, Piave DOP, Prosciutto di Parma DOP, Tagliatelle with creamy Muschroom, Risotto with DOP Gorgonzola, Taralli,  Panna Cotta, Espresso, Campari, Prosecco, Real Good Extra Virgin Olive oil,  and lots of vino! I can’t even tell you what was my favorite food because each products was outstanding and Authentic, It was like going back to Italy for me. Thank you to all the vendors that always do an outstanding job promoting Authentic Italian Products, Vancouver unfortunately has a lot of fake Italian  products! Sad but together  we can make the difference!

Here some pictures of the night and for more info about the project here the links http://www.trueitaliantaste.com  http://www.iccbc.com/it/  http://www.assocamerestero.it/

Thank You

 

Hello friends,

I want to thank you all for the support in the last few years!Thank you for support my classes and inspiring me every time to do more!I wouldn’t be here without your support and encouragement!

A few years ago,  when I began this new cooking adventure, I had no idea what I would have been able to achieve!

Lots of god things happened like The Master Chef Canada Audition, Nomination for Entrepreneur of the Year with the Langley Chamber and lately a nice , good article on the local newspaper LANGLEY ADVANCE  and most important I got the opportunity, somehow, to know you! And maybe I was able to inspire you to cook real, good food for your family!

My project from now on is to inspire more people to cook! I would love to have a bigger kitchen but I think people like my house because is cozy and there is so much Italy!

I will try to post more classes for the next few months and I want to share a weekly recipe with you! I also would love to do more cooking video but that take a lot of time and money, maybe one day! It will be fun!

Thank you again for the support and if you have any suggestion and tips  just message me I would love to hear it!

Also thank you to all the people that did  send me picture of their homemade food that they learned with me, those pictures fill up my heart all the time! Below the article from the Langley Advance https://www.langleyadvance.com/community/langley-mom-wants-to-inspire-people-to-cook-real-food/

 

 

Orange Cake

I fall in love with this cake! I had a cooking class over Spring Break and I decided to make this delicious cake with the girls. The result was amazing, the house smelled divine and the cake tasted really good even the day after. We had it for breakfast and it was very satisfactory.

Try to make it maybe with your kids or your friends, don’t forget to build some precious moments in the kitchen and most important don’t forget THE SPRINKLE OF LOVE.

Ingredients:

• 80 grams butter room temperature
• 270 grams flour
• 3 eggs room temperature
• 125 grams sugar
• 180 grams orange juice
• 10 grams baking power
• Orange zest of  2 orange
• A sprinkle of love

Method:

• Mix the dry ingredients.
  Take 2 orange and peel of the zest after that squeeze out the juice.
  In a bowl put the butter and the sugar and with a mixer mix until is nice and smooth!
• Add one at the time the eggs and the orange zest and the flour! When the cake batter absorbed all the flour add the orange juice.
  Mix, put it in a baking pan previously buttered and cook it at 340 for 30/35 minutes!

  Buon Appetito

Cooking with love

Im always so amazed for all the great opportunities that this cooking adventure is bringing to me.

Meeting new people and inspire them to cook its what make me very happy. Cook real food is not difficult and its the best that you can do for your family. I love to teach my culinary knowledge, share my Culture; I m NOT a chef with 5 star, but I cook  and teach with love and the students feels that, this is the reason why they  say that my classes are easy to understand!

I love receiving messages and pictures from clients that, after my class, got inspired and cooked what they have learned in my class for the family!  Like Leigh….

and Nicole….

and from a client at POSH PANTRY COOKING STORE where I do teach classes! By the way check the classes schedule they have a lot of options and Angie is an amazing owner. http://poshpantry.ca/cooking-classes/

 

Its amazing, I feel so honored to bring some of my Italian Culture in the Canadian family.

Here some pictures of the last cooking classes with Girl Guides, Girls Night Out cooking party, mother and daughter gnocchi party, grandma, daughter and granddaughter cooking class and at POSH PANTRY BURNABY.

You can book your private cooking party at marzia@bellacibo.ca or check under events.

Come to my classes and get INSPIRED to cook real food it’s the best that you can do for your family.

 

Cooking is fun

It has been so long since my last post on my blog. Sometime is difficult to be a full time mom, wife, chef, Social Media expertise, photographer, taxi driver,  school volunteer.What I really would like to do is just COOK. Behind every classes there is so much work, the prep time sometime is more hard then the 2 /3 hours of teaching.

I like what I do, I like to teach, share my Italian heritage and inspire people to cook real healthy food. Food brings people together, in the kitchen you can build the best precious memories.

Here some pictures of the 8 weeks Cooking course that I had in my kitchen in October and November! It was so much fun, I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to do what I do.