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Email

marzia@bellacibo.ca

Phone

604.720.0038

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Langley

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Metro Vancouver

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Eggs from happy chickens 🐓 from my friend littl

Eggs from happy chickens 🐓 from my friend little farm.
Im so proud to say that these eggs are in my cookbook ( not this picture)
I love and I so appreciate my “ egg friend” that weekly drops off these amazing eggs at my house.
I love that her chicken are free to run whatever they like and they are well taken care and not in a cage.
I also love that the eggs are all different colour and different size it makes them AUTHENTIC. I love diversity, we can’t be all the same 🥰
I grew in a small town and my dad had kitchen, and we had different colours eggs. When I moved here and saw eggs at supermarket I thought it was weird ( small town girl problem)
Lots of things surprised me when I immigrated to Canada and the eggs size and colour was one of it.
Happy Friday, going to make some amazing eggs for my princess that loves eggs on a toast in the morning 💗
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#eggs #organic #bio #diversity #immigrant #canada #farm #protein #smalltowngirl #italian #mammamarziakitchen #mammamarziacookbook #langley #bc #baking #breakfast #amazing #happychickens #hen #vancouver

Throwback to the day that we took the picture of t

Throwback to the day that we took the picture of the cover of my cookbook in this outstanding kitchen.
We had two photo shooting there and all the photos are so amazing and full of natural light. Shooting in natural light is my favourite ❤️
I truly dream about this kitchen every day and
I have to thank @halinstagram to allow us to use her kitchen for such an important project like my cookbook.
I feel extremely grateful for the amazing people that I m met in my life here in Canada ❤️
Everyone is so generous and always ready to help, its just amazing 😉
Thank you @jeninthegrove for the photo
Food stylist: Marzia and Jenn 😂 Our style is “ go with the flow and the energy that we feel in that particular moment”
With our style we were able to create what I wanted: tell a story. We concentrate more on that then a super perfect, with no emotion picture 😁
Have a fantastic Thursday

Cookbook is on pre-sale at www.mammamarzia.ca link in bio
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Cannoli Siciliani, first time making them. I bough

Cannoli Siciliani, first time making them. I bought Cannoli Shells pre-made at @cioffismeatmarket and followed the recipe in the back.
Do you think my husband and my brother in law would like them?
We will see tonight
I will pair the Cannoli Sicilian with a British Dinner:
Roast, potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, homemade gravy mashed potatoes and vegetable gravy.
Perfect combo Sicilian and British 🥰
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#cannoli #cannoliqueen #italianfood #britishdinner #roast #picoftheday #mammamarziakitchen #mammamarziacookbook #langley #dinner #italianfamily

Thank you @kristytwellmannhill and @cutandcreatede

Thank you @kristytwellmannhill and @cutandcreatedesigns for the new #cookingwithmammamarzia apron, it was perfect for my cookbook photo shooting last week.
Can’t wait to share the pictures with all of you, they are simply AMAZING, thank you to my photographer @jeninthegrove
Cookbook is on pre-sale link in my bio www.mammamarzia.ca 🙏🙏🙏
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#cookbook #cookbookauthor #mammamarzia #italianmamma #italianmom #immigrant #italianfamily

Let’s concentrate on our next vacation today, wh

Let’s concentrate on our next vacation today, where are you going to fly when we will be allowed?
Take me to the #costieraamalfitana please and leave me there for a week ❤️
Pictures from our 2006 trip, my husband fell in love 💖🇮🇹💗
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#amalficoast #travel #italy #traveltoitaly #beauty #mammamarziamemories #italia #vacanzeitaliane #pandemic #throwback #throwbacktuesday #langley #vancouver

I love legumes and they are so important for our h

I love legumes and they are so important for our health. Legumes are a staple in my family. My mom is from Naples and legumes are such a staple in the Neapolitan cuisine. My mom used to make them very often and we had to eat it without complaining 😂
Here a quick recipe for you. I used dry Legumes mix that needed soaking over night, read your package before cooking them. Homemade food is the best and this soup will nourish your soul.
Ingredients:
• 1 cup and half of dry mix of legumes
• 1 carrot
• 1 celery
• 1 small onion
• 2 potatoes
• Oil extra virgin 4 tablespoons plus a drizzle for the final touch
• 2 tomatoes diced
• 4 cups Vegetables broth or water
• A sprinkle of love

Method:
First thing to do is to soak your dry legumes in water over night or if you are making it for dinner you can do it early morning like I did.
In a pan put the oil and add the celery, carrot and onion chopped finely (this is the soffritto) and stir fry for a minute or 2 and add the legumes drained and rinsed!
Mix everything and add the vegetables broth. Add the tomatoes diced .Cook everything for half an hour on a slow heat with lid adding a little bit of salt! Add the potatoes that you previously cut in dice and cook for 30 more minutes! Check the salt at the end and add a little bit of oil before to serve it. Delicious, healthy homemade food is the best!
MAMMA MARZIA’TIP: to make vegetables broth just boils a carrot, onion, celery and salt for 30 minutes.Buon appetito
If you make it and you want to share please tag #mammamarziakitchen
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#legums #healthy #protein #superfood #mammamarzia #mammamarziakitchen #mammamarziacookbook #cookbookauthor #healthy #amazing #homecooking #cookwithlove

Cold weather calls for a warm minestrone our favou

Cold weather calls for a warm minestrone our favourite soup, which is your favourite?
I always start the week with a soup no matter which season we are in it.
Recipe on my minestrone is on my cookbook and it has a little twist ❤️, hopefully you will like it ❤️
www.mammamarzia.ca
Happy Monday
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#soup #healthyfood #healthylifestyle #vegetarian #wearewhatweeat #homemade #minestrone #cookbook #cookbookauthor #mammamarziakitchen #mammamarziacookbook #comfortfood #light #vegetables #langley #vancouver #canada

Well today I decided to bring my macchinetta to @p

Well today I decided to bring my macchinetta to @poshpantrybby for the Gnocchi class.
I feel like after having:
🇮🇹 Bruschetta with peppers and cheeses
🇮🇹 Gnocchi with Meat sauce
🇮🇹Gnocchi with Butter and Sage
🇮🇹 Lemon cheesecake
An espresso is a Must, it give you enough energy to not fall asleep 🇮🇹❤️❤️❤️
All these recipes on my cookbook, link in bio ❤️

Amazing cooking class today like usual, I love teaching and feed people 💖❤️
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#espresso #menuitaliano #gnocchi #pasta #potato #handmade #cookingclass #italiancookingclass #ragù #bolognesesauce #butterandsage #italianmamma #mammamarziakitchen #mammamarziacookbook #burnaby #burnabyheights #langley #vancouver #immigrant

Happy World Pasta Day In this picture Im doing som

Happy World Pasta Day
In this picture Im doing something that I love adding some Fresh Pasta to the boiling water.
I love how we say it in Italian and in Neapolitan Dialet.
Italian : Butta la Pasta
Neapolitan Dialect: cala la pasta 🍝

Few important rules to how to cook Pasta the proper way:
🍝 Pasta need to boil in a big pot full of water
🍝 Please I beg you ADD salt to your pasta water, after it started to boil thanks. THIS IS IMPORTANT STEP. I taste the water all the time, taste taste taste.
🍝 READ on your pasta package cooking time and taste pasta frequently
🍝 Cooking pasta al Dente is my suggestion for better taste
🍝 Cook the pasta in boiled water and NOT before
🍝 The first two minutes of cooking stir the pasta frequently other it will stick.
🍝TASTE the pasta for saltiness this is a MUST
🍝 TASTE the pasta to check if its cook
🍝 Fresh pasta cooks in just few minutes
🍝 DO NOT add oil to pasta water
🍝 Put a cup of pasta water on a side. Pasta water is very starchy and its the perfect ingredients if your sauce gets to dry.
🍝Drain the pasta into a colander in the sink.
🍝 Give it a nice shake
🍝 Please do NOT rinse the pasta, its a SIN in Italy
🍝 Add your favourite sauce and plate it nicely sprinkling some good real Parmigiano Reggiano on Top. If you set up your table the Italian way with a nice table cloth you can really have a truly Authentic Italian experience in your house. Enjoy 😊
Happy Sunday which kind of Pasta you are making today?
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Ita Brain Cancer Awareness Day. Joy the #HatsForHo

Ita Brain Cancer Awareness Day. Joy the #HatsForHope movement by wearing a hat and spreading hope. Hope for more research and hope for a cure.
Im wearing a hat for my mother in law that lost her battle with brain Tumour two years ago. Please joy this movement and check @braintumourfdn for donations.
We need better cure and treatment for everyone.
By participating in this movement we can bring visibility to a disease that is so invisible
When you use #Hatsforhope today Dynacare will donate 27 cents to the Foundation ❤️
Thank you @braintumourfdn ❤️

Four generations in one picture: my daughter, my n

Four generations in one picture: my daughter, my nonna, my mom and me in 2006 in Naples.
So glad I found this picture
Happy Saturday 🥰🇮🇹💖
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#fourgenerations #nonna #italiannonna #italianfamily #naples #napoli #santantimo #Italy #traveltoitaly #grandma

Pompei, one of the most fascinating place I ever v

Pompei, one of the most fascinating place I ever visited. Swipe for more photos.
In 2006 me and my husband were in Italy and we decided to visit my grandparents in Naples so they could met my newborn daughter and my husband of course.
We really enjoyed our visit and especially the part that we loved the most was Pompei, simply unreal.
We can’t wait to bring our kids there and see what they think. It will be interesting to watch because, unlike me, they are growing up in a new Country that doesn’t offer art and character like Italy.
Happy Friday, praying that soon we can fly again 🙏❤️❤️
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#italy #traveltoitaly #art #pompei #mammamarziamemories #amazing #naples #incredible #family

Throwback Thursday almost 25 years ago 😂 I used

Throwback Thursday almost 25 years ago 😂
I used to live in Italy 🇮🇹 with my parents, single and free and I was probably close to a Beach because I was wearing a bikini. Life was definitely different, I must say that in my younger years I had so much fun with my friends, we used to do lots of fun things.
Italy is such a fun place I really hope my kids one day will get to experience “La Dolce Vita” Italian lifestyle.
Happy Thursday
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#throwback #throwbackthursday #mammamarzia #mammamarziamemories #mammamarziakitchen #immigrant #italy #canada #

Recipe of this amazing pasta al forno/ white chees

Recipe of this amazing pasta al forno/ white cheesy pasta on my cookbook ❤️
Lots of people will be happy about this recipe. It was a hot dish few years ago when I started my business.
My goal is that you can make it at home for your family. With covid we are staying home more and we cook more, and its good.
Its amazing that we can create some amazing memories in the kitchen with our family.
At the end is what we have, family ❤️❤️
Happy Wednesday ❤️🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
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This is Kristy, my book designer and she is amazin

This is Kristy, my book designer and she is amazing.
She is the one that is designing the cookbook and designed the amazing cover, I feel so blessed to have met her few months ago.
She was highly recommended by someone that I really trust professionally.
We met few months ago, I contacted her because after so many years of having a very ugly website I wanted to do something more professional plus my mainly intention was to add ZOOM cooking classes so people could go on website, register, pay and cook with me virtually.
She did an amazing job for my website, I was really impressed and at one of our meetings I was talking with her about my long time dream: write a cookbook. She right away told me that she was interested on helping me out with the cover and the interior, this was also her dream ❤️❤️❤️
Few months later I hired to be my designer and I m so glad I did.
She is a very hard working business woman, very professional and she goes above and beyond to make me happy.
When I told her about my vision she got it right away and she is doing an amazing job.
Im so excited about this cookbook because its not just my longtime dream but also her dream too. Its going to be an AMAZING team job ❤️
Check @kristytwellmannhill at @umbrella2design ❤️❤️❤️
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#cookbook #cookbookdesigner #designer #webdesigner #mammamarziakitchen #womanempowerment #womaninbusiness #businesswoman #awesome #mammamarziacookbook #dreamteam #dreams

Love this picture of me and my daughter rolling fr

Love this picture of me and my daughter rolling fresh pasta together.
We were rolling Fresh pasta with a very old pasta machine that belonged to my in law.
When I decided to write my cookbook I had a clear vision on what I wanted in the pictures. My goal was to use all my favourite props that belongs to me and to people that meant something in my life. I was so happy to steal a jug from my dad Cantina in 2014 that I used for one of the photo, you will love it.
So many recipes have so much meaning to me, Im sure they will touch your heart.
Happy Tuesday, I hope you have an amazing day just like you ❤️
Link in my bio for pre-sale
www.mammamarzia.ca
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