Wonderful and Beautiful Italian Food!

by Holly
(North Carolina)

Italian Mixed Vegetables

"We had some amazing Italian food when we traveled to Italy during the summer of 2008 for our honeymoon! One of our best meals was grilled fish (which was very fresh!) and vegetables. I took a picture of the vegetables, because they were so pretty! Certainly they were not the same old soggy vegetables one gets in the U.S. when ordering a mixture of vegetables!"


Note from Maria: Thanks Holly for your submission and photo. It's true, side dishes in Italy can easily become the best part of the meal! Grilled vegetables are very popular, as are steamed and baked. My favorite thing to order I see in the photo above - grilled eggplant! I also love potatoes tossed in olive oil and baked. YUM. There is nothing tastier than that!