Mestolando, where home cooked italian food happens.

This blend of ground beef, mortadella, parmesan, bread and parsley finished in a tomato sauce is a classic italian meatloaf recipe.

Cannellini beans slow cooked with sausage in a mix of garlic, sage and tomato flavors. This traditional recipe is simple in both ingredients and preparation.

Fresh eggplant and tomato sauce recipe that has the eggplant sauteed in garlic and olive oil. Finished with melting mozzarella di bufala cheese.

Pappa al pomodoro brings some of the simple ingredients like tomatoes, bread, garlic and basil together in a warm flavorful soup.

Bruschetta with tomatoes is an apetitizer found in almost every italian restaurant around the world, it’s simple and delicious.

Amatriciana is spicy hot, and generous in it’s use of strong flavorful ingredients. It has a mix of red onions, pancetta bacon, tomatoes, olive oil and peperoncino which is like red cayenne pepper.

This salad with it’s tuscan contadini-farmer roots, is an interesting way to combine bread and fresh ingredients together. With tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers, oilve oil and vinegar there’s lots of flavor to go around.

It’s all about the tomatoes, if you can find some ripe mature good looking ones then it will come out perfect! The preparation and cooking time are short and easy.