👩🏻🍳 Pasta Grannies
This gorgeous salad comes from a cookbook called Pasta Grannies: Eat Everything by Vicky Bennison, which is a new cookbook celebrating traditional Italian recipes and the women who have cooked them for generations. Vicky is well known for her YouTube Channel Pasta Grannies, where she films Italian Nonnas cooking in their kitchens.
Eat Everything is not a vegan cookbook, but I was intereated in the stories of the nonnas and to see how many recipes could be enjoyed by vegans or adapted to be plant-based with a few simple swaps. It turns out quite a lot as the recipes are mostly based around vegetables.
This panzanella caught my eye because it’s naturally vegan and showcases the kind of simple recipes, using seasonal flavours that I love.
I really enjoyed exploring the book and picking out recipes to try. The stories of the nonnas are just as appealing as their recipes, making it a lovely book to dip into if you enjoy traditional Italian food.
This salad comes from two Italian Nonna friends called Milena & Stefania who live together in the hilltop town of Fiesole inTuscany, it’s one of their favourite recipes and makes a really good lunch.
The Cookbook
- Book: Pasta Grannies: Eat Everything: Pasta and Beyond for the Good Life
- Author: Vicky Bennison
- Publisher: Rizzoli
- Publication: 8 Sep 2026
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN: 978-0789346179
- Vegan Recipes (or vegan with small tweaks: 32 recipes