We have recently returned from our trip in Sicily. It was filled with lots of family time. We spent two weeks with relatives and did some family history research. We also managed to eat our way through the day. Every day, they fed us very well. One day we met an American couple, randomly, and they informed us that they had dieted 9 months before their trip and everything the woman had lost she had already gained back within the first week of being with family in Sicily. It's true, it's inevitable, they feed you deliciousness that you can't refuse!
So the rest of this post is going to be entirely shown through pictures...Yes, 2 weeks worth of food pictures! :)
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| Can't you smell it!!! Basil!! |
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| Pork kebabs |
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| Tomato Salad |
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| Stuffed Mushrooms |
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| Dessert: Gelato/Parfait |
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| A church: yes I know it isn't food |
Pizza night:
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| Preparation for Pizza night |
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| Before the oven |
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| After coming out of the oven |
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| 1 slice of pizza! |
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| Views of the area |
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| Views overlooking Partinico |
Lunch one day:
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| Pasta with mushrooms, celery and carrots. Forgot the name! |
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| Caprese: Chocolate deliciousness! |
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| Madonna del Ponte |
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| Sheep. always. |
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| Ciao! |
Castellammare:
One of our relatives had us over for dinner:
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| tomatoes |
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| olives and cheese |
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| rice salad |
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| lunch meats |
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| mozzarella |
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| stuffed eggs |
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| sausage |
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| prickly pear |
Sfincione night:
Cake baked for breakfast:
We travelled to Grotte, Agrigento to do some family history research:
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| The kind woman who helped me with my family history |
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| Racalmuto |
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| Agrigento |
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| Monastery |
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| Lunch: tortelloni with pistachios |
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| pasta with swordfish |
Another day of eating:
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| little sicily |
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| cutlets |
While we were there, we decided to have an American day. Starting with breakfast, followed by a Thanksgiving lunch and dessert for dinner..
Dinner at another relatives house:
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| pate and salads |
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| pasta with gorgonzola and walnuts |
Another dinner:
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| stuffed mushrooms |
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| meat roll |
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| caprese- chocolate deliciousness |
We would play cards at night and this was our snack or prize if we won the game. :)
One of our first few days there....the pasta was delicious!
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| parfait- homemade with almonds |
We went out one evening to Castellammare:
Lunch one day:
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| pasta with meat and a curry sauce |
Another lunch:
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| pasta with potatoes |
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| frittata with zucchini |
another dinner:
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| stuffed eggplant |
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| gelato |
A relative's market:
Dinner one night:
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| baked pasta |
A sunday lunch before pizza night:
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| eggplant |
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| tomatoes |
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| eggplant |
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| delicious pasta :) |
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| second course- salad and eggplant |
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| dessert |
Dinner one night:
One night my relatives took me to Erice:
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| genovese |
One night for dessert:
Breakfast is delivered :)
Rimitello:
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| filling up jugs with water for drinking water |
dessert:
Lunch two days before we left:
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| baked pasta with broccoli |
Castellammare during a stormy day:
Lunch the day before we left:
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| pasta with swordfish |
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| Angela's pasta-pesto |
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| mussels |
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| casatelle |
Dinner the night before we left:
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| octopus |
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| octopus |
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| fish |
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| Hi Mr. Octopus |
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| Cheesecake |
On the train heading back:
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| The train went on the ferry....a once in a lifetime experience. It seemed weird a train going on a ferry..... |
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| On the ferry from Sicily to mainland Italy |
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| arancini |
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| dirty windows but you get the point how close we were to the water! |
Overall, we had a wonderful time in Sicily and ate way too much but had a lot of delicious foods!
Another day of eating: 
