My name is Rosemary Gullo.

I am a first generation Italian woman living in Canada. I know how serving healthy Italian food can bring your family together around the table. I was raised by a very traditional southern Italian family and grew up with a passion for making real Italian food from scratch.

From a young age I helped my family prepare traditional tomato sauces, vegetable preserves, sausage, salami, prosciutto and pancetta. I have many cherished memories of going to the farms and picking the tomatoes, vegetables, beans and fruits before coming home and making a feast we all enjoyed.

When I turned 12, I started collecting traditional Italian recipes. This is not as easy as it seems. Many “old school” Italian families guard their cooking secrets with their dear lives.

By the time I married my husband – who was born and raised in Italy – I had a full collection of cook books and was prepared to dazzle him and eventually our children with my delicious delights.

I raised three children, while taking care of my home and managing my career. I have been happily absorbed full time in our family business.

My kids were heavily involved in dance, music, soccer and other extra curricular activities.

Although I truly loved my career, my family always came first. Ensuring my family’s optimum healthy well balanced lifestyle was always in the front burner of my life.

As the pace of modern life caught up with me and I found I often didn’t have the time to cook traditionally, which has always been a great passion of mine.

That’s when I started slowly altering my recipes to make them healthier and take up less time in the kitchen. There was a little bit of trial and error – but soon I was able to make easy to cook healthy Italian food for my family every night of the week.

And, Healthy Italian Cooking was born!

I used it to prepare healthy delicious food for my family– and now I want to pass my secrets on to you!

While writing Healthy Italian Cooking I’ve made sure that all of my recipes are authentically Italian – they just happen to be easy to make and healthy.
When it comes down to it there are only two things that matter in life: being healthy and spending quality time with your family.

Italians have always understood this. That is why they have made the daily meals a central part of their lifestyle for generations.  Simple, healthy food has always been a part of Italian culture.