We had a delicious lunch using Contadina products.  Contadina will be available nationwide starting October 7 #ContadinaXNigella #Contadina #DelMonte  Thank you Nigella for encouraging each and every one of us to be our own domestic goddess. Everyone can cook and it’s in its simplicity that the best dishes are made if you use the freshest and finest ingredients that bring out the delicious taste in food.   A perfect match #ContadinaXNigella

Simplicity. Fresh. Quality.  Trustworthy. Credible.  Authentic.  Sincere. All the qualities that Contadina and Nigella Lawson @nigellalawson have in common. Contadina will be available nationwide starting October 7. #Contadina #ContadinaXNigella #NigellaLawson #DelMonte  We all cooked with Chef JP Anglo @chefjayps Daphne Oseña Paez @daphneop and Stephanie Zubiri Crespi using Nigella Lawson’s @nigellalawson recipes. We had a fun afternoon using Contadina products #ContadinaXNigella #Contadina #DelMonte #NigellaLawson  Heart2Heart loves @chefjayps because he always promotes Filipino cooking. He added a Filipino twist to Nigella Lawson’s pasta with squid recipe and it was so good!

It was so good his recipe won!  He used Contadina diced tomatoes and Arrabiata pasta sauce and added lemongrass, goat cheese, queso de bola, lemon and squid. Yum #ContadinaXNigella #Contadina #DelMonte #NigellaLawson If Contadina is Italian for “woman of the fields”, who is very particular and discriminating about the quality of ingredients she uses for the home-cooked meals she lovingly prepares, then renowned food writer and television personality Nigella Lawson reflects that very ideal through her food philosophy.Contadina, a range of premium products known for its authentic Mediterranean heritage is the latest addition to Del Monte Philippines’ portfolio.

Nigella, who has sold over 10 million copies of her cookbooks worldwide, learned her ways in the kitchen through experiencing the world around her. “I am not a chef”, she said, “I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.”

It was during this time in Italy where she worked as a chambermaid in Florence that she learned how to cook. She would sneak down to the kitchen of the pensione and watch the old Nonna whip up a hearty meal.

As the country that awakened and nurtured her love for food, Nigella fell in love with Italy. The abundance of fresh and quality produce helped shape her food philosophy of using only the best ingredients because it makes a big difference in the taste of the final dish. This is consistent with Contadina’s philosophy.

The quality that Contadina brings lies in its ingredients’ origins — olive oils made with Hojiblanca olives, handpicked from the groves of Andalucia, Spain, canned tomatoes made with sweet, luscious Roma Tomatoes from the fields of California, pasta made with 100% Canadian Durum Wheat Semolina known for its fine texture and creamy color straight from the western prairie provinces of Canada, and pasta sauces using authentic Grana Padano cheese and Italian herbs creating a very fresh and flavourful taste that can only be expected from a true Italian-made sauce.Cooking with Passion

Contadina is perfect for culinary enthusiasts who bring passion into their cooking – those who understand that the rich and authentic medley of flavours can only come from the finest ingredients.

Likewise for Nigella, it is evident in how the renowned culinary icon imbues passion for food. Although there are some rules when it comes to cooking, Nigella says, “I think it’s very important to be able to trust your own instinct, and cook in a way that pleases you, whatever you say!”

It’s not fancy techniques or a huge amount of components that make the dish. Her partnership with the Contadina brand is premised on a single proposition: “For my cooking, I have no secret ingredients. I make sure I use the ingredients that are best for me. That’s why I’m proud to be partnering with Contadina.