I am fully convinced by Michel Thomas and to me the key is for students to be able to build sentences in small steps by learning its components parts. I am not interested in my students remembering long lists of words which I know they will not retain in the long run anyway.
I am still testing recipes from Lorraine Pascale's cookbook Fast, Fresh and Easy Food! and this vegetarian main course caught my attention: Pan-fried mascarpone gnocchi with dreamy basil pesto. In the past I tried home made boiled potatoes gnocchi and not only did it take me hours to prepare them,