pomodoro means tomato in Italian

How do you say tomato in Italian?

Pomodoro!

The pomodoro, tomato, is a very important ingredient in Italian cooking.  Pasta al pomodoro means pasta with tomato sauce.  Pasta al pomodoro is only one of hundreds of ways to prepare pasta.

Preferisco i pomodori rossi.
I prefer red tomatoes.

Extra credit, make pronunciation fun:

Pomodoro starts out sounding like the "pom" of "pom pom"

The second syllable sounds like "oh"

The third syllable gets the emphasis and sounds like "DOOR"

The final part of the word sounds like "oh" 

pom-oh-DOOR-oh

uova means egg in Italian

How do you say egg in Italian?

Uova!

When I lived in Italy I could not find uove bianche, white eggs.  The only color available was brown! Now that I'm back in the US, the brown uova is the only kind of egg I buy!

Non rompere l'uova.
Don't break the egg.

Extra credit, make pronunciation fun:

Uova starts out sounding just like "woah"

The first half of the word gets the emphasis and sounds like "WOAH"

The second half of the word sounds like "vuh" to rhyme with  "uh huh"

WOAH-vuh