by Flora Caputo | Jul 22, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Scones are usually a guilty pleasure when you are eating healthy-but guess what? You can eat these with less guilt! Oat and whole wheat flour give you a lot of fiber, brown sugar brings the glycemic index lower, and you get a bit of sweetness from the dried cherries,...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 17, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I know this is odd to see, right? Soup in the summer? Well, we at our house are very strict with doing a soup and salad night once a week, all year. It’s usually Mondays, which my daughter hates. I think she proclaimed one night, “Monday has already bad...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 13, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Pork shoulders and crock pots are a marriage made in heaven. The gentle heat of the crockpot going for 8 hours breaks down this inexpensive cut of pork into shredded, tender deliciousness with plenty of juice to make a sauce. This recipe was adapted from Tip Hero and...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 8, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I grew up with Minestrone soup, pretty much at least twice a month, if not more. It made me sort of hate minestrone soup as an adult. This saddens my husband, who really likes Minestrone. I get the appeal, it’s a meal in a bowl, with a lot of vegetables and...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 7, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We are obsessed with mushrooms at our house. We love them. And when we are trying to cut back on meat, the meat lovers in my family find hearty mushrooms to be a perfect meat replacement. This dish uses quite a bit of mushrooms, and uses soy and beef broth to bring...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 1, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
With the 4th of July next week, you are probably knee-deep in menu planning for the festivities. And if you are like me, you may be looking at the typical fare served on our nation’s birthday and cringe, because there are not a lot of healthy options. Sure,...
