by Flora Caputo | Nov 16, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
When you see a lemon cake on my blog, it truly is in honor of my Mom. She adores lemons. She’ll suck and eat them raw if she likes. And it’s funny that her namesake, my daughter, has loved to suck on lemons too since she was 2! I guess the...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 13, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Fall bring many things into the kitchen. Pumpkins, nuts, and APPLES!So now we are up to our ears in apples! And yes, I love apples. I have been having so much fun in the kitchen with them. I was very lucky to have visited an orchard this year that had Ida...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 8, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
So, sadly this week’s installment doesn’t excite me. I dislike indecisive vegetables, and Brussels sprouts fall into that camp like cauliflower yams or parsnips. Take cauliflower for instance. Is it broccoli? Is it cabbage? It doesn’t know. Brussels...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 5, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Apples, apples apples. A trip to the orchard and now I am under all kinds of “Catholic Guilt” and pressure to use apples in everything! SO, I decided to try making cookies out of apples. The trick with doing this is that the apples need to cook for a short...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 3, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Nutella? check.Chocolate Chips? check.Cocoa? check.Salted Caramel? check.Heaven in your mouth? check.I saw this recipe browsing Pinterest, and it was adapted from a great food blogger topwithcinnamon.com.The recipe had many options with the caramel, and I simplified...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 1, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I have to first say, this Farm Fresh NOW! project I am helping support is so cool! You know why? Well, as summer days have left us and cooler weather makes for dying gardens, I am learning that there is still plenty of fresh produce to be harvested no matter the...