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CRAFTS: Make a Mosaic Garden Planter for Succulents using Broken China
It's garden time! I have spent any warm dry day I can in the garden beds this month. It has been a late spring, so we have to pack in a lot of chores in a very truncated time frame. It's been a ton of work, but I have been so happy doing it. I can really get my...
RECIPE: Taco Lasagna
Shhh. Do not tell my Italian mom or aunts I used the word taco and lasagna together in a post, or in a recipe, or in my kitchen, or that it was hearty and delicious. This will be our little secret. Thanks. And you're welcome. Taco Lasagna Ingredients: 1 lb. lasagna...
RECIPE: Peach Berry Pie
Warmer days mean our farmers' markets are starting, and we will soon be knee-deep in fresh fruits and produce. This time of year, my husband gets really excited about the prospect of a pie. I get very inspired by all the farmstand fruit-and my father's homegrown...
RECIPE: Honey and Soy Green Bean Salad
Mondays are soup and salad nights at our house. My daughter HATES it, and I remember in third grade loudly asked why we made Monday's even worse by serving soup and salad for dinner. She said, "Mondays already has bad karma all over the place, soup and salad makes it...
RECIPE: Rosemary Braised Chicken in a Dutch Oven
Braising a chicken on a slow Sunday is kind of a secret weapon to a perfect weekend. Because a Dutch oven allows you to do everything in one pot, it keeps the dirty dishes down to a minimum. It also creates some delicious, moist chicken and a stupendous pan gravy for...
RECIPE: Quinoa Cakes with Perfectly Poached Eggs
These days, it's quinoa all the things, all the time. This mighty grain is packed with protein, and when you soak the grain for 30 minutes before cooking it, you can get the bitterness out, making the quinoa really creamy. Do you ever have extra quinoa after making...
MEET FLORA
the urban domestic diva
FLORA CAPUTO
Blogger extraordinaire, author, designer, crafter, baker, cook and slowly beautifying our world one pixel at a time.
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The Martha Stewart for Todays Generation.
The Urban Domestic Diva lives in many of us. And my blog and connected social spaces are a place where I hope to inspire others by sharing ideas around home and hearth. My hope is that we can all live creatively abundant lives while balancing all the other demands being put on us daily. Posts and discussions range from recipes and cooking tips for entertaining, seasonal cooking, healthy cooking, gardening tips and propagation of native plants, cottage-chic or shabby-chic crafting, upcycling and other home ideas.
UDD is also a creative powerhouse for creating products like Cottage chic decor and home goods, Shabby-chic clothing, decorative personal items, gardening decorative items, wall art and many more items to beautify your home and life.
Author of Cooking and Gardening Books : Bee Advocacy, Pollinator advocacy, Gardening Tips, Native Plant Gardening
… And Like many working moms, I’m just trying to do it all while making sure we have clean socks for the week!
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