RECIPE: Carrot Zucchini Pineapple Oat Muffins

RECIPE: Carrot Zucchini Pineapple Oat Muffins

These muffins are packed with healthy stuff. Seriously, they are like a mini carrot cake meets zucchini bread meets healthy muffins. You can pump up the sugar if you want, but I was trying to keep these low in points. The pineapple and carrots give the muffins a...

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RECIPE: Pea and Ricotta Pesto Pasta

RECIPE: Pea and Ricotta Pesto Pasta

Since I am in between jobs right now (I resigned from a 12-year post this past summer) I have been sharing a lot more of the meal planning and cooking responsibilities, while taking time to hang with my kiddo. It's been nice, and I feel like I am getting my "fast and...

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RECIPE: Light Egg Cup Bakes (1 pt each on WW)

RECIPE: Light Egg Cup Bakes (1 pt each on WW)

I was getting bored with my healthy egg muffins for breakfast the other day. I wanted something a little more fun and exciting and saw this egg cup bake in a used weight watcher cookbook I scored at the local thrift store. You can bake these up for your family, or...

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CRAFTS: Chalk Paint and Wax Salvaged Cabinet Make Over

CRAFTS: Chalk Paint and Wax Salvaged Cabinet Make Over

I’ve lived in the city of Chicago for years, and I am not ashamed to say I am a dumpster diver. I am very selective of what will pull me out of my car in an alley to pull some treasure out of someone’s garbage or back gate, but if you have a good eye and are fast, you...

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RECIPE: Spice Rubbed Spatchcocked Chicken

RECIPE: Spice Rubbed Spatchcocked Chicken

Spring is sooooooo close, I can feel it. Can you feel it? When spring comes, I want to eat lighter with cool salads and grilled meals, but we are just not there yet. We are in the wild swings of spring. In fact, it's snowing outside right now (so depressing). Yet,...

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RECIPE: Chicken Bistro Cakes

RECIPE: Chicken Bistro Cakes

Chicken Bistro Cakes   Ingredients: Patties3 tablespoons of butter  2 cloves of garlic, crushed 1/4 cup of red onion, diced 1/2 cup of celery, diced 2 cups of cooked chicken, chopped (store-bought rotisserie chicken is a great shortcut) 1 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs...

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FLORA CAPUTO

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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.

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Author of Cooking and Gardening Books : Bee Advocacy, Pollinator advocacy, Gardening Tips, Native Plant Gardening

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… 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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