by Flora Caputo | Jun 22, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
My kiddo at home loves asian noodles. And she also loves pork. SO this was a huge hit last week for our ‘girl’s weekend’. I ended up having to get a pork shoulder that was 8 lbs, so I cut the roast in half and froze the boneless half for another...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 17, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We recently started a monthly potluck at my workplace to bring people closer together. After all, nothing brings people closer than food! It turned out to be fun and delicious, and the team is working on next month’s theme already. This month’s theme...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 11, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I don’t know about you guys, but all I have been seeing in my Facebook feed are scary tick stories. Evidently, this season will be the worst tick season on record. My fellow Girl Scout leaders and I came prepared with a lot of bug spray to our camping trip...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 10, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Happy summer y’all.Summer means lighter dinners and lot’s of al fresco eating! And this dinner is just the ticket.This dish was a simple meal that has a fresh burst of lemon that compliments the salty-sweet pistachio and basil in the fresh pesto. I use a...
by Flora Caputo | May 19, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
One of my favorite flavor combinations is chocolate and peanut butter. My daughter has to hide her Reese’s peanut butter cups at Halloween from me. And peanut M&M’s are my secret guilty pleasure. So when I needed to bake something for a staff member as...
by Flora Caputo | May 8, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Lime is an often overlooked flavor with chicken. Lemon seems to get all the glory. I had extra limes in the crisper drawer, so I merged a few bloggers’ lime recipes together to come up with this fast and savory chicken. I seared the chicken then finished it off...
by Flora Caputo | May 7, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
When spring comes around I want to put lemon in EVERYTHING! And this pasta dish is the ticket for that perfect blend of lightness and freshness with a little bit of decadence. It has a cream sauce that is not as naughty using skim milk and aged Parmesan. We added...
by Flora Caputo | Apr 30, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Last night was Asian night at our house. It was cold, wet and dreary outside, which kept us all inside all day. Not what we had planned at all, but we had a really rough week so hubby helped me get over my laziness guilt by telling me I deserved a bit of a break. So...
by Flora Caputo | Apr 29, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Some of you may know, I am a first generation Italian, so my Italian meals can get pretty traditional and labor intensive, especially when cooking for my parents. But when it comes to busy American life reality-I need to cut some corners to get some Italian on the...
by Flora Caputo | Apr 27, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
So are you freaking about beach season yet? Because I am! A few years ago, I went on the Fast Metabolism Diet, and I had really great success on it. It was more of a lifestyle change than trying to lose weight. It preaches clean eating and getting your body back in...
