by Flora Caputo | Jan 29, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I know casseroles are supposed to be super easy, where you just throw everything in a pot or pan and be done. That’s the beauty of casseroles, right? Well, I am the urban domestic diva, and that means sometimes I have to get my hands all over a recipe and make...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 26, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Soup and salad night is usually met with a groan from my daughter and I. We do soup and salad night weekly, and it keeps us healthy and gives our systems a break for a night. It’s usually pretty basic and easy (ahem, boring.) But sometimes we kick it up a...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 16, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This treat is so easy and makes a light dessert or sweet treat as a palate cleanser. I made these 3 years ago, and my kid has been asking me to make them again almost every day. I kept forgetting to get the oranges, until this weekend. I had her help with the peeling...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 14, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We are OBSESSED with soupy, slurpy noodle bowls of all sorts at our house since winter set in. In Chicago, we are so fortunate to have some really great ramen, soba and pho shops around the city. But ironically the first time we had giant steamy bowls of Asian noodles...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 8, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Lighter Fettuccini Alfredo with Turkey Bacon and Spinach Ingredients: 6 strips of turkey bacon 8-10 oz. fettuccine pasta 2 Tbsp. olive oil 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 Tbsp. flour 1 1/4 cups chicken broth 1 1/4 cups 1% or 2% milk 2 Tbsp. whipped light cream cheese 1 cup...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 31, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
10 years ago, I had a cake at a friend’s party around Christmas. It was the most AMAZING cake I had in a while. It also had all my favorite flavors-peppermint combined with rich chocolate. She told me it came out of Kraft’s Food and Family magazines they...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 26, 2016 | Crafting, Uncategorized
Walking around JoAnn Fabrics this fall, I found a really cool line of fabrics called Square By Design®. The design that caught my eye was the fish square. Each of the squares has a lovely tapestry-like embroidery, and is very thick. I think they are usually used for...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 20, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Christmas Day 2016, all cooked up with my mom’s meat sauce all over them. Yum!Over the years I have been making an effort to document my parents making all the yummy things I have come to take for granted. One of those things, especially around the holidays, is...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 18, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
As some of you may know, I am a first-generation Italian. SO there are certain cookies around the holidays that are a must, like the tri-colored Neapolitans, or Struffoli, or Cartellate. One cookie we keep trying to tackle every year is the treasured Amaretti....
by Flora Caputo | Dec 12, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Chicago is known for it’s food communities, and one of my favorite food trips is a visit to Greek town. One of my favorite things to have there is a nice bowl of lemon chicken soup. Traditionally, its made with rice. My recipe uses pearl couscous-but you can...
