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Free-Form Blueberry Ginger Galette
Over the past 6 months, I have been obsessed with candied ginger. I love its earthy tartness and ZING! When it's candied it turns into Mother Nature's version of a sour patch kid! I used it in some magical chocolate brownie crinkle cookies in a recipe I found from NYT...
Magical One Pot Creamy Pesto Pasta
One-pot pasta dishes always raise an eyebrow for me. As first-gen Italian, I was taught at an early age that you cook pasta, al dente, in a separate pot. Doing this prevents the pasta from getting overcooked, or absorbing too much liquid so things don't get too soggy...
My Top Seed Catalogs for Native Flowers and Plants for 2021, “Wild Wednesdays!”
“Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with the dream.” – Josephine Nuese, author of The Country Garden It's seed catalog season, everyone. Some long...
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Peppermint Sauce
The holiday season is not over yet, and we are still celebrating with tasty treats and delicious leftovers. In the middle of all the gluten, sugar, and fat, a dessert was requested that keep the sugar and flour down to a minimum. This cake fits the bill. You can even...
Pollinator Favorite Native Plants for Winter Interest: Wild Wednesdays!
Cold months are hard for gardeners. Yes, the break is kind of nice. But we do miss pottering around our verdant beds, watching all the wildlife, and tending to our flowers as a farmer tends to his chickens and cows. And let's face it, looking outside at your garden in...
RECIPE: Cranberry Buttermilk Oat Spice Cake
Well, here we are, less than two weeks from Thanksgiving, and COVID numbers are worse than they were in wave one, and the stores are getting thin with supplies. Meanwhile, Thanksgiving and the end-of-year holidays are at our doorsteps. We decided to self isolate for...
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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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