by Flora Caputo | Jan 18, 2015 | Crafting, Uncategorized
My daughter was OBSESSED with all things nautical all through elementary school. Now that she is a tweener, she is obsessed with all things digital. Oh how things go by so fast in parenting!One of the things I felt she was making all the time for school were dioramas....
by Flora Caputo | Jan 18, 2015 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Hiya!It’s week number 2 on the Fast Metabolism Diet, and I have to say I have been pleasantly surprised by my progress on it. I’ll know my total weight loss for the week tomorrow morning, but by yesterday morning I was at 7 lbs. lost! SO in my excitement,...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 12, 2015 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Steel Cut oatmeal is a delicious and nutrient rich breakfast food, and a must have for the Fast Metabolism diet-of which I have bravely taken on this month! The challenge with Steel Cut oatmeal is that it takes time. So enter the slow cooker! Make a giant batch...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 8, 2015 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Hello and Happy New Year! My New Year’s resolution is all about getting healthier. After doing some research and reading, I decided to try the 28 day Fast Metabolism Diet by Haylie Pomroy. It’s medically sound, and many people have gotten off major...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 3, 2015 | Recipes, Uncategorized
SO your New Year’s resolution is on day 3? How are you doing? Hopefully you are staying on track!? I for one welcome the lighter eating after all the treats for the holidays.Here is a recipe we tried from Bon Appetit to lighten up and stay on track. The dish was...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 3, 2015 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Do you have left over champagne still from New Year’s Eve, but feel bad throwing it away. There are a lot of things you can do with left over champagne, and quite a few posts online that can give you some ideas-like champagne vinegar! But we made something more...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 2, 2015 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We started having a fondue night for New Year’s Eve after our daughter was born. When you have a small child, you don’t really want to go gallivanting around the city to giant New Year’s Eve parties, getting tipsy and coming home at 2 a.m. just to be...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 25, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Happy Holidays everyone!We had a fabulous night with my Italian family enjoying the Feast of the Seven Fishes.It’s a night of “fasting”. I say fasting in quotes because it is hardly a fast, but a ridiculous amount of food and...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 22, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
It’s the mad dash to Christmas Eve for us, and it is nothing but crazy at our house. In the middle of wrapping gifts and dropping off cookie plates to neighbors, I am now in the planning phase for the actual holiday itself. One of our traditions is that we like...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 12, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
So we had a bit of a marital spat last week. I was asked to make my famous tira mi su, and I needed lady fingers. Now I have been making this dish for over 20 years, and I assumed my hubby knew which lady fingers I liked for my dish. I need the spongy kind, that...
