by Flora Caputo | Jan 26, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We finally got to the end of the seemingly bottomless buttermilk bottle, and it seems apropos that we made something typical for buttermilk. So how about some waffles, but make them gluten free so my daughter could eat frozen ones popped in the toaster during the...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 20, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
The buttermilk bottle seems absolutely bottomless. I don’t know why, but the grocery store up the street does not offer smaller amounts of buttermilk. So I have used this buttermilk albatross as a way to share ideas on how to use up left over buttermilk in my...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 16, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
The buttermilk bottle still needs to get emptied. So, my friends, we bake on.I am sure you have been in my boat. And there are only so many pancakes and waffles you can make, right?So, last night I made some scones for my daughter to have the following morning with...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 15, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Well, here is the culprit of my “buttermilk week” of recipes this week. I was asked by the people over at cakesundertheinfluence.com to give one of their cake kits a whirl. They wanted to see what I thought about them and if I could develop some fun...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 14, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Have you ever bought a bottle of buttermilk just for, like, 1/2 cup or so? Then you are left with a giant bottle of buttermilk to use up for weeks?It seems that happens to us all the time.Yeah, I know. “Yay! Waffles! Yay! Pancakes!”But my goal this week is...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 8, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
My Italian family always needs some nosh if you still have wine in your glass after dinner. My dad usually pulls out some hazelnuts, walnuts, or some fruit. But during the winter months, my parents will roast chestnuts during dinner so they will be ready to have with...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 3, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I know. I know.Holidays are over, right? You are all on the “eating rice cakes” New Year’s resolution stuff, paying credit card bills and feeling all depressed because January stinks. I myself am munching on a salad as I write, looking at a very cold...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 30, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
The holidays are not over.No sir.It’s not over until we are all hung-over and sleepy this Wednesday, as we enjoy the first day of the New Year.And you will want to eat something very yummy, but you won’t want to work hard making it.Well, put this on your...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 23, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
My sister and I join my mom annually to have a two-day bake-a-thon. My mom is very traditional in our cookie making, and they are the same ones every year (mostly ITALIAN). But lately, my sister and I have been trying to get her to expand her baking horizons. My...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 23, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
People think I’m crazy, and this year I wondered if maybe I was, making 11 kinds of cookies for holiday plates and tins…some of the recipes I even doubled! My back was in bad shape after I was done. But I am pretty proud of my efforts. In the mix are some...
