by Flora Caputo | Nov 8, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
So, sadly this week’s installment doesn’t excite me. I dislike indecisive vegetables, and Brussels sprouts fall into that camp like cauliflower yams or parsnips. Take cauliflower for instance. Is it broccoli? Is it cabbage? It doesn’t know. Brussels...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 5, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Apples, apples apples. A trip to the orchard and now I am under all kinds of “Catholic Guilt” and pressure to use apples in everything! SO, I decided to try making cookies out of apples. The trick with doing this is that the apples need to cook for a short...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 3, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Nutella? check.Chocolate Chips? check.Cocoa? check.Salted Caramel? check.Heaven in your mouth? check.I saw this recipe browsing Pinterest, and it was adapted from a great food blogger topwithcinnamon.com.The recipe had many options with the caramel, and I simplified...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 1, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I have to first say, this Farm Fresh NOW! project I am helping support is so cool! You know why? Well, as summer days have left us and cooler weather makes for dying gardens, I am learning that there is still plenty of fresh produce to be harvested no matter the...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 28, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Everyone likes Halloween treats, even kids that are gluten sensitive. When I saw these on Pinterest, I wondered if I could adapt the recipe for the gluten-free kiddos at our apple picking evening a few weeks ago!I was worried that my gluten free versions would not...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 21, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I have missed a few Farm Fresh Now! Installments lately, but I couldn’t pass this week’s. No Sir! I still may be finishing up my summer tomatoes, but with Halloween around the corner, I also have pumpkin on the brain. Here are a couple of great recipes and...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 9, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We are still getting the hang of gluten free baking. We are not totally gluten free at our house, but we are noticing my daughter definitely has tummy problems when she eats a lot of it. So during school days, we try to keep it to a minimum for her lunches....
by Flora Caputo | Oct 7, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I felt the need to write this post after my husband and I had experienced some “snake-oil salesmanship” tactics at a 3 different grocers’ deli counters. When you are sitting in line looking at the meats and the prices, are you drawn in by the sale...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 6, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I had never done jam before, so this was an experiment-and a successful one at that! The last harvest of my Dad’s backyard peaches (all 10 lbs) showed up at my house a couple weeks ago. One of the thoughts I had was to use up a lot of it making some jam.What I...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 4, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
All domestic divas need a short cut once in a while. Once in a while, you have two surprise extra guests coming for dinner, and you have 1 1/2 hours to quickly add one more dessert to dinner plans to accommodate the new number of guests. And once in a while,...
