by Flora Caputo | Dec 2, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
One of my favorite flavors in the world is peanut butter and chocolate together. You can bet I am the one rummaging through my daughter’s trick or treat bag after Halloween squirreling away the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Once, a mother of a friend put a...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 23, 2011 | Lifestyle, Recipes, Uncategorized
This infographic was sent to me to feature, and it has some handy tips and suggestions on how to keep costs down on Thanksgiving. Given the rising crazy food costs, Thanksgiving is not a cheap endeavor by any means! (case in point, we made a Boboli pizza last night...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 21, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
It is time for you to “MacGyver” a dessert together for a dinner party last minute. You only have the morning to put it (and yourself and family) together because you are out all afternoon.You have three left over apples from the orchard trip.A...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 20, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
It was my husband’s birthday last month, and I wanted to make him something special yet something that my daughter and nephew would enjoy as well. I came upon cupcakes (very kid friendly). But one of my husband’s favorite desserts is creme brulee...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 14, 2011 | Crafting, Uncategorized
If you are like me, you are tight on money and tight on time this holiday season! I usually hand make gifts for friends, teachers and coworkers (as you can see by my craft section). But this year I have had a hankering to sew some things. If you can get fabric on...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 10, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
If you want a comfort food soup and are a little “squashed and pumpkined” out, this is the answer to your craving! This is a super easy soup that is quite delicious. If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can use a food processor or regular...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 7, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I know this post is WAAAY after the fact of jack-o-lantern-palooza. HOWEVER, some of you may be carving out a pumpkin for pumpkin pie or pumpkin soup for Thanksgiving…and you may want to roast those seeds as a nice snack as guests are arriving for dinner. So,...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 5, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Its 6:00 at night. Your daughter is home from basketball practice and got half her homework done…and its dinnertime. There are still 4 tests to study for and your budget is tight for ordering in…which you wish desperately you could do anyway. Your hubby is...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 4, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I have many apple pies on my blog, the main reason being that I have tried many versions over the years in hopes of winning our parish’s fall apple pie contest. I finally won first place this year with an Apple Maple Sage Brown Butter Pie. That pie, and many...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 1, 2011 | Lifestyle, Uncategorized
I am not sure how true this infographic is, but I thought it was fun. After all, many of us are wallowing in bags of candy in the aftermath of Halloween. I for one buy Halloween candy that I personally wouldn’t mind digging into myself, like...
