by Flora Caputo | Sep 22, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
On my quest to find the perfect entry for the recent apple pie contest I won, I tried a few pie ideas. This was one that almost became my entry. Almost! My husband and I love making pecan pies for our daughter’s school craft fair/bake sale. People have...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 20, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I finally won first place in our parish’s fall festival apple pie contest! Maybe the third time was the charm? Maybe I finally baked the right combo of apples the right way to get the right softness? Either way, I played with three recipes all month ( I will...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 18, 2011 | Lifestyle, Motherhood, Uncategorized, Womanhood
Ok. So maybe the marriage thing is a bit of an over promise. But if you are like me, you are the air-traffic controller of the family with your own schedule of things to deal with that has nothing to do with family events and obligations…like…work meetings...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 13, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I am of the mindset that chocolate can be used in just about everything. Maybe I am wrong, but I wouldn’t mind spending the rest of my life trying out my theory! I admit, my latest apple pie experiments with chocolate have been lack luster at best, so maybe...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 12, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Some of you may know that my daughter has become obsessed with red velvet cake. She has been asking for red velvet cake at the most inconvenient times, and when I had no buttermilk. Well, I have been appeasing her with this and that. But at the end of the day, red...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 4, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Recently, I saw a friend of mine post a picture of a her chocolate cake in a mug next to a book and a cup of tea on her Facebook wall. It looked perfect and cozy, and I could not believe it took only 3 minutes and cooked right in the mug. But I filed the idea away in...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 31, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
These little guys were so cute and yummy. They were a great way to sneak in healthy protein, fruit and fiber into my daughter’s breakfast routine and she did not know they were good for her. I mean, how can something with a ton of mini chocolate chips be good...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 30, 2011 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
On the heels of many states making news these days by cutting cursive skills from class curriculum, I came across a short article in a spring issue of Family Circle on how writing before a test can help children calm their jitters and score better.”In a...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 26, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Oh peaches, you are so lovely and delicious right off the tree.Sweet and juicy, (and a great color on me).You’re good in cobbler and pie,Which eating, you’ll make me sigh.You make summer the best,But to find you is a quest,And for the life of me I...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 23, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Being a first generation Italian and a lifelong Chicagoan, Italian beef for me is fact of life, like blizzards in winter or construction traffic…just as messy BUT WAY more yummy and enjoyable. If you are ever in my hometown, I urge you to partake in the MANY...
