by Flora Caputo | Feb 23, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This recipe is unbelievably easy, and is best with home grown tomatoes (what isn’t?). If you use fresh, summer tomatoes, I think you can skip simmering the sauce and just use it fresh and luke warm on pasta for a light summer meal. But if fresh garlic is too...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 11, 2011 | Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Snowmageddon ’11 came and went, leaving behind 5 foot drifts, countless school closings and stranded cars galore, it also left me with a renewed outlook on friendship and community. Ironically, the week before the blizzard, I was really in a very different...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 9, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This is a soup that I whipped up during “Snowmageddon ’11”. Nothing is more satisfying than a warm, hearty soup after 5 hours of snow blowing and shoveling. This is a great recipe because you can have the slow cooker do all the work. You don’t...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 23, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I cannot take credit for these short ribs, though I did help. My husband made these and they were absolutely delicious. All they need is a little prep the night before. The slow cooker does the rest. When serving, make some rice on the side with a drizzle of soy sauce...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 22, 2011 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
Some of you may be familiar with various martial arts. There are different types from different Asian countries. My daughter asked and asked to take some classes for years. We looked at a few schools in the area, but many were out of our budget range. Meanwhile, we...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 13, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Readers, I introduce you to a fabulous, young, urban domestic diva I know and work with named Jourdan Huys. I keep telling her to start her own food blog. Maybe I will wear her down eventually! This week, she brought in these amazing little cookies that were fabulous...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 8, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Nuts are a big deal at our house. I was raised with serving nuts and fruit for even our every day meals growing up in and Italian family. If the men at the table had extra wine left in their glasses, it was customary to serve nuts and fruit to accompany the last gulps...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 5, 2011 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
It’s no secret that reading to and with your child reaps many benefits. I am an avid reader, and wanted my daughter to realize the magic of books. We read books to her from the first day home from the hospital and every day since. It took her until 2nd grade to...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 4, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This recipe I whipped up to use up some ripening bananas on the counter. My daughter and I dislike bananas, so I put as much chocolate and pecan nuts as I can to make it a tasty treat for non-banana lovers. We’ll see if my daughter will try it! I used a mocha...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 1, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
In all the crazy holiday overeating in the past few weeks, a welcome break for dinner is a lighter yet still filling dinner soup. This soup is in part inspired by the traditional “Pasta Piselli”, an Italian peasant pasta dish I grew up on. I found it in...
