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RECIPE: “Use Up Buttermilk” Oatmeal-Chip Cookies and the Karma of Being Thrifty.
I hate being wasteful. I hate throwing out food that's soured in the fridge, especially dinner leftovers that we slaved over making a few nights prior. Throwing away fruits and vegetables makes me especially sad and guilty. I am not sure if it's my immigrant-Italian...
RECIPE: Roasted Vegetable and Spicy Shrimp Salad with Lime Dressing and Bringing Color to a Gray February
If you are in a state that experiences the 4 seasons, I know you are tired of the color gray. We were in MI for a weekend getaway a couple of weeks ago, and as we drove through the countryside I told my husband (a fellow art director) that February is a study in the...
RECIPE: Spumoni Almond Cake and How Driving can be Creative
Once you become a parent, you are in the car a lot more. After you have your baby, the hospital should make sure your driver's license is all up to date for your "road ahead". And if you are in a busy city like I am, the traffic is atrocious, making driving a...
RECIPE: Asparagus Over Cheesy Puff Pastry and Say ‘I Love You’ to Brunching!
I love brunch. I love eating it. I love serving it. I love choosing it as an entertaining option when you have a busy group to plan around. Everyone can make brunch time work. It can be late enough to accommodate church services (or a hangover, depending), and early...
RECIPE VIDEO: Puff Pastry Brownie Bites 4 Ways; Peanut Butter, Peppermint, Chocolate Chip and Berry Jam
So we had a month of clean healthy eating, and though I have not fallen off the resolution wagon (yet), I felt the need to reward the family for putting up with my clean eating month. So I whipped up these lovelies. This dessert is SO EASY and if you have some puff...
RECIPE ROUND UP| Polar Vortex Comfort Food: Warm your House, Warm Your Tastebuds
So we are hunkered down in layers of flannel, bundled in blankets, and running a humidifier on both levels of the house to help the furnace keep up with the polar vortex today and tomorrow. Evidently, it's colder here than in Antarctica. School kids are home today and...
MEET FLORA
the urban domestic diva
FLORA CAPUTO
Blogger extraordinaire, author, designer, crafter, baker, cook and slowly beautifying our world one pixel at a time.
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The Martha Stewart for Todays Generation.
The Urban Domestic Diva lives in many of us. And my blog and connected social spaces are a place where I hope to inspire others by sharing ideas around home and hearth. My hope is that we can all live creatively abundant lives while balancing all the other demands being put on us daily. Posts and discussions range from recipes and cooking tips for entertaining, seasonal cooking, healthy cooking, gardening tips and propagation of native plants, cottage-chic or shabby-chic crafting, upcycling and other home ideas.
UDD is also a creative powerhouse for creating products like Cottage chic decor and home goods, Shabby-chic clothing, decorative personal items, gardening decorative items, wall art and many more items to beautify your home and life.
Author of Cooking and Gardening Books : Bee Advocacy, Pollinator advocacy, Gardening Tips, Native Plant Gardening
… And Like many working moms, I’m just trying to do it all while making sure we have clean socks for the week!
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