by Flora Caputo | Jul 8, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I grew up with Minestrone soup, pretty much at least twice a month, if not more. It made me sort of hate minestrone soup as an adult. This saddens my husband, who really likes Minestrone. I get the appeal, it’s a meal in a bowl, with a lot of vegetables and...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 7, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We are obsessed with mushrooms at our house. We love them. And when we are trying to cut back on meat, the meat lovers in my family find hearty mushrooms to be a perfect meat replacement. This dish uses quite a bit of mushrooms, and uses soy and beef broth to bring...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 1, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
With the 4th of July next week, you are probably knee-deep in menu planning for the festivities. And if you are like me, you may be looking at the typical fare served on our nation’s birthday and cringe, because there are not a lot of healthy options. Sure,...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 21, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
It’s strawberry season! And that means a flurry of strawberry baking and canning at our house. My father never eats strawberries from the store, but the minute its strawberry season at the U pick farm. we visit yearly, he is like a kid in a candy store! He...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 20, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Buddha Bowls are a new favorite dinner option at our house. Bowl of rice, a healthy protein, and topped with various veggies and VOILA! A healthy dinner. This is made with a blackening spice from Paul Prudhomme’s family cookbook. I always try to have it on hand...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 14, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Being 1st generation Italian, I have many family and friends still in Italy, and they love to share Italian recipes-REAL Italian recipes, in Italian, online. I have to say, their tasty-esque videos are much tastier than ours. One that caught my eye was a speck and...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 12, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
My Italian mother reuses everything, especially ricotta tubs and deli plastic containers. And when I was growing up, my mother bought giant tubs of ricotta to keep up with the massive amount of cooking she was doing. And she saved and recycled those big tubs to fill...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 5, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
You seriously will not believe that this is a low-fat dinner once you dig in. The trick is the fat-free half and half combined with seasonings galore and a hearty shrimp broth. My hubby kept slurping it up, asking me again and again if this was going to harden his...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 3, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
So, to be on the record. I am not a fan of beets. I know they are really good for you, so I try and try. My sister adores them and always makes them for family meals, and my husband LOVES them. I do not. I feel like I am eating chunks of dirt when I eat them. They are...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 1, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I know you don’t believe me, that this dish can feed your mac and cheese craving while keeping things lower in fat. But this is it! I adapted it from the weight watcher cookbook. My angsty 15-year-old ate all the leftovers, not knowing it was healthier. So...
