by Flora Caputo | Feb 18, 2023 | Recipes
Hubby and I have moved to a Mediterranean Diet for our New Year’s Resolution. We definitely are feeling better since we cut out sugar and saturated fats. Treats though are always a challenge to find-especially ones that actually taste good. Add a night where you...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 28, 2022 | Recipes
I found this recipe in an old Farmer’s Almanac, and it looked SO EASY. But also, it looked off. It was using Parmesan versus Gruyere. It used chicken bullion versus beef. It also was missing beef completely. So I turned up the French, the flavor, and the...
by Flora Caputo | Apr 1, 2021 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We had a similar wonderful dish in Naples on our first trip to Italy with my parents, with shrimp and pasta. My husband, Rich wanted to make a version of it at home in the states. After some trial and error, this recipe comes pretty close. Now if only we could have...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 28, 2021 | Recipes, Uncategorized
When refrigerated cinnamon roll dough is on sale at the grocery store, I stock up! Beyond cinnamon rolls, the dough can be made into all kinds of last-minute treats and desserts like large pies, tarts, bread, and small hand pies. I love emptying out my crisper drawer...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 21, 2021 | Recipes, Uncategorized
30 days until spring. That means all these COVID pounds need to start melting off because hopefully, many of us will be vaccinated and we can resume semi-normal activities this summer! But holy-moly, sitting at home for a year has not been kind to the body. Trying to...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 14, 2021 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Happy Valentine’s Day, Y’all! Looking for something fun to make and occupy the kids on this DAY OF LOVE? Make some hot cocoa bombs! Then, snuggle under a blanket and watch some family flicks on youtube. Doesn’t that sound splendid? Have some candy...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 5, 2021 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Valentine’s Day is coming, and I’m starting to plan to treat my Hunny to some yummies next week. One of the things I am playing with is rose. Rose flavor is always something exotic and special, and in these cookies, are a hint of magic. It’s a subtle...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 3, 2021 | Bee Advocacy, Gardening, Uncategorized
As we continue to peruse our seed catalogs that have arrived in our mailboxes (hey, it’s cheaper than therapy!) let’s go deep into one of my other favorite species, Asters. Recently horticulturalists changed the genus name from Aster to a combo platter of...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 21, 2021 | Bee Advocacy, Gardening, Uncategorized
One of the things I love most about writing my books about native flowers and plants is discovering how diverse various flower families are. I discovered this specifically when I was researching plants for my BEE NATIVE! FLOWER POT POWER book. The book was all about...
