by Flora Caputo | Sep 29, 2016 | Lifestyle, Uncategorized, Urban Cottage Chic
We finally did it, we took the plunge and took a step closer to our retirement plan, by buying a fixer-upper lakehouse. The place is a bit of a blank slate, and we are slowly making it our own. But we need to be thrifty, and a lot of what we want to do may have to...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 18, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Peach season is just about over, but there are still some late harvest lovelies found in roadside stands in Michigan-so you may get lucky!We have been up to our ears in peaches all month long. My dad, born and raised in Italy, learned how to grow things from aunts and...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 16, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
School has started and we are still getting used to our new schedule-which has my daughter coming home from school much later these days. Weeknight meals need to be wholesome yet easy. I ran across this somewhere and have kept it in my recipe files for a while to...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 12, 2016 | Gardening, Uncategorized
I always wondered where my green thumb came from. In visiting Italy, I came to realize it is definitely my Italian heritage. If there is a can or a pot or a piece of dirt to be planted with something pretty to look at or yummy to grow and eat, it will get planted.Here...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 9, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
What can make a red velvet topped with fluffy dollops of cream cheese frosting even better? Fill them with a creamy cloud of white chocolate mousse.Aw yeah. I won’t belabor this one, I’ll just get you to the recipe. Here it is. Enjoy.Red Velvet...