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Easy Prep-At-Home Pasta Kits

You can now prepare pasta dinner at home with new take-out ingredients from Ristorante Massimo! Enjoy fresh pasta topped with mouth-watering sauces made by Chef Jethro Loichle. What a brilliant idea…Prep-At-Home Pasta Kits! For complete info visit: RistoranteMassimo.com/takeout.

Mia Logan

Easy Summer Dog Treat

Bolognese Sauce

Fresh Spaghetti

Puttanesca Sauce

Carbonara Sauce Photo & Recipe Credit: LifeLoveAndSugar.com

Peanut Butter / Banana “Ice Cream”

Ingredients

4 bananas ½ C natural peanut butter

Directions

Peel, slice & freeze bananas. Blend frozen bananas in food processor. Scrape sides if mixture gets thick. Blend till smooth like soft-serve ice cream. Add peanut butter & mix well. Place in 4 plastic mini cups & freeze.

Tomato Cream Vodka Sauce

San Marzano Sauce with Meatballs

59 Penhallow – Portsmouth (603) 436-4000 www.RistoranteMassimo.com

World Class Cuisine

Massimo’s love-bugs, Mia & Logan, haven’t seen enough of their Dad lately as he’s been busy. Ristorante Massimo is now OPEN FOR INSIDE DINING and they also are offering Curbside Cuisine every Wednesday through Sunday from 3:00 to 8:00 pm. Choose from a selection of appetizers, pastas, main courses, desserts and more. Adhering to the highest standards in health and safety protocol, orders are delivered right to your car. A big WOOF to Massimo and his team for their innovative spirit…and absolutely amazing cuisine!

FLIPS + By Flip-Flop

FLOPS

Editor’s Note: These are simply musings from Flip-Flop, an exuberant & opinionated shaggy dog. They are not any sort of product endorsement or “dis” by this publication or any member of our editorial team. Just a

bit about stuff she likes (Flips) and stuff she doesn’t (Flops)!

(Frontgate.com)

Let’s Get Wet If you happen to have a water dog, I think they’ll love this dog pool float & lounger from Frontgate. It comes in a variety of bright colors and is made with a puncture-resistant woven vinyl mesh that won’t stain, fade or mildew. Not that I really care about stains or fading. But puncture-resistance is music to my ears, as I know I won’t sink while floating. I’m NOT a good swimmer! Another benefit…simply wet it down and use as a cool lounger on the ground. This is a flip in my book.

Fun Cat Game As we know, cats are sneaky little creatures that love to hide in crazy places… just waiting to be found. If you are a cat lover, I think you’ll find the “Find the Cat” book lots of fun. Reminiscent of Highlights magazine’s “hidden picture puzzles,” this book features 129 color photographs from around the world— each of which contains a very sneaky kitty somewhere in the shot. This is a great gift to give yourself or to a catloving friend. They’ll flip over it as they flip through the book!

(BasBleu.com)

Good Poo Etiquette The dooloop is an innovative product for responsible dog owners who are diligent in picking up their pup’s poo! Instead of having to hand-carry filled doggy-doo bags, this little gadget attaches to a leash and holds up to six bags… to carry home hands-free! The dooloop is made in Maine and comes in five colors. Lobster red is my favorite. Their website highlights the product benefits in just six words: Scoop the poop, knot & loop! Flip Flop

Let’s Get Dry Oh boy…this is a doozy! Billed as “the next generation in dog drying,” the Puff-N-Fluff dog dryer was created by a 9-year-old student as part of her school’s Invention Convention Project. Her pug Mojo hated being wet, so she created a ‘jacket” that connects to a blow dryer. Turn the dryer on and the jacket fills with warm air that circulates around the dog. This looks a bit scary to me. Though I commend this 3rd grader for her creativity, I prefer a simple blow dry over this crazy contraption!

(McFee.com) (TheDogDryer.com)

Crazy Cat Game We’ve all heard of those ‘Cat Ladies’ that simply can’t have enough cats. My Mom knew one who had over 40 in her home. They were everywhere! Well, now there is a crazy game where collecting lots of felines is a good thing! Along the way, players will either gain or lose cats…with the winner being the one with the most cats at the end. Though The Crazy Cat Lady game is probably fantastic fun for feline-lovers, I can’t imagine anyone wanting to collect more than one or two cats at the most.

Bad Poo Etiquette What do you think about this crazy idea that suggests hiding your dog’s poo under a rock instead of picking it up? When I first saw this, I thought, “Yikes.” Upon further reading, I found this is simply a joke product. It’s just an empty box you can buy to put a gift in. But really…Hide-A-Poo? Who would ever want to receive a gift in a box with dog poop on it? The box highlights the (fake) product benefits in these five words: Simply go, cover & go! What will humans think of next?