by niccolapiccola | Nov 11, 2013 | food, Quick dinner ideas
Said no one, EVER!!!! God, it’s wicked dark out there right now and it’s not even five o’clock! I feel like I could curl up with a good book and put my pajamas on but I haven’t even eaten dinner yet… sigh, I miss the summer, sigh again. Today...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 8, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food
Can you believe Thanksgiving is almost here? Time flies when you’re having fun.. especially if your kind of fun is doing yoga on pumpkins, squash and anything else that seems like a challenge to balance on! At Yoga Centre, where I teach in SLO, the pose of the...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 7, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, yoga
This yogi took some time away from the kitchen yesterday for some much needed R&R in Santa Barbara in the form of shopping, lunch, and more shopping! My student/friend Elizabeth (from Illinois!!!) and I headed down to SB with two stops in mind- LuLuLemon and...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 5, 2013 | food, salads
My student Shelley and I were joking the other day that our kale salad’s get more spa treatments in the two minutes we use to prepare them, then we both do all year long! As we were discussing this another student said, “I hate kale,” and we both got...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 3, 2013 | animals and such, Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food
Farm to table dinners are all the rage right now on the Central Coast and I’m thinking of hosting one at my house soon! Andy I were talking about a Friends-Thanksgiving the week or so before Thanksgiving day, like the one we went to at our friend Erin’s...
