by niccolapiccola | Oct 4, 2013 | animals and such, Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food, Quick dinner ideas, salads
Every afternoon between 2 and 3 p.m., I sit outside on my patio to enjoy a salad for lunch. Usually I’m swatting away flies who are trying relentlessly to annoy me, until my hummingbird friends come around, and I forget all about them. Hummingbirds have got to...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 2, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food, slow cooking
My ma tells me that one of the first phrases I learned to say was “che bella giornata,” or “what a beautiful day” in Italian. Leave it to my ma to teach me that at a young age! I’m 75% Italian and 25% Irish and very feisty, as most of you...
by niccolapiccola | Sep 26, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food, Quick dinner ideas, salads, slow cooking, yoga
I’m just amazed at how fresh the produce is here on the Central Coast. One of my favorite things to do in general is grocery shop, and the Farmer’s Market’s here have taken it to a whole new level! Fruits and vegetables that I’ve never seen,...
by niccolapiccola | Sep 22, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food
Happy First Day of Fall! It’s about 80 degrees here today, but I’m celebrating with pumpkin chocolate chip cookies anyway! The cookies are for my good friend Sara who had a birthday on Thursday, and we’re having a belated BBQ/party for her, with the...
by niccolapiccola | Sep 20, 2013 | animals and such, Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food, Quick dinner ideas
Did you all see the Harvest Moon last night?? It was big and bright, and made me think about re-harvesting my garden for the start of fall on Sunday. I’m big into squash right now in all of it’s forms- spaghetti, acorn, table queen and my favorite,...
by niccolapiccola | Sep 19, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food, Quick dinner ideas, yoga
And cookies, cakes, breads… Make me desserts and yum yums and I’ll train even harder! It’s no shocker that I love to eat but not at the cost of my waistline anymore. These days there’s so many substitutes for sugar, flour and butter that...
