by niccolapiccola | Nov 21, 2013 | animals and such, Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums
I honestly don’t know how some of you work in offices all day surrounded by those cookies, brownies and candy… and yet somehow seem to resist temptation and keep on keeping on! I would crumble! And then probably have a bite of that too if it were in front of me!...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 18, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums
…the more ya eat the more ya toot, the more ya toot, the better ya feel, then ya ready for your second meal! Does anyone out there remember that rhyme? My third grade teacher Mrs. Blanco made us watch a PBS special on beans and how wonderful “vegetables”...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 14, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums
…into my salads, veggie burgers and for the first time today, brownies! Why? Because my friend Summer told me she makes a mean red velvet chocolate cake using beets as the dye and I didn’t believe her! Then I looked on Pinterest and wow, beets are everywhere!...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 12, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food, Quick dinner ideas
Blue Ballet Bread, Bkue Balley Bread, Blu Ball Breed. See! I can’t even spell it three times fast, never mind say it, but it smells so good in my oven that I know I’ll eat it three times as fast! What is this bread I speak, you may ask? Why, it’s my...
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...
