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 | Oct 21, 2013 | food, Quick dinner ideas, salads
Until recently, I wasn’t very creative in the kitchen. I used to eat the same meals on the the same days, week after week, month after month. BORING! Now I’m the exact opposite. It’s hard for me to remember what I had for dinner most days now because...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 9, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food, Quick dinner ideas, salads
My fall garden is starting to sprout and I’m excited about the eggplant seeds that I planted awhile back. It is so fun to sow the seeds and then watch them grow! It teaches me patience because I always want to pick the vegetables before they are ready to be...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 7, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, food, salads
I just love a good picnic. One that includes great company, a Mexican blanket, baked goodies, yummy goat cheeses, pistachios, chocolate, lettuce wraps and good wine…of course! This weekend was a debauchery!! My girlfriends and I went to Los Osos for the free...
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 1, 2013 | food, Quick dinner ideas, salads, yoga
And although I’m not waiting for my welfare check like Bone Thugs-n-Harmony rap about in that song, I’ve got bills to pay and checks to cash…and grocery shopping, a Target run that will no doubt cost more than 100 bones, and a trip to Petco, for...
