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 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...
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 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...
