by niccolapiccola | Nov 20, 2013 | food, Peace, soups
What a glorious day it is to be alive!! I spent all of Monday night (sleepless) and Tuesday (morning and early afternoon) hugging the toilet for dear life, after some virus or stomach bug took ahold of my body and wouldn’t let go! I’m never sick so I...
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 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 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...
