NUTELLA filled crepe. best ever.

Well hello there my friends,

Sorry for the lack of updates this week! Nikki’s been here and we have been pretty busy!!

Well Sunday night’s dinner went superbly well! We ended up making the gnocchi with meat sauce and bread! It was DELICIOUS. I will perfect that recipe, as well as a spinach version by the time I come home.

Side Note: I am already dreaming up dinner parties of me cooking and baking for people, so be ready.

Then we went out and Nikki got this chocolate filled cookie that was so good. She is still on a mission to try many different baked items for her work at home! Then we came back and went to bed.

Monday morning we woke up and I took her to the Central Market, inside and outside, because I love that place. I had to resist getting any more dried fruit even though I am craving it tremendously. My dried fruit guy even was ready to go get me my kiwi and melon! Haha. I showed Nikki the biscotti place that on some days has really GREAT biscotti and she ended up getting this strawberry muffin that she said was VERY good and now she wants to go back for another one! Then I went and worked out real quick so Nikki could get on the internet for a bit since mine here absolutely sucks.

Side note: Yahoo texting has its days, so there’s a 97% chance you will get my message, but I will not get your response L! SEIGS & KROB, so sorry for this never working L.

Then we went around shopping for a bit and picking up a few souvenirs for me. I am finding it so hard to figure out what to get my brother and my dad because I don’t want to just get them a t-shirt!! Haha! My mom will be easy since I am going to Dublin! Def. had to stop by this bakery where Nikki got a crunchy chocolate baked good that was not very good, but also a pastry cream filled donut that was very good! Then we found our way to this restaurant I have been told is SO good called Il Gato, apparently they have very good bread and everyone told me correctly cause it was DELICIOUS and warm too! Nikki got the Spaghetti Bolognese, which was of course very good and I got this Tortellini with Vegetable Sauce that was absolutely insanely delicious! I will never get anything besides that from there again!

So then we went and ended the delicious meal with some of my life changing gelato. Of course I got my usual and it was absolutely delightful!!

Then we came home and watched the Blind Side. Haven’t seen that movie in a while, shocked? But I loved it of course!!!!

Then Tuesday morning we woke up and tried to go find this other outdoor market down by my friend’s apartment, I failed the first time trying to find it on my own and we failed again yesterday! Haha So we ended up going to the grocery store for a few things and got chicken to make with our meal for last night.

I know everyone’s wondering with all this eating, how am I not getting insanely fat? Umm.. because I keep working out. Haha. Gotta burn off these carbs! I feel bad since Nikki is here for working out but I can’t lose my momentum! Lol Esp. with Dublin next weekend.. I only work out for an hour so its not too bad!

So then came back and got ready to go do some more shopping!! So we went around to a few new and different places and picked up more souvenirs. May be weird, but I know when I was little my family always used to pick up magnets for my grandma and pas. SO I got these 2 really cute magnets to give them of places in Italy and I love it because I can say I have been to every place J!!!!! So then we kept walking and walking and stopped by this bakery where Nik broke the rules and got another chocolate filled cream puff and boy that thing was CHOCOLATE!!!! But still good of course. So then we went around to a few more shops and Nik stopped and got the best Nutella filled crepe I have ever had in my life. Definitely going back there hopefully today to get one for myself!! Haha! I am still thinking about how good that thing was!! Haha. SO then we walked around for a bit more and made our way home to cook dinner!

I ended up having some of my delicious leftover tortellini and made a salad. I MISS SALAD DRESSING, oil and balsamic just doesn’t cut it. And then we made chicken—of course would have been much better with some KC Masterpiece. Nikki had bought some fresh pasta from the market with sauce and then cooked chicken too! Everything was very good, but Nikki made the mistake of putting too much salt on her chicken and she wasn’t kidding!! That piece of chicken was pure salt sadly!! Haha

SO then we were going to watch All About Steve and see if everyone is correct for that being a terrible movie, but it messed up cause my internet stinks. So we ended up watching Taken. I don’t know why I brought that movie, nor do I know why I watched it AGAIN being here. Haha. Gives me the creeps that is for sure!!

I made it through the night though without any nightmares, so we will see how Nikki is when she wakes up!! Haha

Otherwise today we have a few things planned if everything goes right! Finally going to go see David. My mom has reminded me many many times to go see it for her, so I need to do so!! Haha

Well, besides all of this!

Definitely have a few things to add to the list of things to get when I return to the states:

1. Pasta attachment to my orange kitchen-aid- not only for pasta but for making danish and croissants too!!
2. Crepe maker—Nutella filled crepes anyone??
3. Pastry bags with tips—Cookie time and Canoli time!!!! Along with others!

YESSSSS. Cannot wait to bake and cook when I come home. SO many recipes to bring home and perfect. Top on the list is croissants! Cannot wait to make those again!

Next weekend is Dublin and I cannot freeking wait, then the next is Sicily. I cannot wait to see Tricia in almost 1 week! It has been far too long!

I am not ready for Nikki to leave yet and it’s already Wednesday. Thankfully in a way most of my friends here come back Friday or Saturday sometime, so I won’t be sitting around moping ALL day after she leaves and then mope again when she goes to Taco Bell without me when she gets home. Haha

Well I will try and update this thing again soon!

Love and miss! Ciao!