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{Baking/Vegetarian} ROASTED BELL PEPPER, MUSHROOM & RICOTTA CALZONES … l♥ved ’em!
“Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?” Author Unknown Happy ‘hump day‘!! Am battling the flu and a flu ridden family but seem to have gotten the better of Wednesday. ‘Wordless Wednesdays‘ prove elusive as always, maybe because I have too much to say. For that matter I never seem to make it to a ‘Meatless Mondays‘ post either; guess that’s fine because my food isn’t ruled by days of the week. That said, I make sure the grub is meatless at least 3 times a week, and these calzones proved to be just the thing. The combination of the filling, the depth the roasted bell peppers provided and the yumminess of…
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Ricotta & Cream Cheese Chili Poppers with Kiwi Salsa
The poppers were darned delicious little bites. They got created in an attempt to use up some left over home made ricotta that I had made for roasted bell peppers and ricotta bruschetta 2 days ago. I eye balled the ingredients, and have to say these little poppers were wonderful.
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Red Velvet Cake Roll with Strawberries and Ricotta …give me RED!
“Lots of bright colors like lime, orange and red this year.” Barbara Henderson The sight of the brilliant RED in the RVC takes my breath away each time I see a picture. Does that happen to you too? I have always wanted to make a red velvet cake (RVC) for as long as I can remember. So much talk about it, so many pictures calling my name, but I never quite had the courage to try making something so red which often involved a whole bottle of red food colouring. It scared me! Almost every recipe I came across had about that amount of colour to lend the cake its…
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Dark Chocolate, Ricotta and Ginger Tartlets with Poached Pears
“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure…” William Feather What spells Fall? Longer nights and shorter days. Leaves just about beginning to change colour. More serious food choices coming forth. Hola… September’s here, and with it Fall / Autumn in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Adios to the lightness that spelt summer. Stone fruits have been pipped by pip fruits, and the seasons first apples and pears are beginning to creep in. We’ve sadly said goodbye to the last of the stone fruits, plums were the last to go. There was a time that my heart sank when the…
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CHICKEN RICOTTA LASAGNA…my best yet!
“The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.”W. C. Fields My fascination with fresh home made soft cheese continues. Vera’s blog, Baking Obsession, is constant inspiration, & I went back to make some ricotta for the second time. the first time I made it with her recipe was for the Daring Cooks Zuni Ricotta Gnocchi, where the ricotta was wonderful in every way, but not so the gnocchi, which floated away in gay abandon. This time I was making some to add taste to a lasagna recipe which was taking shape in my mind. I wanted creamy & cheesy, but with soft fresh cheese, not…
