let me tell you something, i love love love to cook. so when pinterest came around - ya i pinned some fashion stuff and some design stuff but i was a sucker for the food. i've gotten to try so many great recipes that i wouldn't have gotten to try otherwise. this one i wanted to share with you because it is LEGIT awesome. super easy to make plus she encourages drinking during making, so i was completely on board.
i love this lady's website - she knows what she's doing and she is really humorous in her writing style - which makes reading an otherwise mundane recipe kinda fun. anyway - i want to share her lemon basil ricotta stuffed shells in a champagne cream sauce. if the name alone doesn't pique your interest, i dunno what will. it may sound difficult but it's SUPER easy, AND you get to finish the bottle of champagne [ok it doesn't say that exactly but that's what i did :)] and it made cooking a heck of a lot more fun. just as an fyi, i did NOT make the ricotta myself [mostly because i guess i had forgotten how awesome ricotta tastes and didn't want to make a whole batch of it]. though the homemade stuff looks pretty easy, i just bought ricotta from the grocery store and added some lemon juice and fresh basil leaves [from my new herb garden!]..and let me tell you - this was a HIT. it was so awesome, words cannot explain.
i know the recipe may sound a bit heavy, but they do sell low fat ricotta! plus, if you keep drinking..i promise you wont care. this also makes a ton and heats up really well for leftovers. i browsed her other recipes and have bookmarked a few...this sounds pretty awesome. i also made this and it was SO good [and super cheap too]!
if you make this, let me know how it goes! thanks!
-xoxo-
a
