No More Boring Meals!

 I was thinking about how thrilled I am -to be on this journey- because I was so bored with the same dishes we were cooking week after week! This is what we ate every week: pasta with sauce, veal and broccoli,  pepperoni pizza and salad, chicken soup, bbq'd marinated chicken and potatoes, salmon and green beans. It was so boring to me that I would skip eating the meals myself and would have cookies or cereal later that night. That's not a good thing! 

On Saturday afternoon, I made Antipasto di Ricotta for lunch. This is a starter dish, but for me it was enough for a meal. I never ate ricotta on it's own before. I usually put it in my pasta with some olive oil. I am watching my weight and am pleased to find that all the dishes in Dolce Vita are very low in fat- not to mention that we are using fresh and home-grown ingredients.

I looked around for Ricotta di Pecorino (made from sheep's milk) and found only a hard version. I was pleased to find though, that some cheese factories will sell steaming hot fresh cow's milk ricotta on Sundays.

I love ricotta, so I couldn't wait to try this. The lemon zest surprisingly went well with the ricotta. I served it with fresh Italian bread- that I picked up at a local Italian bakery.

I'm sure some of you are wondering if my kids are enjoying the dishes- because kids can be picky! As you can see in the above picture, my 9 year old really enjoyed the ricotta dish. Fortunately for me, my children grew up with Italian food and are always eager to try new things.