Fluffy Ricota Pancakes

Happy Friday! How are you today? I've picked up a head cold somewhere that wants to stay - but it needs to LEAVE! Oh, well. It's a beautiful day, with sunshine after the storms all day long yesterday.

Today's review is these Fluffy Ricotta Pancakes from The Kitchn.

These were a YES, PLEASE. Since one batch made less than ten pancakes, I had some and put some in the freezer. I've already eaten the ones that were in the freezer; they froze beautifully! They are fluffy, and tasty. They were also pretty easy, thanks to my Kitchen Aid to beat the whites for me. :D

OK, I'm outta here. I hope you have a wonderful first weekend of November! Be BLESSED!

Mighty Tasty Mini Lasagnas

Happy Monday! Did you have a good weekend? I did; although Kenn's been so busy he doesn't know if he's coming or going, we took Saturday night to go out for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. We'd already planned to take Sunday off - we were going to go to Atlanta for the weekend, but he couldn't take all the time off to go. So, we woke up to the electricity off. That makes it difficult to get projects he needed done, OR get ready to go anywhere. So we took the day off, anyway. :) It felt REALLY odd, and I was REALLY tempted to go do what I was supposed to be doing, but I didn't. I hope I don't pay for that later....

Oh, well. Too late now. :D

Today's recipe is for Mighty Tasty Mini Lasagnas from Catching Fireflies.

Now, then. I used my mom's Pampered Chef brownie pan to make these in; the original did it in regular muffin tins, but I thought, since wonton wrappers are square, why not go more with the shape of them?

These are a YES, PLEASE! recipe. They were super easy to assembly-line make, easy ingredients - I tend to keep everything but the ricotta in my fridge, anyway - and pretty yummy. I do wish I'd had some ground beef to bulk these up a bit, but they were still good. I've got some in my freezer, too - I tend to be the only one who eats stuff like this, so I didn't make too many. :) That was another nice thing about the "recipe"; you really don't have to make a lot of them! I'm also going to tag them as frugal; they're not expensive to make, if you price it out per cup!

OK, I'm out of here. This is our last normal week of rehearsal for CINDERELLA, then into tech week and opening! :) Have a wonderful day! Be BLESSED!

Olive Garden Toasted Ravioli

Good Monday Morning! :) Did you have a good weekend? Did you try anything new? I love trying new things - it breaks the monotony a little of "What's for dinner?" :D

Today's recipe is the fried ravioli I promised you last week, from Easy Restaurant Recipes. It's supposed to be the toasted ravioli from Olive Garden.

Now, then. What I did was took those wanton wrapper ravioli I made from the review post last week and put them in the freezer, uncooked. When I took them out of the freezer, I should have immediately separated them - they stuck together a little bit when I tried to do it later. But they still worked beautifully for this recipe.

I was also in a hurry, and didn't read the entire recipe before I started; I combined all the dry ingredients, instead of having two breading mixes. And it still turned out well. :D

This recipe got a huge YES, PLEASE! from our pastor and his wife, who were our dinner guests the night I tried the recipe. :D They earned me an incredible "The girl can cook!" review from our pastor. :D The sauce, again, was Prego®; it was their Very Veggie sauce, so I snuck extra veggies in on Pastor Ronnie. :D I know that I can make these for him any time I wish, and he'll be THRILLED! LOL!

I really liked them, too - this picture doesn't do them justice, because they were pretty cold by now. But even Kenn loved them; he finished these up the next day for his lunch. And he's not a huge Italian fan!

I hope you try them out the next time you've got some time. They're well worth the effort, and are obviously a crowd-pleaser. :D Let me know if you do try them!

Have a wonderful day! Be BLESSED!

Ravioli, Pioneer-Woman Style!

 It's Wednesday! Are you having a good week? Can you believe that this time next year it will be the beginning of a new month? Christmas will be coming FAST! :D

Today's recipe is courtesy of the blogger I think every other female blogger is secretly a little jealous of, the Pioneer Woman. :D She's got a wonderful blog, and you can catch her on the Food Network these days, as well!

I will tell you right now: her recipe and method both are a big YES, PLEASE! The photo below is in that clunky pasta dough recipe I reviewed last week. Even encased in that heavy dough, this filling was AMAZING - and I know I had to take her suggestion and get some wonton wrappers to finish out the ricotta cheese I'd purchased on clearance. :D

(I'll give you a free YES, PLEASE review of Pampered Chef's cookie scoops, too - the smallest one is PERFECT for filling these!)

I didn't prep them in any way but the boiling water, because I didn't want to waste any more ingredients on that dough. :D So I boiled them, and then dipped them in Prego.

I love, love, love this recipe. I'll show you what I did with the ones I made with the wonton wrappers next week. :D I can't give you ravioli two posts in a row, can I? :D

Try this filling. I'm pretty sure it will become a go-to recipe for you - it's easy and delicious!

Have a WONDERFUL day! Be blessed! If you find something you want me to try out, leave me a comment!