Fully Operational

The floors are finally done! The furniture is (mostly) back in place! But most importantly, the stove and refrigerator have been hooked back up! And we have a new toilet in the bathroom on the main floor. Not only are the floors lovely, but we can finally (FINALLY!) cook again.

So of course I made a dessert that does not require the stove. But it was easy and tasty enough that I had to share:

Strawberries with Cannoli Cream Dip

Ingredients:

15 oz ricotta cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp grated orange zest
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Strawberries for dipping

Directions:

Combine the ricotta cheese, sugar, cinnamon, orange zest and vanilla extract. I used our food processor, but I certainly think a mixer would work just fine. (The sugar was a little bit grainy in the dip - it didn't bother me, but I might use super fine sugar next time. Or maybe brown sugar.) Fold in chocolate chips by hand.

Source: Well Fed Newlyweds

The girls are already big fans of strawberries, but this dip convinced them that strawberries are dessert. Ricotta is a very lean dairy and good source of protein. There isn't so much sugar here that I feel at all concerned about the quantity of this dip my children have consumed over the past couple of days.

Yum!













Striking a strawberry pose!