Bon Appetit!

On Friday Mark was coming up to visit and I was in the mood to cook, and that is exactly what I did. I decided to attempt to make homemade ravioli. I use the word attempt because I really had no idea how this would turn out. However, I am excited to say the attempt was successful and we had delicious cheese ravioli with pesto for dinner. It really is not that difficult to make ravioli, and it is actually a lot of fun!


http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/the-best-of/homemade-ravioli-with-ricotta-cheese-filling-recipe/index.html

I used this recipe and then topped the ravioli with a traditional basil pesto. I stuck with the traditional cheese ravioli for my first batch, but I am excited to try all different kinds soon!Honestly, the most difficult part of making the ravioli was rolling out the dough. I don't have the pasta roller attachment for my KitchenAid mixer, but hopefully one day! :) Then making homemade ravioli would be a breeze!

On another cooking note, Mark and I went to see Julie and Julia on Sunday afternoon. I thought it was really cute! It made me realize how much I am not interested in learning French cooking!! After the movie, Mark turned into a little Julia Child. It was borderline ridiculous. We decided to make a ravioli lasagna with the leftover ravioli and Mark was taking charge in the kitchen. Somehow I still got stuck with cleaning up... haha!

PS - CLAIRE IS COMING TO VISIT TOMORROW! :) :) :) I am super excited (in case you couldn't tell!).

PPS - Still don't have internet, so pictures to come soon. On a good note, Comcast did adjust my bill and gave me free HBO for a year! yay! Now everything should be working soon... I hope!