…make lemon ricotta cookies! You’re probably thinking hey, shouldn’t it be “when life gives you lemons…”? Well not in this case. You see, the night before, I put together my spinach and mushroom lasagna and wound up with a ton of extra  ricotta mixture (ricotta cheese mixed with eggs). Had it not been for a sudden stroke of genius to use this mixture in a dessert with some meyer lemons I had in the house, the ricotta would have gone to waste. But nevertheless, YOU MUST MAKE THESE COOKIES and I’ll tell you why.

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Today is March 14th, also known as 3/14…the three first numerals of Π (pi). So that would make today Pi Day! So of course, I baked my very own pie to celebrate!

Prompted by Krysta of Evil Chef Mom, this was my very first time making a pie (so thanks Krysta!) I chose to make my favorite kind: lemon meringue, not realizing just how ambitious a project this was for my very first pie. But we all know, I like to make things as complicated as possible.

The truth is I think my pie actually came out quite beautifully….at first. It’s just that in transport to its final destination, it came across a few “bumps” in the road and may have exploded on one side.

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