The other night our daughter wanted Manicotti for her birthday dinner.
I went shopping the day before and thought I got everything I needed and was sure I had the cheese at home. Only come to find out I
needed Ricotta cheese after all. I was really stuck.
Everyone knows Manicotti and Lasagna is ALWAYS better the next day so I wanted to make it ahead and eat it the next day. What was I
going to do with out Ricotta or Cottage cheese? So I looked in my fridge and found I had cream cheese and sour cream.
Then I mixed equal parts of both to make the texture right and tasted it. It tasted great so I went ahead and used it instead of running out
to the store which is 8 miles away. I was hoping it would go over well, sweating while I waited to see everyones comments.
Whew, it worked! No one knew what I did and they all said it was the best they ever had.
I love being creative and making substitutes that work well.