{"id":235,"date":"2013-09-04T17:44:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T22:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2013-09-04T17:44:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T22:44:19","slug":"it-is-easy-to-be-cheesy-it-turns-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/2013\/09\/04\/it-is-easy-to-be-cheesy-it-turns-out\/","title":{"rendered":"It is easy to be cheesy it turns out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s talk cheese, friends. Ricotta cheese. Homemade ricotta cheese.<\/p>\n

If I had discovered how easy homemade ricotta cheese was to make earlier in my life, it might have taken a different path. Ricotta from scratch is so easy and so good, I probably would have become a traveling cannoli salesman or something.<\/p>\n

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You gotta make ricotta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have tried both the Barefoot Contessa\u2019s <\/a> method and Chef Ann Burell\u2019s recipe,<\/a> and while both taste similar, Ina\u2019s seems to be a bit easier for me. (Use the vinegar, not the lemon juice as well.)<\/p>\n

Check out and make some cheese today, because I\u2019m going to refer back to it often with some original recipes in which only the good stuff will do.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s talk cheese, friends. Ricotta cheese. Homemade ricotta cheese. If I had discovered how easy homemade ricotta cheese was to make earlier in my life, it might have taken a different path. Ricotta from scratch is so easy and so good, I probably would have become a traveling cannoli salesman or something. I have tried […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[5],"tags":[16,19],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3NIOM-3N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":246,"url":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/2013\/09\/11\/raspberry-cream-pie\/","url_meta":{"origin":235,"position":0},"title":"Raspberry Cream Pie","date":"September 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There\u2019s a little farm stand on the North Fork of Long Island that is lined with the usual local produce; potatoes, peaches maybe some tomatoes and sweet corn. 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