Today's reason: Ricotta Cake, topped with Berry sauce.

I was in charge of dessert for this week's Sunday dinner, and I made an Italian-style cheesecake. The base is made from ricotta and cottage cheese (both were lowfat!), eggs, sugar and a small amount of flour, and is flavored with vanilla and almond extracts, lemon juice and lemon rind. You whip everything together in a food processor, bake in a springform pan, and it comes out tasting delicious and sophistocated. For the berry sauce, I defrosted blackberries, cherries and strawberries, and pureed them with a bit of sugar and lemon juice.

Everybody loved the dessert and came back for seconds. I only made 2/3 of a recipe, so four of us finished it off with very reasonable servings. Yum! I will DEFINITELY be making this dessert again.