Supermarkets have become a meeting place for robots. Next time you go shopping, look for them. Just like Uniblab, they walk around in slow motion grabbing items from the shelf and adding them to their carts without looking. It’s as if automatic pilot turns on and self-will disappears.

I’m guilty of this also. To this day I still pick up a box of Jiffy cornbread mix when shopping. It’s fine, but I only get it because my mother used to buy it. I keep it as an emergency late night snack.  I’ve now realized that a lot of the products I purchase can actually be made at home and are about 37 times better than the prepackaged version. I’m not married and have no kids so actually these products aren’t even made for me.

One of my biggest pet peeves is buying Ricotta Cheese. I usually buy the smallest container, use half of it and put the rest in the fridge. The next time I go to use it, my Ricotta has turned into a Petrie dish and is now the only other living thing in my apartment.

I’ve decided to start making my own Ricotta and I cannot tell you it is truly amazing. It’s thick and creamy, not watery and grainy like the one I used to buy in a yellow container. Spend an extra 15 minutes and make this.