Dinner of sides is my traditional Thanksgiving meal. Not that I don't like sides, but I wanted...more. I made these shells to share with the omnivores of our clan and they were met with rave reviews. I did find the fennel to be a touch overpowering when added as the recipe states. I made another batch using a teaspoon of fennel and that seemed perfect. I also used a bit more ricotta and mixed in some mozzarella cheese in the second batch and it was quite tasty. I found that using my immersion blender to mix the cheese and spinach mixture helped blend the spinach more evenly throughout the mixture--made it much creamier, too. Overall, an excellent standard and easily tweakable recipe that I am sure to use again.

Reviewed On: Dec. 6, 2010

I needed to make a spinach dip for our monthly teacher appreciation party; not one for dips--or anything laden with sour cream or mayo--I turned to allrecipes for some help. Unfortunately, this is not the "Best Spinach Dip Ever". The recipe, when followed to the letter, yields a dip that tastes more of sour cream and mayo with a little spinach garnish. Luckily, I had more spinach on hand, but even the extra spinach could not cut down on the overpowering sour cream and mayo flavors. Perhaps that is the intention, but I have tasted store bought spinach dip that greatly trumps this one. If you are looking for a spinach dip that is heavy on the sour cream and mayo flavors and lacking in any others, this is the dip for you. Otherwise, I would try one of the modified versions or another recipe altogether.

Reviewed On: Aug. 21, 2010

If you aren't afraid of heat then get yourself cooking on this wicked spicy and freaking delicious vegetarian chili. This recipe is easily worth five stars without a single change. My seriously carnivorous extended family happily devour bowl after bowl with nary a "rabbit food" crack. It's that good. Wicked good, in fact :)

Reviewed On: Aug. 3, 2010