I don't often post food pictures here, though food is my art - because it's not exactly furry. This however, I couldn't resist sharing. It's fresh pasta (made entirely by hand) done into ravioli, which I stuffed with roasted peppers (also done from scratch), goat cheese, and garlic. Then I topped that with sauteed shrimp, spinach, mushrooms, and tomatoes, along with a pesto sauce (also also done from scratch.)

Preparation time from start to finish was roughly five hours, though there was some downtime while the peppers cooled enough to be skinned. If I had a pasta roller/cutter that would have saved a lot of time. Still, I have to say it was totally worth it. I'm a big believer in slow food - real food, made fresh, with love and appreciation. Not...from a can or frozen and slapped on a plate and then eaten and forgotten in mere minutes. Now, if I could just become filthy rich so I'd have time and money to spend on such pursuits. ;)