Cheater's Choice: Butternut Squash Ravioli
No, I'm not talking about plagiarism. That's another topic for another blog.
The focus here is easy! (Not that kind of easy. Still another topic for yet another blog).
I was at Sam's Club the other week poking around. And eating a hotdog, as they have the best hotdogs on earth for some reason. (Seriously. Try them. With enormous fountain drinks where I mix Cherry Coke with Coke Zero. MMMM.). And buying a giant bottle of wine for Grey's Anatomy night.
In addition to a giant inexpensive container of organic baby spinach, in the deli section there were also giant packages of butternut squash ravioli, not frozen ones for about nine bucks. While they seemed expensive at the moment (9.00 for pasta!?), I reasoned with myself that as I never go out to dinner here, it's okay to splurge on deliciousness that's also easy to fix.
Tonight I boiled some water and plopped half a package into the pot (so, 1/4 of the entire purchase). After 4-5 minutes the ravioli were done. I browned a little pat of butter in the meantime. After draining the ravioli, I swirled them around in the butter. The raviolis were reasonably healthy (5 grams fat/serving) so a little butter never hurt anyone (RIGHT?). And turns out about 4 raviolis and a little leftover sweet potatoes on the side are plenty for dinner. So, what I originally thought was expensive for pasta, turned out to be very reasonable as there are 5 million servings in the two packages (or so it seems). I froze the other half of the package and will eat some of the cooked ones for lunch tomorrow with a spinach salad. And there's a whole other package in my fridge.
Time spent in the kitchen? 6 minutes.
Now, I have a TON of spinach to use now. E, want me to mail you some?
The focus here is easy! (Not that kind of easy. Still another topic for yet another blog).
I was at Sam's Club the other week poking around. And eating a hotdog, as they have the best hotdogs on earth for some reason. (Seriously. Try them. With enormous fountain drinks where I mix Cherry Coke with Coke Zero. MMMM.). And buying a giant bottle of wine for Grey's Anatomy night.
In addition to a giant inexpensive container of organic baby spinach, in the deli section there were also giant packages of butternut squash ravioli, not frozen ones for about nine bucks. While they seemed expensive at the moment (9.00 for pasta!?), I reasoned with myself that as I never go out to dinner here, it's okay to splurge on deliciousness that's also easy to fix.
Tonight I boiled some water and plopped half a package into the pot (so, 1/4 of the entire purchase). After 4-5 minutes the ravioli were done. I browned a little pat of butter in the meantime. After draining the ravioli, I swirled them around in the butter. The raviolis were reasonably healthy (5 grams fat/serving) so a little butter never hurt anyone (RIGHT?). And turns out about 4 raviolis and a little leftover sweet potatoes on the side are plenty for dinner. So, what I originally thought was expensive for pasta, turned out to be very reasonable as there are 5 million servings in the two packages (or so it seems). I froze the other half of the package and will eat some of the cooked ones for lunch tomorrow with a spinach salad. And there's a whole other package in my fridge.
Time spent in the kitchen? 6 minutes.
Now, I have a TON of spinach to use now. E, want me to mail you some?
posted by mg at 6:49 PM
3 Comments:
HA! Thanks for the offer, MG, but I've found a new grocery store. One with which I'm officially in love after just one visit. It's gourmet, it has a WIDE selection of cheeses, and it was well-stocked with spinach. It also has these nifty scanners that you take around with you as you shop, totalling your bill as you go. Makes check-out very fast.
I know that it's weird to be so delighted about a grocery store, but I can't help it.
Those ravioli sound delicious, Mer. And I am with you on the hot dogs at Sam's - they truly are the best. My family ate many a hot dog meal at Sam's back in the day....anyway, this little comment is also to apologize for my lack of posting recently. I've not been cooking, for whatever reason. But that is all about to change, as I've been conscripted into duty for Thanksgiving with RJM's family here in Knoxville. Wish me luck - his mom is an amazing cook, so I've got a lot to live up to...
OOH, girl. For inspiration, I suggest this month's issue of Gourmet (just flipped through it a the dentist's). The recipes looked wonderful but not too scary to try...
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