Alfredo sauce, pesto and white wine combine to form a flavorful creamy sauce that coats mini cheese ravioli and fresh tomatoes. Fresh basil adds the finishing touch to Creamy Pesto Ravioli, a family favorite dinner recipe.
Creamy Pesto Ravioli is an easy recipe for your Meatless Monday dinner tonight.
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Creamy Pesto Ravioli
When it comes to getting dinner on the table fast and deliciously, our Creamy Pesto Pasta recipe is your answer.
With the ease of frozen ravioli, jarred sauce and pesto (fresh or store bought), the freshness of grape tomatoes and fragrant basil leaves, a fabulous dinner will be ready in no time.
Make it easy on yourself and use store bought pesto or if you have a little extra time, make one of our homemade pesto recipes for that added special touch.
Either way, our ravioli with pesto sauce will be a welcome addition to your dinner table!
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What is Meatless Monday?
Meatless Monday is a national campaign to raise awareness of the nutritional benefits of eating a meatless diet at least one day a week.
Facts About Meatless Monday
Meatless Monday:
- Originated during World War I to reduce the amount of key food staples to aid the war effort.
- Was revived again during World War II
- Was revived yet again in 2003 as a public health awareness campaign
- Was started in England in 2009 by Sir Paul McCartney (my childhood crush)
- Is now an international observance in twenty nine countries
Benefits of Meatless Monday
Eating meatless at least once a week will:
- Help lower your cholesterol and saturated fat intake
- Increase your fiber consumption
- Increase your vitamin consumption
- Reduce your impact on the environment by using fewer resources to grow our food
- Reduce your risk of chronic preventable diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
- Improve your chances of living a longer healthier life!
The Meatless Monday phenomenon is in full swing and that's why Creamy Pesto Ravioli is perfect for your dinner tonight! It's time to join the Meatless Monday trend! It's good for your health. It's good for your country. It's good for your planet. And Creamy Pesto Ravioli is good for your taste buds!
How to make ravioli in cream sauce
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Cook onion until just beginning to soften, 2-3 minutes. Add tomatoes; cook 3-4 minutes until mixture is just tender. Reserve 1/2 cup tomato mixture.
- Add white wine to the remaining tomato mixture in a skillet; boil for 1 minute. Stir in Alfredo sauce and pesto until blended.
- Add cooked ravioli, tossing until evenly coated. Simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer to a serving dish. Top with reserved tomato mixture and sliced basil.
Recipe Tips
- Make this recipe with your favorite pasta shape
Substitutions
- You can use storebought pesto instead of homemade pesto
- Substitute your favorite pasta shape for the mini ravioli
- Full size ravioli can also be used in this recipe
- Chopped plum tomatoes or cherry tomatoes are good replacements for grape tomatoes
Equipment
- measuring spoons
- measuring cups
- chef knife
- cutting board
- glass measuring cup
- large skillet
- pasta pot
Ingredients
- olive oil
- onion
- grape tomatoes
- white wine
- Alfredo sauce
- Basil Pesto
- frozen mini cheese ravioli
- fresh basil
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Creamy Pesto Ravioli Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 pint (2 cups) orange and/or yellow grape tomatoes ,halved lengthwise
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1 cup Alfredo sauce ,from 1 jar (15 oz.)
- 1/4 cup Basil Pesto or storebought pesto
- 1 (13 ounces) package frozen mini cheese ravioli ,cooked and drained
- 2 Tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil
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Instructions
- Heat oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Cook onion until just beginning to soften, 2-3 minutes. Add tomatoes; cook 3-4 minutes until mixture is just tender. Reserve 1/2 cup tomato mixture.
- Add white wine to remaining tomato mixture in skillet; boil 1 minute. Stir in Alfredo sauce and pesto until blended.
- Add cooked ravioli, tossing until evenly coated. Simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer to serving dish. Top with reserved tomato mixture and sliced basil.
This looks amazing!!!! I want it right now, thanks for sharing:)