My crown, a sore leg but best of all{Tortellini with Spinach}

Part one: Wah-wah

While last week started like gangbusters ( lots of good walking and moving about),  my old yoga injury flared up,  locking my leg into a straight position so.....hardly any walking.  I also had to get a temporary crown on a broken tooth.  Once the numbness wore off those  injection sites were tender, causing a dull pain in my mouth.

What a week. Rant over. Let's move on.....

Part two: A very nice thing that happened was a dinner with our son. We hadn't planned it, just worked out well.  I needed to make a quick meal since we had gotten home late so I turned to this easy  Tortellini with Spinach.

There is probably a recipe written down somewhere but I wing it when cooking.




In under 25 minutes you have a great meal.  I am a big fan of pasta so this one is a hit for me.  You use those refrigerated packs of tortellini (found in the dairy case area in the market).  You'll need the tortellini, spinach (or kale), milk, Parmesan and garlic.




Chop several cloves of garlic and slice the stems off approximately 1 pound of spinach.  You can use kale if you'd like, but we aren't fans of kale so I use spinach.  Cook the garlic and spinach in a few tablespoons of olive oil.  Add oregano and salt.

Once the veggies are soft add a cup of milk. (I used almond milk)  Add about 3/4 cup broth.  To keep it more vegetarian in style I used vegetable broth but you can use whatever you like,  Add tortellini and let it simmer for 8 minutes. Since we had 3 for dinner I opened a second container of tortellini and added almost half of it.

8 minutes later it's all cooked.  What I do then is sprinkle some Panko and a 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese over the top and place in the oven at 375 F for 5 minutes.

If you don't have a pan that goes from stove top to oven then don't worry about the browning. But do add that Parmesan, it's a good touch.

Since I tweak a recipe and add a little of this and that, I don't always measure properly, but I think i wrote out exactly what I did for our dinner.  This is good with a side salad and bread.


Sharing with Beth Fish Reads for her Weekend Cooking Series.



She is waiting near the bar. Somehow she knows when she hears ice hit a glass, she gets treats. Huh.