Tortellini

Since it was Friday it was Jake and Dakota's turn to cook. I had purchased some chicken and prosciutto stuffed tortellini from the deli section at Grocery Outlet for a really good price. They only had to make a sauce to go with it and they did an amazing job!

They started out with 1 chopped onion, and 4 cloves chopped garlic, they put it in a hot skillet with 2 tbs EVOO. They let it cook until the onions were tender. Next they added 16 oz of tomato sauce, salt, and pepper to taste. That's where the recipe they used said to let it simmer for about 30 minutes. Well those two thought it was pretty bland and opened the spice cabinet. They added 2 more cloves of grated garlic, a tbls of dried thyme, 1 tbls dried oregano, and 1 tbls dried basil. They let it simmer for about 15 minutes, then they added 1 cup heavy whipping cream (I told Jake it wasn't a good idea and he would probably be sick later but he insisted, we are however trying him on limited dairy and soy before his next scope). Meanwhile they boiled a large pot of water and cooked 1 lb of ground Italian sausage(if it weren't for the kids we would have  used a spicier sausage).

When everything was done they added it all to 1 pan tossed, then served with a little bit of parmesan  and fresh parsley. It was very good!

They also made a coffee cake for dessert. That was another weird thing about today they used a box cake something we just don't do around here, but it worked and tasted good. A Homemade one would have been much better.