Beef Tortellini with Arugula and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Tonight was spent running errands, we picked out our paint colors and got 4 gallons of paints for the kitchen, eat in area, family room, bedroom and master bath. That will be quite the undertaking! We also ran to Bed, Bath and Beyond to pick up curtains for the master bedroom. Since decorating a house is expensive we are focusing on the rooms where we will be spending the most time.

 

It was almost 7:30 by the time we got home so I picked the faster of two recipes I had picked out for today and tomorrow. Tonight’s choice was Beef Tortellini with Arugula and Sun-Dried Tomatoes.

 

Ingredients

 

• 1 1/2 pounds frozen beef tortellini (I used half ravioli, half tortellini)
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes, thinly sliced
• Coarse salt and ground pepper
• 2 bunches arugula (12 ounces total), washed well and torn into large pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter

 

Directions

 

• Cook pasta and tomatoes in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente, according to package instructions. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water. Drain pasta mixture, and return to pot.
• Add arugula and butter to pasta. Toss, adding reserved pasta water a little at a time to create a thin sauce that coats tortellini (you may not need all the water). Season with salt and pepper; toss to combine. Serve.

 

 

 

 

Dessert was a bowl of Thin Mint ice cream. Nothing more to say them seriously delicious. Off to watch last night’s Lost.