So, part of my new years “plans” for this year was to create a cookbook. Part of the reason is that I love to cook, and family and friends frequently ask me for the recipe. The only problem with giving it to them is the fact that I don’t really ‘follow’ any one particular recipe. Alot of the food I make are either a combination of multiple recipes along with my own ideas, or just something I make on the fly with what I have. This sucks when you end up with a great meal but no way of identically recreating it. So here it begins, cookbook recipe# 1.

cheese ravioli with marinara Alfredo meat sauce w/ Italian salad and pesto bow ties

Cheese ravioli w/ tomato-fredo meat sauce ingredients:

-1 jar of spaghetti sauce

-1 jar of Alfredo sauce

-1lb. of ground beef, or ground turkey

-1 brown onion diced

-1 packages of frozen cheese ravioli or any cheese filled pasta

Brown meat and onion

Pour Alfredo, and spaghetti sauce into skillet with browned meat. Let simmer.

Cook cheese ravioli according to package.

Pour meat sauce over ravioli and top with Parmesan cheese.

Italian Salad Ingredients:

-Chopped green leafy lettuce (variety mix is best for this salad)

-Mozzarella cheese shredded (about 3 oz)

-Peperoccinis sliced

-Red onion sliced

-Italian dressing

Mix ingredients together. If you do not have Italian dressing using oil and vinegar works well too.

Pesto Bowtie Ingredients:

-Prepared pesto spread

-1 can of crescent rolls

-1 tbsp of butter

-garlic powder

Unroll crescent rolls to lay flat, spread prepared pesto sauce over each triangle and roll up. Place on ungreased baking sheet and cook at 375 for 12 mins

While cooling crescents, add butter to microwavable dish and add garlic powder. Brush melted butter mixture over crescents.