Souper Freak

I know I’ve been blogging — relentlessly! — all day. But bear with me for one more post. This is worth it.

After a day of cooking and baking, it only seems fair that I have a nice dinner to end it all. And tonight’s dinner seriously might have been the best….AND the EASIEST….ever!

Just like everything I’ve made today, this came from my new favorite thing in the world, the 101 Cookbooks blog. The recipe that you should all be rushing to your kitchens right now to try? Ravioli pasta salad. Tyler and I have had a thing lately for the ravioli from the Sunday Divisadero farmer’s market. Just $6 for a box (which feeds two people, at least these two people) makes this a pretty affordable base for an easy weeknight dinner: toss the ravioli in boiling water (most recently we’ve been making the chicken stuffed ones), top with some canned tomatoes, maybe some broccoli, Parmesan cheese, and there it is!

But this recipe gave us something all together different. This time we used the spinach ricotta ravioli. Boiled it in salted water for about five minutes, then added a half bunch of asparagus (cut into 2 inch angled pieces), a handful of baby spinach, and about a half cup of frozen peas. A few minutes later and it’s cooked through. Then I simply tossed it with some chopped basil, chopped chives, and toasted pine nuts. Divided this between two bowls and finished it off with a squeeze of lemon, some Parmesan cheese and a light sprinkling of walnut oil.

Incredible!

So light! So fresh! Like the farmer’s market in your mouth! And so utterly simple. I made the whole meal in just one pot — and it came together so quickly Tyler walked in the kitchen to offer to help, and I was already done.

And I’ll call that the end of an amazing day of cooking!