No-cook dinner

[prosodic]

I guess this is piggybacking off my earlier post.

I was in Grocery Outlet the other day (I love that place more and more each time I visit) and in the freezer case, they had bags of Bertolli tortellini in tomato cream sauce for $2. That's probably about half of what the regular grocery stores charge.

Anyway, I picked some up, thinking it would be good to keep in the freezer for a quick meal (and it can be made in a skillet or microwaved, so bonus!). I was having high hopes for this, and I figured if it was good, I would run to Grocery Outlet and get more to have around for next week, since I likely won't be using the oven at all.

I nuked it. Pour into a casserole dish. Cover. Cook 4 minutes. Stir. Cook 4 minutes. Let sit for 2. Apply to mouth. Couldn't be easier. Garlic bread was baking in the toaster oven in the meantime, and I had peas heating on the stove.

It was disappointing. Perfectly edible, but the sauce was really runny. And I'm not sure I liked it well enough to buy it again. I'm wondering if the sauce would thicken up if it was cooked in the skillet. Or if I added meatballs or something, would that improve it?

Comments

[beaniesue.livejournal.com]

Try cooking it in a skillet - that's the way I made those kind of dishes and I liked them

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm thinking it would be better that way. I just wanted to do it in a way that wouldn't release any heat...on really hot days, I get really hot just using the stovetop, even if I don't use the oven.