Recipe: Spinach Artichoke Tortellini

This dish is my favorite to make. It's quick, easy and delicious! I normally serve it with salad and I sometimes make some garlic bread too.

If you're thinking, "I don't really like spinach or artichokes." At least give it a try! My husband's not huge fan of them either but he loves this dish!

Prep time - 10 minutes
Cook time - 20 minutes
Serves 4

Ingredients

1lb Package of Tortellini
1 cup of Heavy Whipping Cream
1/2 cup of grated Parmesan Cheese
4 slices of Bacon
1/3 to 1/2 cup of Quartered Marinated Artichoke Hearts (or about 5-6 quarter pieces)
1/2 to 3/4 cup of Cooked Chopped Spinach
1 tsp of Garlic Powder
Salt and Pepper to taste

All the ingredients

I like to use freshly ground black pepper, but feel free to use already ground pepper. Those are half slices of bacon pictured above. I use 8 of those half pieces. I like to to cut them in half and freeze them so they don't curl up so much when I cook them, so they will crisp all the way through.

It looks like a bunch of pots, but don't be intimidated!

Directions

First off, get a big pot of water on the stove and bring it to a rolling boil, so it will be ready for your tortellini later. Cook the spinach. (Fresh or frozen, it's up to you. I use frozen.) Cook the bacon until it's crispy. Tear up/chop the bacon. Chop the artichoke quarters. Grate the Parmesan cheese. (or use already grated Parmesan) Now, you should have all your ingredients ready to go! Take a small amount (about a tablespoon or so) of the bacon grease and put it into the large sauce pan. Add the heavy whipping cream and Parmesan. Sprinkle in garlic, salt and pepper. Heat the cream mixture on medium-low for about 5 min. Once it begins to thicken a little, add the bacon, artichokes and Spinach. Might be a good idea to add the tortellini to the boiling water at this point, but don't let the tortellini be done before you are ready to add it to the sauce. Let the sauce simmer on low heat for 5 to 10 min or until it looks like this.

Looks yummy right? Drain the tortellini and add it to the sauce. Mix until the tortellini is evenly coated with sauce. Add salt and pepper, if needed.

Just let all the flavors meld together like that for about 5 min or less on low heat. Serve immediately.

Hopefully, if I instructed you well, you ended up with a similar product as the picture above. Enjoy!

Psalm 107:5-9

Hungry and thirsty,

Their soul fainted in them.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He delivered them out of their distresses.

And He led them forth by the right way,

That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.

Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

For He satisfies the longing soul,

And fills the hungry soul with goodness.