Sharing

1. I gave Donny some of my cookbooks a few weeks ago and had him make a list for each of recipes he wanted us to try.

2. The boys and I made one tonight.

3. That alone is interesting...not me but "the boys" part of it.

4. We wanted to share the pix and recipe with you.

5. I believe in creative license in any realm of life. Although a Pampered Chef recipe I made little tweaks and should I ever make it again I will be making more.

Recipe: Rav n' Ravioli
What you need: medium green bell pepper, onion, refrigerated ravioli (2- 9 oz packages, here I used a 25 oz package because it was what I could find), garlic, spaghetti sauce, water, olive oil, french bread, butter, mozzarella (I used six cheese Italian blend) and parmesan cheese (fresh).
Preheat oven to 400*.

This was the start of my work space. We used the PC Food chopper to chop up the pepper and 1/2 cup of onion.

Place 1 teaspoon of olive oil into a 4qt casserole pot and add pepper, onion and 1 garlic clove pressed with garlic press over medium heat for 2 minutes or until the veggies are tender.

Add 1 1/4 cups of water, 26-28 oz of Spaghetti sauce and ravioli. Bring to a boil.

Meanwhile, cut french bread into 12 slices about a 1/2 inch thick. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in micro cooker. Add bread to cooker and toss in the butter.

Once the ravioli mixture is boiling, add about half of it to the oval baker. Cover with 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.

Add remaining ravioli mixture. Place the bread slices around the edge, slightly overlapping and slightly pushing them down into the ravioli.

Grate the parmesan cheese over the dish.

Bake for 15 minutes or until the bread is crisp and golden.

We enjoyed this dish...I really don't care for peppers and will most likely cut back on them the next time but Donny loved it! The boys ate the ravioli.....picked around the sauce. And we chopped the peppers up very small.

Hope you and your family can enjoy this and if you are interested in any of the products I used, let me know! I am sure I can help you get them ;)