One of my favorite things about summer is all the fresh berries – I tend to eat so many more fruits in the summer time 
On the side I had an egg beater 1/2 bagel sammie with reduced fat pepper jack cheese:
And 1/2 cup cottage cheese with a touch of cracked pepper
While I love doing the bike machine for exercise, I still think I need to do other things to shake things up. Right next to the gym is an outdoor pool that is part of my gym membership. I hadn’t really checked it out yet because it is so full of kids, but when I went at around 12:30, there was only 1 person in the 3 lanes designated for lap swim. Good thing is that you have to be 16 to use the lap lanes!
My co-worker and I have agreed to swim before work next week on Tuesday and Thursday.
Lunch was leftover taco fiesta. I “Pam” fried the corn tortillas to make them crispy. Each one only has 1 ounce of taco meat, cucumbers and peppers and lots of Tabasco!
My office has a pop fridge – pretty much any pop you want! And while I don’t drink it that often, I did have this:
Doesn’t everyone come home on a Friday night and make homemade artichoke ravioli?? While I do love my beloved party pizza Friday, I did enjoy this dinner. And it came together in about 45 minutes.
Artichoke Ravioli (printer friendly version here)
Makes 4 servings (6 ravioli: 388 calories, 8.2 fat, 60.6 carbs, 12.3 fiber and 21.7 protein)
Ingredients
| 1 1/2 | cups flour |
| 2 | large eggs |
| 1/2 | teaspoon salt |
| 2 | tablespoons water |
| 5 | artichoke hearts |
| 1 | cup ricotta cheese |
| 1/3 | cup fresh basil |
| 1/2 | teaspoon lemon juice |
| 1/4 | teaspoon salt |
| 1/4 | teaspoon pepper |
Directions
- For the pasta:
- Mix flour, eggs, salt and water in food processor until it comes together.
- Mix remaining ingredients for filling. Boil ravioli for 6 minutes. Serve with sauce of choice.
pillows of heaven!
boil in salted water for 6 minutes
This was so good! The ravioli was so light. However, Tony made a good point – the marinara sauce kind of overpowered the delicate ravioli – next time I’d just toss the ravioli in a little bit of Parmesan butter – but it was delicious!
I am off to put ribs in the oven. While we normally have Crab Fest with our neighbors, this time we decided to have Meat Fest 2010! Come back tomorrow to see what else we had!
Happy Saturday – its gorgeous in Chicago!
crazy question where did you get the ravoli mold??
thanks, love your blog, you really put thought into your meals…
Amazon.com: Norpro Ravioli Maker With Press: Kitchen & Dining
I bought it on Amazon – only 15 bucks!
So cool that you have a pool to go next to work! Makes it much easier to fit that in. I love pool workouts!
Pillows of heaven is right! They look awesome
I am eating berries right now. Yay for lots of Tabasco
Your ravioli are so cute!!
Those ravioli sound so good! So when are you inviting J and I over for dinner?
I’ve never made homemade pasta, but you’re inspiring me lately
Um, I love Fresca. One of the only sodas I’ll occasionally drink!
love this post!! I’m a huge fan of raspberries in the summer and can’t get enough of them. I am going to have to get that ravioli mold because I love pasta and you make it look like a cinch. looks wonderful! Also, is having the printer-friendly version link hard to do? Have a nice weekend
Not at all – I use http://www.scribd.com. I just upload my word document and it gives me a link
WOW! So impressive! I have never attempted to make my own ravioli but you make it look so do-able. Wow. I wonder if one could make whole-wheat raviolis?
another awesome post – I am loving these ravioli….
Mmmmm, MeatFest!
I admire you for swimming – I am just a floater. Sounds good to mix up your exercise routine!
Wow. That ravioli looks fabulous. I’m going to have to try it out! Thanks for the recipe!
Jackie
tritolose.wordpress.com
The more times I see you make ravioli with that spiffy mold thing, the more I realize I need to buy one myself. I would be able to easily make ravioli like that!
Those ravioli look good! That little ravioli mold makes them look so professional.
I thinking you know about good excersice….and that’s swimming. In swimming you are moving parts of your body muscles you didn’t realize need attenion. The fact that we are in a horizontal position and need to fight gravity to stay afloat….burns a lot of calories and keeps us in good shape.
I like fruit year round, but I really like berries in the summer. For me, berries are just so much better fresh.
The food looks fantastic as usual. Have you tried habanero cheddar? OMG so good and hot, I put it on Ben’s pizza today with jalapeno’s and thought of you
What?? That sounds amazing!
Your ravioli look amazing! Can’t wait to read all about Meat Fest!
Seems like a lot of work for your own ravioli. But then you do know what’s in them then!
i always appreciate anyone who enjoys putting black pepper ontop of cottage cheese! my mom always made it that way for me.. sometimes with a bit of sliced green onions too
ive been eating lots and lots of berries too. seems to be a rotation/combo of raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries.
ur ravioli making skills are impecible. i dont like the thin ones i see packaged in stores. urs looks more like perogies in terms of thickness which is fabulous!!
xoxo