I was looking through my photos last night and found a few older photos for recipes that I never posted. I love this cheese tortellini dish with spinach and slow roasted tomatoes. I can’t believe I forgot to share it with all of you. The photos aren’t the greatest, but the recipe is simple and very tasty.
We always keep a couple bags of cheese tortellini in our freezer for emergencies. It comes in handy when we are busy and/or feeling lazy. I love making tortellini soup, salads, and pasta dishes.I also keep slow roasted tomatoes in the freezer. I make big batches and freeze them in smaller containers so I can pull them out when I need them.They sure came in handy for this recipe. I just defrosted and reheated the tomatoes before I added them to the cheese tortellini.
The slow roasted tomatoes are full of flavor and are perfect in this dish. I also stirred in fresh spinach, parmesan cheese, and added a little drizzle of olive oil. That is it. I love the simplicity of this pasta dish.
If you are looking for a meal that can be made in minutes, try cheese tortellini with spinach and slow roasted tomatoes.
Cheese Tortellini with Spinach and Slow Roasted Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 1/2 Tablespoon salt-to add to boiling water
- 1 bag frozen cheese tortellini 16 oz. size
- 2 cups slow roasted tomatoes
- 3 cups fresh spinach washed and roughly chopped
- Drizzle of olive oil
- Fresh Parmesan cheese-to taste
Instructions
- 1. Fill a large pot ¾ full with water. Bring to a boil. Add a ½ T of salt. Stir in frozen cheese tortellini. Cook until tortellini floats to the top and is soft. Drain and put tortellini in a medium bowl.
- 2. Stir in the slow roasted tomatoes and spinach. Drizzle with olive oil and stir again.
- 3. Garnish with freshly grated parmesan cheese. Serve warm.
- Note-I used frozen slow roasted tomatoes. Defrost and reheat before stirring them in with the tortellini. You can use freshly roasted tomatoes, for instructions you can visit this post.
Have you tried this recipe?
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Yummy! I love a good tortellini dish! Looks great 🙂
Ha ha, we’re both in the same boat. Last night I was digging through loads of old photos of great things I’ve made but have yet to post. It’s tough to make the decision to post them since my photog. skills/camera weren’t quite up to par back them! I’d say your tortellini still looks pretty delicious. I love slow-roasted tomatoes!
This sounds delicious, especially the combo of spinach and slow roasted tomatoes!
I love doctoring up frozen pasta, too. I always think it is delicious.
This looks delicious. And you’re right, this is the perfect healthy dinner when you’re looking for something quick.
Trying to cook more healthy for my husband…this dish will work beautifully!
Cheese tortellini makes such a great quick meal, and you definitely made such an appealing dish with the addition of the slow roasted tomatoes.
Wow! This looks great and super simple.
Thanks!
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Yum, I love slow roasted tomatoes so this would be great!
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Tortellini is such a fun pasta and always so good!
Slow roated tomatoes are the way to go to intensify a less than satisfactory out of season tomato. They would be delicious in your pasta.
A perfect combination! Sooooo Italian!
Cheers,
Rosa
I love meals like this. Lovely and filling
What a lovely looking meal and great pictures too – makes me what to eat it right now!
mmmmmmm I wish my Josh liked tomatoes! Easy dinners with your own special touches are perfect for week nights. Hope you have a nice weekend 😉
It’s great when emergency cheese tortellini comes to the rescue. I love the colors and flavors of this dish.
I love simple tortellini salads like this. The slow roasted tomatoes are a nice touch…they add such a great earthy flavor.
I keep frozen tortellini in the freezer too. You should try the Wild Mushroom Agnolotti-it is a favorite in our house. It’s so nice to put together something that tastes fabulous after a busy day! What a great looking dish.
This pasta dish looks so good! I love all of the colors!
I make something similar and I looove it. 🙂 Yours looks wonderful!
So yummy! All of my favorite things are wrapped up in this pasta. Delicious!
Great dinner! I just need the tortellini and spinach 🙂
The flavor of slow-roasted tomatoes can not be put into words. They are divine. I’m positively addicted to them. I never thought to make a big batch and freeze them though! Thanks! 🙂
We use cheese tortellini for emergency dinners too 🙂
Nice! We simmer refrigerated tortellini in vegetable stock and then add stewed tomatoes and sliced squash. So easy and delicious!
What a lovely dish. So glad you re-discovered it!
Cheese tortellini used to be one of those staples that I kept on hand when I still had kids at home. They LOVED it in any sauce, shape or form. I’m going to have to buy some and make this, if only for old time’s sake!
YUM! This one is definitely going on my To-Make list! Also- I thought of you last night! We went to a local Italian restaurant last night and I tried gnocchi for the first time. I remember you talking about it how good it was and you were right! It was delicious!
fabulous dish, it looks like it’s packed with flavor! and i think that’s a great picture!
straightforward and delicious–that’s what i like to see (and eat). 🙂
What a lovely dish! I always have slow roasted tomatoes and tortellini in my house too. They go so well together — and I love the idea of adding spinach.
this looks delicious. i’m all about the “too buzy or too lazy” dishes. I also need to roast some tomatoes.
those are lovely little bites of perfection!! I love tortellini and with roasted tomatoes, spinach and freshly grated cheese. wow…. ….now thats a great combination of flavors!!
Looks so tasty and easy! I love how versatile tortellini are.
Another Winner Maria! Thanks for sharing! Just made this for our Sunday Lunch and was Deeee-Lish!
I LOVE tortellini! Great dish!
This would have come in handy for us tonight! Wish I had some!
I love tortellini recipes. This looks amazing!
This is simple and delicious!
oh, I definitely haven’t been here enough. I have a freezer stash of very good frozen tortellini and ravioli and am always looking for something new to do with them. This, definitely!
Tortellini is one of Mr. Fuji’s all-time favorite foods and slow roasted tomatoes are one of mine! I’m thinking this dish is going to make my family VERY happy.
Love this! Simple and healthy, I’ll have to incorporate this recipe into my weeknight dinner rotation 🙂 Hope your eye is feeling better too, btw!
so simple but so fresh! i love it!
I can’t believe you didn’t share this with us earlier either. Shame on you. I think I have all these ingredients, except the tomatoes, maybe I will whip up a batch this week.
We love meals like this! Cheese tortellini is such a good base for everything 😀
What a great dish! I simply adore slow roasted tomatoes.
I’m sorry I’m confused 🙁 Do I put in the tomatoes and spinach directly on the tortellini? Should I cook the spinach first? And I couldn’t find slow roasted so I got diced So what do I do?? HELP!!
Stir in the tomatoes and fresh spinach after you cook and drain the tortellini. You do not need to cook the spinach. It will wilt and heat up with the cooked tortellini. Diced tomatoes will work fine. Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing this great recipe! I linked to it from my free weekly meal planning site this week, since many of the ingredients are on sale this week. It’s a good time for people to try this! Thanks again! http://www.weeklyadmeals.com/2013/02/21/aldi-free-weekly-meal-plan-feb-20-26/
Thanks for the feature!