a little birdie told me so: I Don't Have A Real Name For This, But It's Good

Monday, September 8, 2008

I Don't Have A Real Name For This, But It's Good

I was served something similar to this recipe one time while I was on holiday. Once home, I decided to give re-creating it a try. I will call it:

Ravioli Salad

1 package of three cheese ravioli
1 package of hard salami
Green olives
Basil pesto
Parmesan cheese

Prepare ravioli according to directions on the package. Drain off the water and mix in pesto sauce to taste. I usually coat the pasta with the pesto. Place the pasta on a plate. Cover the top with thin strips of salami and olive halves. Sprinkle cheese over the top liberally.

It takes 10 minutes to prepare this meal and everyone I have ever served it to has loved it.

Bon Appétit!

10 comments:

Tess KincaidSeptember 8, 2008 at 7:55 AM
This looks wonderful! It's making me so hungry this morning. I just bought some ingredients to make pesto. I'll add ravioli to my list. Perfect empty nest meal!!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Betsy BrockSeptember 8, 2008 at 8:35 AM
10 minute meal...you can't beat that! Looks delish!
ReplyDelete
Replies
LaviniaSeptember 8, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Yum-mee! I love the part about sprinkling the cheese liberally. I am going to give this a try....
ReplyDelete
Replies
MuseSwingsSeptember 8, 2008 at 12:22 PM
10 Minute meals - especially when they look as yummy as yours - are my very favorites!
ReplyDelete
Replies
ArtPropelledSeptember 8, 2008 at 5:18 PM
My mouth is watering! Stevie you've been tagged! Give 6 Unspectacular quirks about you.
ReplyDelete
Replies
RebeccaSeptember 8, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Yum! YUM!! YUMMM!!!!!!! Anything with pesto has my seal of approval...Looks and sounds absolutely delicious....
ReplyDelete
Replies
nanatrishSeptember 8, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Easy and yummy. This sounds too good. A must try recipe. It doesn't look heavy, but tasty!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Lora @ my blessed lifeSeptember 9, 2008 at 3:10 PM
This sounds so good!
ReplyDelete
Replies
BethSeptember 9, 2008 at 4:09 PM
It IS good! We've enjoyed this one several times at Stevie's place.

Come on over and make me some! :-)
ReplyDelete
Replies
tincanlilySeptember 9, 2008 at 6:48 PM
That does look good! I wonder if you can make it with just pasta. The ingredients are some of my favorites. Thanks for sharing.
denise
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

I'm glad you stopped by and I look forward to your comments. As Dr. Fraser Crane would say, "Hello, I'm listening."

...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'