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Twenty Minute Italian Dinner

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course, Pasta, Pasta, chicken, veggie, main course
Cuisine Italian, Mediterranean
Servings 2
Calories 442 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 cups tortellini
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese plus a little for serving
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves or 2 tablespoons chopped fresh
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Put a skillet, that is big enough to handle everything, on at medium heat. Cover the bottom with good extra virgin olive oil. Chop up the onion(s).
  • Cook the onions slowly until they start to get translucent then add the tortellini. Cook until the tortellini has softened up to how YOU like it. Turn or flip the whole shebang  as the tortellini gets soft. Then add the peas.
  • Turn or flip everything as the peas defrost. And, that's pretty much all that you want the peas to do is barely warm up so the they have that garden fresh flavor not that mushy school cafeteria flavor. Then add the parmesan cheese, some black pepper and chopped fresh or dried basil leaves. Toss it all couple of more times to get everything coated with some of that good  cheesy  flavor.
  • Then serve up your One Skillet Twenty Minute Italian Dinner. Enjoy! You deserve it! We had some of Poppop's easy homemade bread with ours along with some of Gammy's favorite Santa Margarita Pinot Grigio.

Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 442kcalCarbohydrates: 50.7gProtein: 24gFat: 16.1gSaturated Fat: 6.9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1.6gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 899.3mgPotassium: 111.9mgFiber: 5gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 236.6IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 420.2mgIron: 4.7mg
Keyword main course, Mediterranean Diet, quick and easy
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