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Tortellini in a Creamed Vegetarian Sauce

Posted By Sharon On March 29, 2012 @ 5:30 pm In Homemade,Potatoes,Recipes,vegetarian | 2 Comments

The creamy vegetarian sauce is made from a simple soup, with few ingredients. Blending a portion of this after cooking, and adding back to the soup makes a delicious, filling cream sauce for the tortellini.

Using yellow split peas, rather than traditional green split peas, gives it a bright, spring color!

Tortellini in a Creamed Vegetarian Sauce

Yield - 8 servings
Preparation Time - 10 minutes
Cooking Time - 43 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup dried yellow split peas 45 cents

8 organic carrots 72 cents

6 medium potatoes 30 cents

10 cups of water

A few shakes of salt and pepper

2 packages Buitoni three cheese tortellini ($3.59 for each 9 oz. pkg.) $7.18

Directions

Start by making a soup: Pour the yellow split peas in a large pot. Peel and cut potatoes and carrots. Add to pot. Cover this with 10 cups of water. Bring to a boil.

Cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally for 35 minutes.

Scoop out 2 and 1/2 cups of the soup and place in a blender. Liquefy to a creamy consistency. Then pour this back into the pot.

Add tortellini to soup. Bring back to a boil. Cook on Medium heat for 8 minutes.

Serve with bread and butter, if desired.

Cost $8.65

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