Wonton Raviolis With Homemade Sauce

I’m lucky enough to be on cooking duty for my younger sisters this week, and my favorite part about that is tricking them into eating healthy! Dinner last night was fun to make and full of vegetables.

3 Cheese and Spinach Wonton Raviolis with Homemade Tomato Zucchini Sauce

Tomato Zucchini Sauce

-1 tablespoon olive oil

-2 cloves minced garlic

-1 chopped shallot

-1 teaspoon thyme

-1 teaspoon basil

-1, 14.5 oz. can petite diced tomatoes

-1, 6 oz. can tomato paste

-1, 14.5 oz. can vegetable broth

-1/3 cup nonfat Greek Yogurt

-1/2 large zucchini, chopped

-1/2 head broccoli, chopped

-Salt and Pepper to taste

Heat olive oil in medium sauce pan and add garlic and shallot. Cook about 4 minutes and add diced tomatoes and zucchini. Cook until most of the juice is boiled out and add vegetable broth, tomato paste, thyme, basil, and salt and pepper. Cook about 10 minutes over medium heat. Add Greek yogurt. Separate into a few batches and blend in food processor until smooth.

Set aside half in a serving bowl and put the other half back into sauce pan and add chopped head of broccoli. Cook over low-medium heat another 10-15 minutes or until broccoli is cooked enough to your liking.

3 cheese Wonton Ravioli with Spinach

4 servings

12 grams of fat/ serving

274 calories/ serving

-20 wonton wrappers

-1 egg

-3 oz. shredded Parmesan cheese, separated

-1/2 cup Lite Ricotta cheese

-1/4 cup part-skim Mozzarella

-1 tablespoon olive oil

-2 cups fresh spinach

-Egg wash for wontons (1 egg scrambled with 3 tablespoons of water )

-Extra olive oil for wonton topping

Bring an 8 quart pan of water to boil.

While waiting for water to boil, prepare the wontons.

Wonton Filling:

Combine Ricotta, ½ of the Parmesan, Mozzarella and egg in a bowl and mix together thoroughly.

Heat olive oil in skillet and add spinach, cook about 3-4 minutes until wilted.

Remove spinach from heat and chop finely, add to ricotta mixture.

Spread out wontons, spoon out small amounts of the mixture and brush egg wash mixture along edges, fold in half and make sure edges stick together.

Drop 4 or 5 wontons in boiling water at a time. Let cook for 4 minutes. Wontons will rise to the top when they are done cooking. Scoop out and set in serving dish.

You can top the wonton raviolis with a simple stream of olive oil and a sprinkling of the remaining Parmesan or can top with the homemade tomato sauce. I prepared it both ways to suit the tastes of two different girls J

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