ManicMonday

Mondays are always crazy. I do not care who you are, what you do, or where you do it....they are always the loooooooooongest day, but by the time you get to bed, you have no idea where the time went....

So after a busy day of shopping and preparation for Bear's 3rd birthday, we arrived home at 5:00pm with one kid screaming in hunger and the other one, ready for a nap....so we needed dinner. Fast.

Enter this recipe I found on Pinterest

Tomato Cream Sauce

I had some tortellini in the freezer (no, I do NOT make my own pasta, yet) and some italian sausage, so decided to give this sauce a try. The previous pinner mentions that her husband really enjoys it, so I figured I could try it....maybe it would work some magic on my husband....and it did.

This sauce was soooooooo good! Very easy (you will notice a pattern here, I only try 'easy' recipes) with not a lot of major prep to go with it....which means you could literally make this sauce and pasta as a quick one, on a ManicMonday, or whatever day of the week is your crazy day!

Recipe Notes; I left out salt and pepper for the most part....as my husband and I have VERY different opinions on how much salt is appropriate in different meals....so if ever possible, I try to allow each person to put their salt/pepper on when they get their individual portion....saves the drama.

So what goes good with Pasta for dinner? Salad with homemade Balsamic vinaigrette and some fresh veggies as an appy with homemade Chipotle Ranch dip.

Balsamic

Ranch  --with this one, I used mostly just the spice list, as I wasn't sure what all went into Ranch dressing....and I also added a few drops of Chipotle sauce, as per my husband's request, and it was delicious.

You would think that we slaved over the stove for hours....but realistically, we were all sitting down, around the table by 6:00pm....and everything was homemade....except the pasta ;)

Alli.