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Short Cut Ravioli

Lately we've been eating an awful lot of left overs. It's not that we have anything against left overs here, they're just...yuh know, boring after you've just had them. Because no likes a boring dinner I've had to get a little creative in the kitchen. I've previously professed my love for these wonderful little wonton wrappers and I had half a package of these babies threatening to go bad on me if I didn't use them up stat. So tonight we get to enjoy some ravioli.

ravioli


I originally sandwiched the cheese filling between two wrappers then cut them with my circle biscuit cutter. I made it through about seven ravioli before I threw in the towel on this method and went to the wonton style filling method. The problem with the sandwiching and cutting was that it took sooo long, much longer than I had imagined. It also created a lot of waste and I hate waste...especially of the food variety. So I decided to take one wrapper, stuff it and fold it in half diagonally - voila. This worked perfectly, quickly and wasted nothing.

ravioli


And easy as that we have a plate of semi-homemade ravioli ready to be devoured. Enjoy!

Recipe from HERE
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