Cheese Tortellini is tossed in a quick homemade tomato sauce for an easy weeknight meal!
The sauce is made from pantry staples plus a heavy dose of garlic and simmered with a cheese tortellini pasta. Serve with a fresh salad and crusty bread.
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Why We Love This Recipe
Everyone loves a good hearty pasta. It’s hard to believe that the simple ingredients in this cheese tortellini recipe create so much flavor.
- It’s Quick Any meal that can be on the table in 30 minutes or less is a win in our books!
- Serve as a Side or Main Dish This makes a nice side with grilled chicken or double the recipe to main a meatless main dish.
- Fresh Flavor This uses canned tomatoes but has a delicious fresh tomato flavor. If you have fresh herbs, sprinkle them on just before serving.
- Simple Ingredients The easy sauce is made with items I always have on hand meaning this is a go-to any day of the week!
Ingredients
TORTELLINI Cheese tortellini can be replaced with meat filled tortellini or any filled pasta. Fresh or frozen ravioli works well too.
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CANNED TOMATOES Canned diced tomatoes make this recipe quick and easy. Whole tomatoes are a good replacement, get messy and squish them up with your hands before adding to the pan.
ONION & GARLIC If you’ve run out of onion or garlic, you can still go ahead with this recipe! Cook up a bit of celery (or carrot) to start and add in either garlic or onion powder or even dried onion flakes if you have some.
How To Make Cheese Tortellini
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 to make this amazing tasting pasta skillet!
- Cook the tortellini per package directions, drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, saute onion and garlic with spices. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
- Let the sauce thicken then add tortellini.
Top with parmesan cheese and parsley and serve immediately.
Other Delicious Additions
A tortellini pasta skillet screams for veggies, doesn’t it? This pasta is a great way to use up all kinds of leftovers!
Here are some great add-ins that make this hearty dish even heartier!
- MEAT: Italian sausage, shredded chicken, meatballs or shrimp!
- VEGGIES: Cooked zucchini, mushrooms, chopped kale or spinach, roasted eggplant.
- BOLD FLAVOR: Marinated artichokes, chili flakes, chopped salami
- CHEESE: Parmesan or a hearty scoop of ricotta cheese!
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What to Serve with Tomato Tortellini Pasta
Serve cheese tortellini like any hearty pasta skillet, it goes well with salad and bread.
Salad Ceasar salad or tossed salad with a simple vinaigrette.
Bread Fresh bread is the perfect way to sop up the juicy sauce in this recipe! Try french bread, dinner rolls or homemade garlic bread.
Leftover Tortellini?
Leftover tortellini pasta reheats well in the fridge. Keep it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
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