Introduction:

This delicious meal is ready in only a very few minutes, and is suitable for just one or as many as a you like. The rate determining step is boiling the water for the kettle. If you have a large family, then you may need two kettles full of water to boil the tortellini in.

I was initially surprised that you can microwave petit pois, but they’re delicious, especially if you put a dab of butter on them before you microwave them. If you are unsure about this step, try it one day when you have a back-up vegetable so it doesn’t matter too much if you waste a bowl of peas.

The tortellini tastes great with butter melted over it after it has been served up, so having a side plate with a lump of butter on it may be a good idea. This meal is a surprisingly healthy alternative to ready meals, and can be made from scratch in four minutes. It makes an ideal lunch-hour meal.

Cooking time: 4 minutes.

Ingredients:

• Sainsbury’s Spinach and Ricotta Tortellini (100g per person)
• Sainsbury’s Sliced Honey roast Ham (4 slices per person)
• Sainsbury’s Petit Pois (76 peas each)

Instructions:

1. Put the kettle on.
2. Put some frozen peas in a microwaveable bowl, and cover with a small microwaveable plate. Heat on full power for one minute.
3. Take ham out of fridge, and put several slices on a plate.
4. Take peas out of microwave, stir, and put back in for 30 seconds.
5. Pour boiling water into saucepan, and bring to boil.
6. Take peas out of microwave, stir, and put back in microwave for 30 seconds.
7. Add fresh tortellini to pot, keeping them under water as best you can. (1 min 30 seconds cooking time).
8. Pour peas onto plate.
9. Drain tortellini and put on plate.

Finally:

Serve with candlelight and wine for an impressive home-cooked meal that tastes great for the amount of effort put in.

You can safely alternate the filling in the tortellini and the meat on the side. Sainsbury’s do an excellent turkey slice which goes well with their mushroom tortellini.