Friday, October 19, 2012

Crawfish Ravioli

Crawfish Ravioli

6 TBS butter (I use I can't believe it's not butter)
1 large sweet onion
1 yellow bell pepper
3 cloves garlic
2 green onions
1 TBS flour
1 pack crawfish
1 8oz fat free cream cheese
1 cup fat free half and half
1 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp Tony's (or another cajun seasoning)
1 package of cheese filled ravioli **See note
Parmesan cheese (reduced fat) {optional}

Melt butter in a large skillet. Put in onions and yellow bell pepper. Cook for 3-4 min. Put in garlic and green onions. Cook for 1-2 min

Add flour. Completely combine with ingredients in the pan. Cook for 5-10 min stirring frequently. (So it doesn't stick to the bottom!)

Add crawfish. Cover and cook on low for 15-20 min. Stirring occasionally.

Add cream cheese, half & half, cayenne, and cajun seasoning. Cover and simmer for 20 min.

Cook your pasta according to directions on packet. (Ravioli takes about 5 min so don't go too far!)

Serve the sauce over ravioli top with Parmesan and green onions to garnish

**if you can find whole wheat ravioli go for it!!
If you would rather use a whole wheat pasta to make this whole recipe skinny, go for it! Just make sure that you cut back on the spices.
This is a VERY spicy dish and the cheese in the ravioli balances it out.

**Cutting back on the spices is always an option! Go by your palate!

* also if you really don't care about cutting calories and you are trying to impress people, you can fry the raviolis

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