Delicious creamy tortellini dish made comforting with Parmesan cream sauce and crispy bacon and it’s also loaded with peas and asparagus. This is an easy dinner that will only take about 30 minutes to prepare.
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Want a super easy dinner that’s ready in 30 minutes?
Oh, why would I even ask… Easy and quick is what everyone is after when it comes to weeknight dinners. Or, if your husband calls after he gets out of work, telling you that he didn’t get a chance to eat and he’s starving. Then, you realize that you didn’t really plan to cook today and you need to whip up something fast for the hungry husband. The same hungry husband that, ironically, manages a restaurant and is coming home hungry.
This isn’t based on a true story or anything (looks away whistling). The moral of the story is that this is a perfect dish to make when you only have 30 minutes and you need a delicious, comforting dish to knock some socks off some hungry tummies.
Creamy Spring Tortellini with Peas Asparagus and Bacon
Ingredients
- 9 oz three cheese tortellini
- 1/2 small yellow onion thinly sliced
- 3/4 cup peas you can use frozen peas
- 1 cup chopped asparagus
- 2 lg garlic cloves
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
- Salt
- Fresh cracked black pepper
- .25 lb crispy slices of bacon (5-6 slices)
- Oil for cooking
Instructions
- Cook tortellini according to the package instructions, drain and set aside.
- Preheat a cooking pan over medium heat and add a couple of tablespoons of oil.
- Add onions and saute until transparent.
- Add peas and asparagus. Saute until asparagus starts to soften. Press in garlic and season with some salt and pepper. Mix well and cook veggies for about 5 more minutes.
- Pour in heavy cream while stirring. Add shaved Parmesan cheese and stir until cheese is melted. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.
- Stir in tortellini until completely mixed in and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Chop crispy cooked bacon and stir it in right before taking the pan off heat.
- Serve and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.
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Some More Pasta Recipes From Me:
Extra Cheese Lemon Pasta and Asparagus
Bacon Asparagus Pasta Carbonara
Ernest Contreras
April 5, 2017 at 2:38 amI have always enjoyed your blog , you have a talent for recipe production , I am always looking for recipes like yours because let’s face it your good, I am a chef but in my blog which I am still putting content together I thought I would change my concept, I would like to post some of your Recipes as well, choose others, and not just mine, I like the idea of sharing I see so many food blogs with good recipes and well produced sites. Yours is one of them so with this said I ask for your permission to post a recipe or two of yours and of course I will link them back to your site, we both benefit I get extra content, and you get the traffic. Please feel free to contact me. [email protected]
Thank You so Much
Ernest
lyuba
April 5, 2017 at 10:34 amHello, Ernest! Thank you for your sweet comment.
If you are planning on sharing any of my content on your site, please remember that you can only share a photo and a link back to my original recipe, on my site. Please make sure not to actually share my recipe but instead, redirect people back to my site for the recipe.
Thank you!
Ernest
April 5, 2017 at 1:38 pmSounds good ,I will do as you wish , this would be a nice addition and short, you have nice photos that will dress up my blog side bars,
Thank You Ernest
Lyuba
April 6, 2017 at 10:15 pmThank you again, Ernest!
Carole from Carole's Chatter
April 6, 2017 at 6:12 pmHi Lubya, love this. Would you like to share this with the other participants in Food on Friday over at Carole’s Chatter? I have a weekly link up party – each week there is a different ingredient or theme. The current theme is Asparagus!
You can see upcoming themes in one of the pages at the top of my home page. If you would like to join in the fun please schedule a reminder for each week. The collection starts at 7am Friday New Zealand time – which might be some time Thursday your time – aren’t time zones confusing? Well they confuse me! Hope to see you soon. Cheers, Carole
Krista
May 30, 2017 at 11:15 amThis looks amazing! Can it be served cold? Thx!
Linda
February 27, 2018 at 6:22 pmWhat could you use instead of heavy whipping cream?? Thanks
lyuba
February 28, 2018 at 6:05 pmHi Linda,
I’m not sure what your goal is to substitute heavy cream. Is it fat content, dairy, or because you don’t have any on hand?
This is a good article that shows you how to substitute heavy cream for any of those reasons 🙂 I hope you find it helpful!
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/heavy-cream-substitutes#section3
Anni
June 27, 2018 at 7:09 pmI added chicken, extra cream and cheese. It was wonderful!
lyuba
July 1, 2018 at 12:25 pmI’m so happy to hear that! Thank you, Anni!