How to Make a Veggie-Loaded Pasta Dinner for Two

Veggie ravioli pasta. Garlic roasted carrots. Very berry tiramisu. These aren’t restaurant menu items or a blogger’s impressive Instagram shot. These are three simple, delicious dishes that you’re going to learn how to make. Today. These dishes make up an epically well-balanced (and meatless) meal to be enjoyed not only by your self-loving self but also by your roomie/S.O./mom. You pick! Whoever you’re loving the most today. 

To bring you these glorious meals, we partnered with the ingenious people behind Balance Your Plate. They know that we want to eat better (most of the time), but sometimes we need some inspiration and simple tips to get there. Enter the Balance Your Plate equation, which is as easy as starting with a prepared entrée, adding fruits, veggies, whole grains and/or lean protein, and voilá! – you’ve got yourself a balanced meal. We show you just how easy and delicious it can be in this stellar video, with pasta, pesto, and ladyfingers, too. 

We get that making a meal from scratch is not realistic on most nights, and that’s where our bestie Buitoni comes in with freshly made pastas and sauces made with simple, high-quality ingredients. Read: The ravioli and pesto sauce for this recipe are already prepared so you have the perfect foundation to create your own delicious dish. 

Watch our video for a step-by-step guide to this amazing meatless meal and bookmark this page for the recipes. 

Veggie Ravioli Pasta

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 15 minutesCook time: 15 minutesTotal time: 30 minutesServings:2 servings

Ingredients

• 20 oz Buitoni Four Cheese Ravioli
• 11 oz Buitoni Pesto with Basil
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1 cup chopped fresh spinach
• 1 cup fire-roasted red peppers
• 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
• Chopped parsley

Instructions

1. Make 20 oz Four Cheese Ravioli per package instructions.
2. Combine ravioli, pesto with basil sauce, chopped fresh spinach, cherry tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and fire-roasted red peppers in a serving bowl.
3. Top with parsley.

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Garlic Roasted Carrots

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 5 minutesCook time: 15 minutesTotal time: 20 minutesServings:2 servings

Ingredients

• 3 long carrots
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 sliced garlic cloves
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 425°F.
2. Slice carrots in half.
3. Lay carrots sliced side down on a baking sheet.
4. Drizzle with olive oil and top with garlic, pinch of salt and cracked pepper.
5. Bake for 15-18 minutes.

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Very Berry Tiramisu

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 10 minutesCook time: 5 minutesTotal time: 15 minutesServings:2 servings

Ingredients

• 16 oz Greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoon honey
• 12 ladyfingers
• 2 cups frozen fruit for mixed berry compote

Instructions

1. Add 2 cups of frozen fruit to a pot on the stove over a low flame and cook down for 5 minutes while stirring regularly.
2. Combine yogurt, honey, and vanilla. Mix to combine.
3. In a 4-cup glass Tupperware, arrange 6 ladyfingers on the bottom of the dish, spread half the mixed berry compote over the ladyfingers and top with the yogurt mixture. Repeat with a second layer of ladyfingers, mixed berry compote and ending with the yogurt mixture.
4. Refrigerate until ready to eat.

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If you’ve scrolled this far, then we know you value dessert as much as we do. The key to having the foods you love often, like dazzling fruity desserts, is by building balanced meals using easy-to-make recipes with fruits, vegetables, whole grains and/or low-fat dairy. Cough, cough — ladyfingers, Greek yogurt, and berries.

We’re excited to have partnered with BYP to help you feel empowered to take your wellness into your own incredible hands. Explore your local grocery store for prepared foods that bring new flavors to your table, pick out the fresh produce that’s speaking to you this week, and create something new, delicious, and well-balanced. Happy balancing, friends.

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