Pasta ... looks as good as it tastes, half the effort!

Some nights you just don't have the energy in you to go all out, but you still want people to believe you did.  Viola, Pasta!

Almost all facets of pasta can be pre-made and just combined and it still looks and tastes almost as good as home-made.  In this dinner I used pre-packaged chicken meat balls, frozen tortellinis and even a little bit of Bertolli white sauce to set this dinner up.

I started a sauté pan on medium and then in went onion and sliced shiitake mushrooms.  As those began to cook down I rough chipped some garlic and two large roasted red pepper pieces.  Once the onion and mushrooms had cooked down a bit I added the garlic and roasted red pepper and the meatballs.

Into the boiling water went the pasta and then I sliced some Ciliegine to top the pasta with.  Once the pasta was ready, I drained it and then I put a smaller sauté pan on the stove and added half of the veggie/meatball mix, half of the pasta and about 2/3 tbsp of the white sauce.  I tossed it all around until well mixed and then plated and topped with some of the Ciliegine.  I repeated the process with the other half of the pasta and then we were ready to enjoy!