Cheese Tortellini in a Tomato-Garlic-Wine Sauce

What is with this rainy weather in the Northeast? I'm so sick of the rain and just want a dry, sunny day. I feel so blah and have no inspiration, and couldn't think of a thing to make for dinner tonight.

But since we didn't feel like going out to eat or getting take-out, I decided to whip something up. I had a package of frozen cheese tortellini to use, as well as 2 tomatoes, so I went with that to come up with this quick and easy dinner.

Ingredients

• 10 oz frozen cheese tortellini
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large shallot, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes (less if you like less heat)
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried parsley flakes
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/3 c white wine
• 1/3 c water from the pot of tortellini (grab the water before you drain the pasta)
• Grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

• Cook tortellini
• In a large saute pan, heat olive oil
• Add shallots and garlic; saute 3 minutes
• Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, and red pepper flakes; saute 3 minutes
• Add wine and let simmer for 5 minutes
• Add reserved water
• Toss with tortellini, top with Parmesan cheese

This was the perfect quick and easy dinner on a night when I had no energy or motivation to cook. But surprisingly, I ended up with a delicious dinner with little effort. I served it with roasted asparagus, and Jon had flounder stuffed with lobster that he picked up at the local market.