Lean Cuisine's Cheese Tortellini and 2 Side Salads ─ Fit Couple Cooks

Lean Cuisine invited us to make salads to balance out their new, organic "Marketplace" brand! We came up with two side salads that can be made within the amount of time it will take you to heat up the Cheese Tortellini in Roasted Red Pepper Sauce!! A Beet Feta Arugula Salad and an Avocado Tomato Lentil Salad. Quick weeknight meals for the win! BOOM!

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INGREDIENTS FOR ONE PERON:

Arugula Beet Salad:
1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 beets (about 4 oz)
1/4 cup walnuts
1 oz feta
1 cup packed arugula

1. Quarter the beets.
2. Whisk together the mustard, vinegar and olive oil.
3. Place some arugula on a plate.
4. Top with the beets, walnuts, feta and dressing!


Avocado Lentil Salad:
2 tbls diced red onion
1/2 ripe avocado
1 tomato
1/2 cup lentils, drained
1/2 tbls lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
sea salt/pepper
cilantro

1. Dice avocado, tomato and onion and place in a bowl.
2. Add the lentils and mix together.
3. Drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil.
4. Season with cilantro, salt and pepper.

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Here are the ingredients in the Lean Cuisine Tortellini:

cheese tortellini (water, organic durum wheat flour, organic ricotta cheese (organic whey, organic cream, organic vinegar, salt, carrageenan {from seaweed}], romano cheese made from cows milk [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt], imported parmesan cheese [part skim cow’s milk, cultures, salt, cornstarch], organic eggs, less than 2% of spice, nutmeg, sea salt), organic roasted red pepper puree, organic tomato puree (organic tomatoes, citric acid), water, organic tomatoes, organic onions, organic red bell pepper, parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), organic extra virgin olive oil, organic garlic puree, red wine vinegar (red wine vinegar, water), brown sugar, sea salt, rice starch, basil, black pepper, oregano

You can find nutrition facts and more info about this particular dish in Lean Cuisine's NEW ORGANIC line here: https://www.leancuisine.com/products/...

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