Rachael Ray's Tortellini Vegetable "Lasagna"

I COOKED AGAIN!! Finally, I felt well enough to cook a real meal tonight. I went for a Rachael Ray recipe out of my new cook book Rachael Ray 2 30-minute meals. I can't seem to find it on line. I changed it around quite a bit, I'm just going to tell you what I did, I guess you'll have to get the book to find the real recipe. ;-)

Ingredients:
fresh spinach
2 tbsp olive oil
4-6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 cans (15 oz each) quartered artichokes in water, drained well
salt and pepper

sauce:
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp flour
2 cups beef broth
1/2 cup light cream
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
spaghetti sauce (fresh made last summer)

2 packages meat tortellinis (supposed to be ravioli)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1. bring a pot of water to boil for tortellinis
2. cook garlic in olive oil for about a minute. add artichokes and turn to combine and heat through. stir in spinach leaves, cook until just wilted. season with salt and pepper and remove to a bowl. sounding familiar- so far it's my father in law's side dish I wrote about here.
3. place skillet back on the heat and melt the butter. whisk in flour and cook 1-2 minutes. Whisk in stock and let it bubble. Whisk in cream and parmesan cheese. whisk in spaghetti sauce to taste. let thicken.
4. when water boils, cook tortellini until al dente.
5. drizzle a touch of olive oil onto bottom of casserole dish and brush to coat evenly. Arrange layer of cooked tortellini, about 1/3 of the total amount. layer half of the vegetables, then a few ladles of sauce. add another 1/3 of the tortellinis, the rest of the vegetables, then the rest of the tortellinis. cover with remaining sauce. cover with shredded mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese.
6. put under broiler until cheese is golden and "lasagna" is heated through.

impressions: I was just so glad to make a real meal again, but I already said that. It was well received by all- adults and children. Hubby really liked it, a couple of the kids went for seconds. I added the spaghetti sauce myself, lasagna with just a cream sauce just didn't seem right. There was also supposed to be asparagus, but I had none. She used frozen spinach but I had some fresh I needed to use up. Overall, very good- would make it again.

Find other Rachael Ray recipies at Everything Rachael Ray.
Come and check out what every one else had for pasta this week at Presto Pasta Nights hosted by Mayre at Baking Delights.