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    Home » Recipes » Main Dishes » Pasta

    Light Creamy Pesto Ravioli

    Published by Melissa on June 22, 2011 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 51 Comments

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    Light Creamy Pesto Ravioli – made with light cream cheese and 1% milk, but the sauce is so flavorful you’ll never miss the extra fat.

    This is an easy, delicious variation of one of our favorite quick, every-day meals, Red Pepper, Garlic and Herb Ravioli. I buy a two pack of fresh ravioli at Sam’s Club or Costco and dinner’s on the table in no time. Earlier in the week I made another of our favorites, Pesto Sun Dried Tomato Chicken Rolls. I had leftover pesto and sun-dried tomatoes, so I decided to incorporate the leftover ingredients into a cream sauce for our ravioli.

    I used a light cream cheese and 1% milk, but this sauce is so flavorful you’ll never miss the extra fat. If you’re looking for a quick, delicious week-night meal, give this one a try.

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    Light Creamy Pesto Ravioli

    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time10 mins
    Total Time15 mins
    Course: Pasta
    Servings: 4 -6 servings
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • 4 oz. light cream cheese Neufchatel
    • ¼ cup 1% milk
    • 1 tablespoon pesto
    • dash of red pepper
    • salt and pepper to taste
    • 4 sun-dried tomatoes diced
    • 6 asparagus spears cut in to 1 inch pieces and blanched
    • 16 ounces fresh cheese ravioli

    Instructions

    • Put a large pot of salted water on to boil.
    • Combine light cream cheese and milk in a small sauce pan and cook over medium heat, whisking until smooth and creamy. Remove from heat and add pesto, red pepper, and salt and pepper.
    • Cook ravioli according to package directions. Combine ravioli, sun-dried tomatoes and asparagus in a large bowl and pour sauce over the top, stir gently to combine.

    Other ravioli recipes I’d love to try:

    Baked Ravioli, Taste and Tell
    Ravioli and Peas in a Butter-Lemon Sauce, Cheeky Kitchen
    Mushroom Ravioli, Food Finery

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    1. Jill Niemann

      June 13, 2013 at 7:44 pm

      Made this tonight Aunt Barbara. It was absolutely delicious. We added a little extra pesto because we like the stronger pesto flavor and a little more milk to make the sauce thinner but I’ll definitely make it again!

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      • Barbara Schieving

        June 18, 2013 at 1:42 am

        Hi Jill! So glad you loved it. It’s one of our favorites. You can’t go wrong with more pesto. Thanks!

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    2. marla {family fresh cooking}

      July 06, 2011 at 6:17 am

      This lightened up creamy sauce is genius! I must try something like this too 🙂

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    3. Becky at VintageMixer

      July 05, 2011 at 2:05 pm

      WOW! This look fantastic! I was only gone for a week, and I feel like I missed so many good recipes on your blog.

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    4. Megan's Cookin'

      June 29, 2011 at 5:29 pm

      I’ll be whipping this recipe up soon! 🙂 Sounds like a quick easy dish for a hot Summer day.

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    5. Shilpa

      June 27, 2011 at 10:29 am

      what a different recipe using pesto…brilliant! thanks for sharing…

      -Shilpa

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    6. marla {family fresh cooking}

      June 27, 2011 at 6:38 am

      Barbara, this ravioli looks decadent & heavenly.
      It is vegetarian week at Get Grillin’ we would love if you submitted up to any 3 recipes (they don’t have to be grilled) to our link up. This one would be perfect!
      This week we have a ManPans giveaway. http://su.pr/3GCtXU
      xxoo

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    7. April

      June 27, 2011 at 6:31 am

      I am always looking for quick, delicious meals! Thanks for posting this, it looks like one my kids would love. Going on the meal plan for next week!

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    8. Barbara

      June 27, 2011 at 6:10 am

      This really appeals to me, Barbara. And such a quick meal to prepare too! Sometimes pesto is just too strong for me and the idea of incorporating it into a creamy sauce is brilliant!

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