Great ravioli
I had some of this ravioli for dinner last night, and some again for breakfast this morning:
I got it at the supermarket, and it’s by far the best grocery-store ravioli I’ve ever had, tasting like something you’d get it an excellent restaurant.
And that makes me happy. So I wanted to share the love with all of you.
By the way, it’s delicious absolutely plain, although I’m sure sauce would be good, too. Just all-around good.
Plain ravioli for breakfast? Yuck! I’d rather have Chef Boyardi cold out of the can.
Great Italian, by way of Canada
Food Bully:
I bet you’ve never had this ravioli.
Just looked and it’s available at my local market. Looking forward to trying it. Thanks for the recommendation!
Thanks for the tip Neo. I was in Italy last month and have been pining for the real deal.
Hey Food Bully:
Just by coincidence I’m ” batchin’ ” it today and had a can of Chef Boyardi ravioli for lunch at the office. My grandson loves it so my wife keeps it in the pantry. It wasn’t too bad. It wasn’t exactly good, but not bad either. Better than SpaghettiOs!
I’ll try that Rana brand, Neo; thanks for the tip!
At first glance I thought Bernie Sanders was on the can.
Neo, anything’s edible if you put enough sausage gravy on it.
That is Bernie Sanders. And those aren’t regular mushrooms.
Only Walmart sells it in Utah. I thought maybe it was a Whole Foods thing…
I second this. I’ve tried several bagged pastas over the years, and these are the best. Their sauces are good too.
Thanks, neo.
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Mmm, ravioli.
Your enthusiastic recommendation is good enough for me, neo.
Their Website
Recipe page.
Where to Buy page.
Happily, it’s available locally for me.
Walmart here as well. (Adds to list)
Ravioli. Noms.
Thanks, neo. I’m going to buy some. Did you try the flavor/variety shown in the picture?
There is an Italian specialty store equiped with an Italian grandmother, mother, and daughter about 30 miles away that sells homemade pasta, gnocchi, salami, and cannoli. They have a crimini mushroom-parm ravioli that is to die for. With some of our homemade pesto it is a tasty dinner. We freeze a lot of pesto and have it year around.
Breakfast is oatmeal with fruit and cream or grits with butter and salt, except on Saturday and Sunday we have (our own) eggs and bacon. Ravioli for breakfast is too progressive for me.
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KLSmith:
Yes, that’s the only type I’ve tried.
I’ll look for it tomorrow on our supermarket run.
Where did you get it? Since I live in CT, the real S1C is why i’m in this state that can’t decide if they want to be Taxachusetts or the second coming of NYC of the Dinkins area, I might just try it!
s1c:
Here you are.
good – 2 within 2 miles – will have to check it out
Ah, it looks like it is available at Walmarts in San Antonio. Will check it out. We did get some pretty good ravioli at Costco, too. Good with just a little melted butter, pepper and sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
On my way home from Mass this morning, I stopped in the market near my house. There was a end of the aisle display with these ravioli. Bought it on sale and will try it with my husband’s home-made roasted tomato sauce tonight. If you didn’t post this, I never would have tried it. I will let you know what I think.
“neo-neocon Says:
February 2nd, 2016 at 3:38 pm
Food Bully:
I bet you’ve never had this ravioli.”
Nope. But if I ever do it will be with some sauce for dinner or lunch, and probably some freshly grated parmesan. Breakfast is fried ham and egg.
For all those posting about pasta being an inappropriate breakfast food, my husband has been making his version of Spaghetti Carbonara for years. He made it a number of years for the Mother-Son Mass at our sons’ school (more than 100 people) and it was always a big hit. Also, our daughter’s mother-in-law is a renowned chef (AIFW and Les Dames Escoffier) and when we visit, he has made this dish for breakfast for her and the foodies in her circle a number of times the day following a big event. They love it.
Sharon W,
Well why not? The real Roman version of carbonara is basically pasta (grain/carbs), eggs (never cream!), guanciale (pork jowl) or pancetta (Italian bacon) and lots of delicious pecorino Romano cheese.
So given the choice between a similar lineup of grain, egg, Canadian bacon and American cheese in say, an Egg McMuffin, I know which one I would choose. 🙂
Buon appetito!
Guy on the package sorta looks like Bernie Sanders.
GRA et al:
I actually think he looks more like a slightly-older Larry David. But then again, Larry David does a better impersonation of Bernie Sanders than Bernie Sanders does.
Rana makes a pesto that is by far the best packaged pesto I’ve ever had, and it complements their ravioli well.
We got some Mushroom and Italian sausage Rana ravioli. We served two of each with a little cream sauce and pepper. It was quite nice but not great. My wife did not finish hers and declared it far inferior to her pastas. She’s right, of course. This means that I have to eat the rest on my own. But, you are right, it does work quite well on its own as breakfast or a midnight snack.