If you have strong love and craving for italian pasta like most people do   , ( myself included ) but looking for alternative healthy recipes, for such,  we invite you to try the featured recipe below, from our friends at the Lake Austin Spa Resort

submitted by Terry Conlan

Cheese Ravioli With Almond Pesto

"Embrace the notion that healthy eating does include higher-fat, higher-sugar, higher-calorie foods if you like them. Within the context of an overall eating plan that features lower-fat, lower-sugar, lower-calorie foods the majority of the time, a few chocolate chip cookies or small bag of potato chips can be just the thing you need to make healthy eating work for you, for both weight loss and good health."
- Dr. Alan Wayler, Green Mountain at Fox Run.

1 cup fresh basil, packed
4 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoons blanched almonds, toasted
3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1 ? tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon juice
? teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
? teaspoon salt
2 medium tomatoes, peeled, seeded, chopped
1 package reduced-fat cheese ravioli

Preparation:

Combine the first four ingredients in a food processor. Add the oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper and continue to blend. Set aside. Cut a small "X" into the bottom of each tomato. Blanch in boiling water for 30 seconds. Peel, seed and chop. Cook the ravioli according to package directions. Toss with pesto and tomatoes.

I don't know about you....but I think I'm off to the kitchen ladies!!