Gnocchi Alfredo with Ham and Asparagus

[ralphmelton]

Made an original recipe tonight, and it was so easy and so tasty that it's worth recording.

Gnocchi Alfredo with Ham and Asparagus
1 lb. asparagus, trimmed, cut into bite-size pieces¹
1 (1-lb.) package gnocchi²
1 1/2 cups ham, coarsely chopped³
1 14-oz. jar light parmesan alfredo pasta sauce⁴

Bring a pot of water to boiling. Add the asparagus and the gnocchi. Boil 2-3 minutes or until gnocchi floats to the top. Drain; return to pot. Add the ham and the pasta sauce. Cook over medium heat until heated through. Serves about 4.

Really quite tasty. I enjoyed sprinkling fresh-ground black pepper on mine; Lori enjoyed not sprinkling pepper on hers.

¹Asparagus was on sale last week for $0.89/lb--unfortunately, this week it was $2.99.
²We'd bought the gnocchi months ago on sale, and it was about to pass the sell-by date.
³The ham was a leftover from Easter dinner.
⁴We used Ragu. The light sauce has much less fat and calories, but still cannot be called 'low-fat'.

Comments

[magentamom.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh. That sounds *good*.

[drakemonger.livejournal.com]

I'll have to try the Ragu. All the jarred white sauces I've found have been way too heavy for my tastes. But, since I was just talking to J and R about making something with ham and peas in a white sauce, and since I know they like asparagus better than ham, and since asparagus was on sale for $0.99/pound yesterday, this sounds like something I wanna try this weekend. Thank you!

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

Now I feel silly. What's gnocci?

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

Italian potato dumplings.

This link has a picture: http://www.montereypasta.com/store/index.cfm?Cat=6

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

It was really yummy! :-)

[cellio]

Sounds yummy!

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

Quite non-kosher, unfortunately.

[cellio]

Well yes, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate its taste on a hypothetical level. :-)