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Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe

Our Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe is a simple pasta dinner that’s perfect for your leftover turkey! It’s the perfect recipe for leftover ricotta too… I’m a huge fan of making the most of my grocery dollars! Today’s ricotta sauce is sure to be a favorite. 

Fit Friday never gets old!! Fit tips + healthy recipes = greatness.Thanks to Nichole from Pure Clean Coaching! More Fit Friday posts CLICK HERE!

Our Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe is a simple pasta dinner that's perfect for your leftover turkey! by cookingwithruthie.com

Why we love Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe

Our Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe is quick and easy to make which is a really good thing especially during the holidays! I’ve “skinnied” it down a bit to reduce calories/fat however if your prefer regular variety of dairy over the low-fat then it will be even more luscious! 

I’m a huge fan of pasta. . . any shape or size it’s all the same to me, but did you know that there are over 2000 different shapes of pasta?!  Really. It’s quite amazing when get to looking at them all! 

Our Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe is a simple pasta dinner that's perfect for your leftover turkey! by cookingwithruthie.com

Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe

Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe when it comes to sauce I’m a little more picky. I adore all kinds of pasta sauce tomato sauce, alfredo, tomato-cream, and on and on!

This one came to my creative little head the other day AND I have to say it’s got some serious “wow” factor to it! All I can say is that Ricotta and Blue Cheese are just meant to be together once in awhile. 🙂 

Our Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe is a simple pasta dinner that's perfect for your leftover turkey! by cookingwithruthie.com

Ingredients in Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe

  • lowfat ricotta cheese
  • lowfat blue cheese crumbles
  • lowfat milk
  • cooked turkey or chicken
  • pomegranate seeds
  • small sprigs rosemary
  • walnuts
  • rigatoni pasta

Our Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe is a simple pasta dinner that's perfect for your leftover turkey! by cookingwithruthie.com

Fit Friday with Nichole

 Happy Fit Friday on this first Friday of December. Hope you all finished off November with a bang and full of holiday cheer. My crew certainly did! And now we are in full Christmas mode. The house is decorated (for the most part at least), boxes are stacking up, plans are being made and juggled, and so far smiles are all around.

I have learned that regular workouts are key to keeping those smiles bright and shiny for this momma. It isn’t a month of lots of fitness or running goals. It is a month of keeping my energy up and sanity steady. 

Tabata Workout

This week’s workout is a Tabata workout with a variety of moves to keep my mind focused on my workout and not on errands that are waiting for me.

Remember; Tabata is 20 seconds of hard work with 10 second recoveries for 4 minutes (8 rounds) and 1 minute recover between sequences. 

We have 5 sequences in this workout. All but the last sequence have two moves. Alternate between the two moves for each 20 second push. 

Let go of everything else for a bit and sweat!

Yield: 4

Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe

Rigatoni, Pomegranate, Turkey and Blue Cheese-Ricotta Sauce is a lovely way to leftover turkey! www.cookingwithruthie.com

Our Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe is a simple pasta dinner that's perfect for your leftover turkey!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 (15 ounce) container lowfat ricotta cheese
  • 1 (8 ounce) container lowfat blue cheese, crumbled (1/4 cup reserved)
  • 3/4 cup lowfat milk
  • 2 cups cooked turkey or chicken, sliced
  • 1 cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1/4 cup small sprigs rosemary
  • 1/3 cup walnuts, chopped, tp garnish
  • reserved blue cheese crumbles, to garnish
  • 4 servings rigatoni pasta, prepared to package directions

Instructions

  1. In a sauce pan over medium low heat combine ricotta, blue cheese, and milk; bring to just a simmer.
  2. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until blue cheese is melted into sauce.
  3. To serve evenly divide: cooked noodles, sauce, turkey onto four serving plates.
  4. Sprinkle with blue cheese, pomegranate seeds, walnuts, and rosemary sprigs.
  5. Enjoy your Pomegranate & Turkey Rigatoni with Ricotta Sauce Recipe!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 862Total Fat: 37gSaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 177mgSodium: 946mgCarbohydrates: 68gFiber: 6gSugar: 10gProtein: 62g

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