Chicken Bacon Ravioli [+ Fresh Kale Pesto]

Recently I stumbled across the idea of making fresh pasta from home. At first I was like, nahhhh, I’d need that silly, expensive attachment for my Kitchenaid mixer, until I realized you can make pasta without it.

Sold.

I did a trial run – kept it super simple – by making thick ribbon-like fettuccine. This literally required almost zero more effort than you would making pizza dough. Simply roll out the egg-dough mixture as flat as possible (yes, some elbow grease is needed for this), then roll it up like you would a piece of paper and cut 1/4 inch sections.

It’s that easy. And it was freakin’ delicioso – like I was in Italy all over again.

So I thought, this would make a great date night with hubs. Both amateurs to the pasta game, what was the worst that could happen, right? Our favorite go-to pasta is usually ravioli – umm, because you can stuff it, of course.

We had leftover chicken in the fridge – viola – as well as bacon (my husband being a bacon-FREAK, to say the least), and I went with a simple, fresh kale pesto as garnish. Incredibly easy to make in your processor and only a few fresh ingredients, which can also be found in the recipe section of this post. If not, a good ole’ tomato sauce or store bought pesto would be just as good to enhance this at-home date night recipe.

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chicken bacon ravioli

[+ fresh kale pesto]

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