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How to cook ravioli

A nineties style thing that my parents used to do, was type up their recipes on the family computer. I think it was more an opportunity to practice their touch typing. I just wanted to Command and Conquer. Afterwards, they would print out their recipes and collate them in one of those plastic display folders with the plastic sleeves and plastic rings. Children of the nineties know what I’m talking about. Now I type up recipes and my parents… well, they have a caravan.

Admittedly, I haven’t been printing mine out, but here is a simple set of instructions I follow when I’m cooking up ravioli with garlic bread. The versions are based on the different places we’ve lived in. Moving house every couple of years was another nineties style thing that many of us remember.

Version 1

  1. Preheat the Oven to 180-190°C.
  2. Boil water in a kettle.
  3. Heat a pot for the water and ravioli on the stove.
  4. Put the vegetables in a glass bowl with a few ml of water.
  5. Put the garlic bread in the oven when preheat is met.
  6. Put the water in the pot.
  7. Put the vegetables in the microwave for 11 minutes
  8. When the vegetables are done, put the sauce on for 5 minutes and put the ravioli on.
  9. When the sauce is done. Drain the ravioli and put the ravioli, sauce and vegetables in the pot. Stir.
  10. When the garlic bread is done, take it out and serve up the ravioli.

Version 2

  1. Preheat the Oven to 180-190°C.
  2. Boil water in a kettle.
  3. Put the vegetables in a glass ball with a few ml of water and cook in the microwave for 8 minutes.
  4. When the vegetables are done, put them aside and put the sauce in the microwave for 4 minutes.
  5. Put the vegetables and the sauce aside.
  6. Put the garlic bread in the oven now the preheat is met and set a timer for 15 minutes.
  7. Heat a pot with the water from the kettle on the stove. Bring to boil (Until 10 minutes remaining)
  8. Put the ravioli in the pot for 5 minutes. Stir (Until 5 minutes remaining)
  9. Drain the ravioli and put the ravioli, sauce and vegetables in the pot for 5 minutes on a low heat! Stir (Until Bing!)
  10. The garlic bread is done, take it out immediately and then serve up the ravioli.

Version 3

  1. Boil water in the kettle.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C
  3. Put the vegetables in a glass bowl with a few ml of water and cover.
  4. Prepare the ravioli sauce.
  5. Prepare a pot for the ravioli on the stove.
  6. Prepare the garlic bread.
  7. When oven temp is reached, put the garlic bread in for 18 minutes.
  8. Microwave the vegetables for 10 minutes.
  9. At 5 minutes remaining, heat the pot with the water from the kettle on the stove. Bring to boil.
  10. When the vegetables are done, put them aside and microwave the sauce for 6 minutes.
  11. At 2 minutes remaining, put the ravioli in the pot for 2 minutes. Stir.
  12. The garlic bread is done, Turn off the oven.
  13. Drain the ravioli and put the ravioli, sauce and vegetables in the pot for 2 minutes on a low heat! Stir.
  14. Take the garlic bread out of the oven immediately and serve up with the ravioli.

Version 4

  1. Boil water in the kettle.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C
  3. Put the vegetables in a glass bowl with a few ml of water and cover.
  4. Prepare the ravioli sauce.
  5. Prepare a pot for the ravioli on the stove.
  6. Prepare the garlic bread.
  7. When oven temp is reached, put the garlic bread in for 18 minutes.
  8. 18 mins on the clock!
  9. Microwave the vegetables for 10 minutes.
  10. At 5 minutes remaining, heat the pot with the water from the kettle on the stove. Bring to boil.
  11. When the vegetables are done, put them aside and microwave the sauce for 6 minutes
  12. At 4 minutes remaining, put the ravioli in the pot for 4 minutes. Stir
  13. The garlic bread is done, Turn off the oven.
  14. Drain the ravioli and put the ravioli, sauce and vegetables in the pot for 2 minutes on a low heat! Stir.
  15. Take the garlic bread out of the oven immediately and serve up with the ravioli.

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