Mr. Mom

Last month I wrote about how Daniel and I are switching places for the summer. I’m working not-quite-full-time, and he is home with the kids. I made sure he realized that his job included at least some of the household duties, and he was still stoked for the change.

Well.

On the first full day that I was away working, he did laundry, dishes, took the kids grocery shopping, and cleaned up the living room. Next thing I knew, he had posted a list of upcoming meals on the fridge. But that’s not all…

On the second day, he did more laundry, more dishes, more cleaning, and he made ravioli.

Homemade ravioli.

From scratch.

For realz.

Mr. Mom’s Ravioli:
(I hope you like guess-and-check, cause he’s a guess-and-check kinda guy!)

Ingredients:
flour
2-3 eggs
water
ground beef
marinara sauce
milk
any spices you feel like throwing in

Instructions:

1. First, make the dough: mix about 2.5 cups of flour with 3 eggs
2. Add water a teaspoon at a time, until you have a workable dough (not too sticky, not too dry)
3. Let the dough sit for an hour
4. Then mix the filling: Mix marinara sauce, ground beef, and your spices in a skillet pan, adding in about 1/3 a cup of milk and a couple of teaspoons of flour, let simmer until thick and not runny
5. Roll out the dough and cut into strips
6. Spoon the filling onto the strips, and fold strips in half lengthwise
7. Cut along each strip, making the ravioli squares
8. Use a fork to crimp the edges of the squares and seal in the filling
9. Add ravioli to boiling water and let boil for 10-12 minutes OR
10. Bake ravioli in an oven preheated at 375 for 15 minutes
11. Add some extra filling on top and some Parmesan cheese
12. EAT!