Welcome to the Favorite Family Recipes Blog Hop! This is my first month participating in the challenge and I’m delighted to be joining some talented bloggers for this month’s challenge! For my favorite family recipe, I’m sharing a super fast and easy Cheese Ravioli Lasagna. To find more favorite family recipes, visit the links below too!
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Our Unschooling Journey • Purple Hues and Me
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Cheese Ravioli Lasagna with Ground Beef
The first time I saw this recipe was on Pinterest a few years ago. Since then, I’ve tweaked it to my family’s liking and it’s now become a favorite family recipe that I serve with garlic bread.
What I love about this cheese ravioli lasagna is that it’s quick and easy to make. It’s perfect for busy weeknights and is even freezer friendly! It’s basically layering pasta sauce, frozen cheese ravioli, chopped spinach, ground beef and onions, and cheese. So easy!
Another reason I love this cheese ravioli recipe is that the ingredients can easily be swapped out to satisfy your family’s taste. For example, the ground beef can be left out entirely and more veggies can be added for a meatless meal. If you have carnivores in the house (that’s us), ground beef can be swapped out for Italian sausage and various cheeses can be added for a change in flavor. Whatever you decide, this cheese ravioli lasagna will quickly become a favorite family meal!
Cheese Ravioli Lasagna with Ground Beef Recipe
Print recipe | Serves | 8 |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 40 minutes |
| Total time | 55 minutes |
| Meal type | Lunch, Main Dish |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Pre-preparable, Serve Hot |
Ingredients
- 1 -25 oz. bag frozen cheese ravioli
- 1 - 24 oz, bottle pasta sauce
- 1 - 10 oz. box frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed dry)
- 2 - 2 1/2 cups shredded Mozarella cheese
- 1 Pound ground beef
- 1/2 Medium chopped onion
- 1 Teaspoon Italian herbs
- 1 - 2 Cloves chopped garlic
- salt
- pepper
Note
- To change the flavor, switch out the cheese to your favorite.
- Make this meatless by leaving out the ground beef.
- For a freezer meal, layer in a foil pan and cover. Make sure the ground beef is cool before freezing. Bake from frozen for about 1.5 hours or until the center is hot.
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Preheat oven to 400°F. In a pan on medium high heat, brown ground beef, chopped onions, garlic, and Italian herbs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside. Defrost frozen spinach in a microwave and squeeze all the water out. Set aside. | |
| Step 2 | |
| In a 9" x 13" pan, pour about a cup of pasta sauce. Add a layer each of frozen ravioli, half the spinach, half the ground beef, and half the cheese. Pour the remaining sauce over the layers and repeat the layers, ending with the cheese on top. | |
| Step 3 | |
| Cover the dish with foil and bake for 35 - 40 minutes. To add color to the cheese, remove the foil and place the dish under the broiler for 3 - 5 minutes. Serve. | |
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Susanne says
Erlene this looks so delicious! My mouth is watering just thinking about with italian sausage in it!! Thanks for sharing with us at Create and Celebrate. You are one of our features for June’s party that will go live tonight!!
Michele @ Queenbeebaker says
My family would LOVE this ravioli lasagna. I love that it looks so fancy but is so easy to make. Thanks for sharing it at the Whimsical Wednesdays Link Party!
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
Thanks. It’s tasty for something so easy and it’s better than next day.
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
Thanks. I have to get veggies in where I can to make sure the kids eat it 🙂
Michele Michael says
Hi Erlene,
I’m so down with the addition of the spinach and the simplicity. Thx for the recipe.
Laurie says
Erlene, I can’t wait to give this one a try! I love how easy this is and I bet it tastes amazing. Pinning!
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
Thanks so much for pinning. I hope you enjoy it.
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
This is a great quick recipe and tasty too. I hope you enjoy it.
Beverly says
This is going on my must try list, Erlene. It looks wonderful. Easy meals are always a win. I’ve got guests coming in this weekend and I’ve been trying to decide on dinner one night. I think I just found it! Pinning. So glad to have you join us for this month’s recipe challenge.
Mother of 3 says
That sounds like a meal the whole family would love. Thanks for sharing. Pinned!
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
I love having meals that I can just pop in the oven when I’m being lazy…lol. This one is perfect.
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
It’s a hit here and I hope your family likes it. It’s great for home lunches too.
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
It is so much easier. Since the cheese ravioli has a Riccota type filling it’s perfect to make a cheater style lasagna.
Lynda Hardy says
I love lasagna but so rarely make it due to the time it takes – this looks so much easier and absolutely delicious! I can’t wait to give it a try!
Jenny says
This would be a hit at our house, definitely with meat. Pinning to try!
Carol says
Great family meal and it looks so delicious!
Kristin's Peppermints and Cherries says
So yum! I love the idea of combining ravioli and lasagna. What a fabulous idea, and a freezer friendly meal is always a plus. I love those nights when I pull out a meal I froze previously. It doesn’t happen often, but it’s so nice when it does!