Easy Baked Ravioli

Looking for an easy dinner that the whole family will eat? Then you NEED to check out this Baked Ravioli! Feed your family for under $10!  My favorite part is that is takes only a few minutes to put together because you don’t have to cook the ravioli first.

All of my kids at this up with no problem at all, and there were leftovers for lunch the next day!

Baked Ravioli

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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Servings: 6

Author: Lauren Cobello

Ingredients

• 25 oz. package frozen cheese ravioli
• 3/4 lb. ground beef
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
• 1 clove garlic minced or pressed
• 1 Tbsp dried basil
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp olive oil

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Brown ground beef in skillet.
• While ground beef is cooking, heat olive oil over medium heat and add garlic. Saute for one minute.
• Add crushed tomatoes, basil and black pepper.
• Bring to a low simmer, then remove from heat.
• Spoon 1/2 cup of sauce into bottom of greased 8x8 baking dish.
• Layer about a third of frozen ravioli on top of sauce.
• Cover with 1/3 of ground beef and 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese, and about 1 cup of sauce.
• Repeat steps 7 & 8.
• Layer final third of ravioli, followed by the remaining ground beef, and remaining sauce. Be sure sauce covers ravioli. Top with remaining cheese.
• Cover dish with foil. Bake for 25 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes, or when cheese on top is bubbly.

Have you grabbed my freezer meal plans, yet? I might be biased but I think they are pretty amazing! They have saved our dinner hour for years now. Check them out!