Lazy Girl's Ravioli Lasagna uses cheese ravioli in place of boiled noodles and a cheese filling. A total time saver!
Growing up I had the same hobbies and interests as other kids my age like dance, soccer, reading, gymnastics and the like, as well as some, well, nontraditional hobbies.
Hobbies like collecting anythingandeverythingrubberstamps in herds of caboodles, including one just for my embossing powders which you could sprinkle over wet-stamp ink, then hold over a hot burner causing it to melt and solidify into a 3-D shape of the stamp. Yeeeah.
Hobbies like imagining different career paths for myself than researching everything I could to learn more about them. FYI if you ever need to know what it takes to become an astronaut-dentist-phone switch operator at the White House, I’m your woman.
Hobbies like writing fan mail to “celebrities” like the Queen of England, Arsenio Hall, and, wait for it, Dave Coulier from Full House. Uncle Joey! Like, couldn’t I have at least written to hunky Uncle Jesse? And Arsenio Hall? What did I even say in his letter? I like your fist pump??
The craziest part is that “they” all wrote back. That’s right, I definitely had signed headshots of Uncle Joey, Arsenio, and the Royal Family taped to my closet door, right next to Jonathon Taylor Thomas and Kirk Cameron. Didn’t you?
Anyway, I have a new fan letter to write, and it’s addressed to Lazy Girls Ravioli Lasagna. The letter shall read something like this:
Dear Lazy Girls Ravioli Lasagna, Hi. My name’s Kristin, and I’m your biggest fan. The way you layer marinara sauce, frozen ravioli, seasoned ground beef, and cheese, then come out tasting like I slaved over a traditional lasagna all day tickles me pink.
See, lasagna is one of my favorite comfort foods, but sometimes I just to don’t want to take the time to boil a box of noodles, mix up a batch of cheese filling, then get all messy layering everything together. Your muss and fuss-free shortcut of using frozen cheese ravioli to bypass these steps is not only time saving, but absolutely delicious.
Nobody knew the difference and I took all the credit. You’re the best.
Write back soon! Love, IGE
Lazy Girl's Ravioli Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- garlic salt
- pepper
- 24 oz marinara sauce
- 1-1/2 lbs frozen gluten free cheese ravioli
- 6 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat, seasoning with garlic salt and pepper, until no longer pink. Drain then return to the skillet and set aside.
- Spread 1/4 cup marinara sauce in the bottom of an 8x8 baking dish. Add 1/3 the frozen ravioli, ground beef, sauce, and cheese. Repeat layers two more times.
- Cover with a sheet of non-stick sprayed foil then bake for 1 hour. Remove foil then bake for 10 more minutes, or until cheese is golden brown and bubbly.
Nutrition
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Awesome……..easy and quick and Looking mighty good I may add.
ColleenB
Love this idea for a quick lasagna. And I think we could have been best friends as children, you crack me up! :)
Oh yum – this looks easy! I want this in ma belly!
xo Emily @ Hungry Delights
Holy cow, embossed stamps AND celebrity letter writing…that was the story of my tween years! I loved holding that piece of paper over the burner, waiting for the gold powder to melt together (the simple things). My celeb pen-pals were Bette Midler & John Candy. Bette said I was the wind beneath her wings, ha!
Bahahahaha, love it!!
Hahaha… you crack me up! I totally forgot about caboodles but I’m pretty sure my daughter could use one about now. And by the way you weren’t the only one with a thing for the goofy uncle on Full House. He was engaged to Alanis Morissette you know and she wrote that crazy bitter song about him… how rude!
Cut. It. Out.
Obvious Uncle Joey reference, yes, but also an homage to how I feel after reading that recipe. I definitely just had one of those “why didn’t I think of that!?” moments :-)
I’ve made lasagna using ravioli before and I don’t think I’ll ever go back. So simple and delicious!
Haha your autographs reminded me that I wrote for them from Andrew Keegan, Cristina Ricci, and Tim “the toolman” Taylor! Wow.
Oh, I have used this recipe for years.. only I use meat ravioli (three sons!) and meat sauce.. whatever cheese floats your boat… and call it lasagna.. We all love it and it comes together so fast!!!! I am dating myself, but the only fan club I was ever a part of was “The Monkees”… ahhh,, I was sooo young!! :-)
“I like your fist pump” – you crack me up! Too funny! I love your log not just for your fantastic recipes, but for your freaking awesome writing style, as well. Keep it up, girl :)
Blog, of course, not log…..yikes :)
Truly cever idea! I love that you wrote Uncle Joey!!! That is too funny! I also was totally into stamps… stored in caboodles! I also was way too into rock and geode collecting. Yep, nerd alert.
Oh I had to giggle over your signed pictures! I had one from the cast of Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan)! Okay so it shows I am a little older then you, but still didn’t we all do stuff like that! I love the recipe!! This will be a no-brainer on busy school nights :)
Now I have no excuse but to make my husband “lasagna” — he has you to thank! Perhaps I’ll suggest he write a letter to you? Have any signed headshots!? Ha