Easy, cheesy Baked Ravioli Lasagna Casserole Recipe. Serve up this comfort food for a quick, delicious weeknight dinner! Layered with cheese, frozen ravioli, and marinara sauce, this dinner is ready in minutes!
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Dinner Shortcuts
Sometimes life calls for a dinner shortcut. Maybe you have it all together, and don’t need shortcuts. Maybe not.
I find myself making Instant Pot Spaghetti or chicken alfredo when life is crazy and I need a quick dinner. But, what I REALLY want is lasagna.
Cheesy, spinach and meat lasasgna. But even when made in the Instant Pot (like this Instant Pot lasagna recipe), there still isn’t enough time in the evening…
Enter: easy, cheesy Ravioli Lasagna. Otherwise known as shortcut lasagna in our house!
Why ravioli lasagna you may ask
Simple. All the comfort food, with much less work. Plus, you can change up the flavor by using different noodles and sauce.
- Cheese ravioli
- Spinach ravioli
- Artichoke ravioli
- Alfredo sauce
- Vodka sauce
And if you’re looking for true comfort food, be sure to try this Lobster Ravioli sauce recipe. OMG!
Ingredient Notes
Today’s recipe can be made with or without the ricotta filling.
Want to keep it simple? You can made this ravioli lasagna by layering 4 ingredients:
- Marinara sauce (with meat in it)
- Frozen Lasagna
- Mozzarella cheese
- Parmesan Cheese
Or, follow my recipe below by making it a little closer to the classic, with about an extra 5 minute step of mixing the ricotta cheese with an egg, parmesan, parsley, garlic, and onion powder.
I also cooked up some ground beef and Italian sausage to make it even more flavorful.
Go the extra step and use our homemade marinara sauce too!
Step by Step Instructions
STEP 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 13×9-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
STEP 2. Brown the ground beef and ground Italian sausage until browned, crumbling it as it cooks. Drain the grease from the pan. Add the marinara sauce
PRO TIP: Using the bulk Italian sausage WITH the ground beef adds a more authentic lasagna flavor. You can use just ground beef if you prefer.
STEP 3. In a small bowl, combine the ricotta, egg, parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, and onion powder.
STEP 4. Assemble the casserole.
- Spoon 1/3 of meat sauce in bottom of casserole dish
- Top with a single layer of frozen ravioli
- Spread 1/2 of the ricotta mixture over ravioli
- Repeat sauce, ravioli, and ricotta
- Finish with remaining sauce
- Top with shredded mozzarella
STEP 5. Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with fresh parsley. Let sit for about 5-10 minutes for serving.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! First, cook the ground beef and sausage in a skillet until browned. Drain and mix with marinara sauce. In a slow cooker ladle half of the sauce into the bottom of a slow cooker. Top with half of frozen ravioli and half of the ricotta mixture. Repeat layers. Top with mozzarella cheese, cover and cook on high for 3 hours.
To reheat leftovers, cover with foil and bake in a 350 degree oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.
Yes. Just swap in a 1:1 ratio.
Serving Suggestions
Complete your meal and serve a salad and bread with your lasagna.
- Garlic dinner knots or easy dinner rolls
- Olive Garden Salad
- Garlic bread or Cheesy garlic bread
- Instant Pot Applesauce
- Don’t forget dessert! Apple Delight or Cannoli would be perfect.
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Ravioli Lasagna
Ingredients
- ½ pound ground beef
- ½ pound bulk Italian Sausage
- 24 ounce jar Marinara sauce about 3 cups
- 2 cups ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup fresh snipped parsley
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 3 cloves garlic pressed
- 25 ounce frozen ravioli any variety
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 13×9-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Brown the ground beef and ground Italian sausage until browned, crumbling it as it cooks. Drain the grease from the pan. Add the marinara sauce.
- In a small bowl, combine the ricotta, egg, parmesan cheese, parlsey, garlic, and onion powder.
- Assemble the casserole by spooning 1/3 of meat sauce in bottom of casserole dish. Top with a single layer of frozen ravioli. Spread 1/2 of the ricotta mixture over ravioli.
- Repeat with 1/3 of the sauce, frozen ravioli, remaining ricotta mixture.
- Finish with the remaining sauce. Top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle with fresh parsley. Let sit for about 5-10 minutes for serving.
Notes
- Can you make Ravioli Lasagna in the crockpot? Yes! First, cook the ground beef and sausage in a skillet until browned. Drain and mix with marinara sauce. In a slow cooker ladle half of the sauce into the bottom of a slow cooker. Top with half of frozen ravioli and half of the ricotta mixture. Repeat layers. Top with mozzarella cheese, cover and cook on high for 3 hours.
- How do you reheat ravioli lasagna? To reheat leftovers, cover with foil and bake in a 350 degree oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.
- Can I use cottage cheese in place of ricotta? Yes. Just swap in a 1:1 ratio.
Nutrition
Easy, cheesy Baked Ravioli Lasagna Casserole Recipe. Serve up this comfort food for a quick, delicious weeknight dinner!
What about using fresh ravioli like Bertolli? Thinking the cook time will be less, but not sure by how much.
Can you use not frozen raviolis ?
Sure can!
This recipe is so easy, so well organized, and so tasty! I have made few lasagna dishes, mainly because it seems the ingredient list and instructions were wildly long and wordy. I can hardly believe how easily it came together in MY kitchen! My husband and I both loved it, and I can’t wait to try it again, maybe using ravioli with different fillings. Thank you!
Enjoyed this for dinner tonight and it did not disappoint! So hearty and delicious; my whole family loved it!
A tasty twist on traditional lasagna. I used cottage cheese in place of the ricotta, and it was still delicious!
Both my daughters loved this, adding it to our rotation, total hit!!
Since seeing this many years ago I make this on a regular basis, but what I do is , I use single baking dishes
and freeze them .
So nice to have this in the freezer as a go to meal or if unexpected guests drop by!
Can you prepare this and bake it the next day without freezing it – just refrigerating it?
Awesome! Such a cool twist on traditional lasagna. Thanks so much for sharing!
One of my favorite comfort food dinners – so easy to make and so good
This is such a great idea! Pasta is always a winning dish in our house and this is a fun twist. Love it!
I use to make this with canned ravioli. Really good.
In the section “what you’ll need” it says frozen lasagna. Should that be frozen ravioli (what’s listed in ingredients)? What a great idea for an easy lasagna!