This Ravioli Spinach Bake is like a hassle-free lasagna, and it makes a great meatless dinner the whole family will love! It's so easy you will be happy to make it any night of the week!
Here's a great shortcut to lasagna! I love how easy this dish is, and it is hearty and filling and great comfort food. Plus, it gives me another opportunity to sneak some extra veggies into the kids with the fresh spinach.
Truth be told, it isn't all that sneaky, because you can clearly see the spinach in there. But when it is covered in sauce and cheese, somehow they just eat it without complaining!
This dish feeds my entire family of 2 hungry boys, 1 hungry husband, and me, plus we usually have about 2 servings left over. If you have a bigger or even more hungry family, you can add a side of garlic bread.
I usually try to avoid the garlic bread, except as a special treat once in a while (too many carbs for one meal!), but I like to serve a side salad and some steamed broccoli with this.
If you don't have fresh spinach on hand, you can substitute a box of frozen. Just thaw and squeeze out some of the moisture first so you don't wind up with a runny mess in your ravioli.
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Ravioli Spinach Bake
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Ravioli Spinach Bake
Ingredients
- 2 cups marinara sauce
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 20 ounces cheese ravioli (1 package)
- 10 ounces fresh spinach
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Mix the marinara and crushed red pepper, then spread about half of the mixture on the bottom of an 11x7 baking dish.2 cups marinara sauce, ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- Cook ravioli according to package instructions until they are just al dente (not mushy).20 ounces cheese ravioli
- Before draining ravioli, stir in fresh spinach until slightly wilted (10-20 seconds).10 ounces fresh spinach
- Drain the ravioli and spinach mixture, then spread about half of it over the marinara in the baking dish.
- Sprinkle about half of the cheese over the top.1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- Distribute the remaining ravioli/spinach on the cheese, then spread with the remaining sauce.
- Bake, covered, about 25 minutes.
- Remove the dish from the oven, sprinkle the remaining cheese on top, and bake uncovered for an additional 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
Notes
You can adjust the amount of crushed red pepper for more or less kick, or skip it completely!
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate. The nutritional values for your final dish may vary based on measuring differences and products used.
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Try my Easy Curry Pasta and Vegetables or this fun Crockpot Cheeseburger Casserole!
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Dee
Oooh, this is something my kiddos would love , and it looks so tasty too! Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle! Pinning. 🙂
Made From Pinterest
What a great idea! I love this so much and am going to make this as soon as possible! Keep posting things like this, I really appreciate it!
Cindys Recipes and Writings
Hi Kristin. Thanks for sharing at Foodie friends Friday!
Joy @ Joy Love Food
Sounds delicious! I love baked pasta dishes and love that yours includes spinach, yum. Thanks for sharing at the OMHG WW!
Lysa @ Welcome To My Circus
Wow these look delish! Thank you for linking up with the Oh My Heartsie Girls Wordless Wednesday Link Party!
Wishing you a wonderful week!
Xx
Lysa
Nicole
That looks wonderful!
All that's Jas
Ha! Great minds think alike - I shared the same recipe (with meat) on Busy Monday Linky Party. You're right, the dish doesn't pose for good pictures but you did great! Hugs 🙂
Mary Ellen
This looks delicious, love how you added the spinach!
Rachael
This not only looks good, but you did a great job photographing it. I really struggle with these types of foods. But yum!
Kristin King
Thanks, Rachael! That means a lot coming from you because I really admire your photography. I also struggle with foods like this, and I will confess that it took me almost 2 hours to finally get a couple of good pictures I thought I could work with! 🙂
Yvonne [Tried and Tasty]
My wordy these look delicious! I haven't had ravioli in ages - this would be a great way to have it!