"This easy weeknight lasagne is made with store-bought ravioli. This recipe uses inexpensive supermarket ingredients and is full of warm, comforting flavors. Get the family involved in making dinner tonight."
Weeknight Ravioli
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Prep time 20mins
Cook time 45mins
Serves or Makes: 6-8
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ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper
- 12 ounces package frozen spinach, thawed
- 1 28-oz. jar fire-roasted tomato and garlic pasta sauce
- 25 ounces package frozen beef or sausage ravioli
- 1 1/2 cups small curd cottage cheese
- 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Method
Step 1
Heat the oven to 400. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil, then the ground beef. Cook the meat until it's done, then drain off the fat and juices. Season the beef with the basil, oregano, chile flakes, garlic powder and salt and pepper.
Step 2
Place the spinach in a colander and run water over it to thaw. Use your hands to squeeze out as much water from the spinach as you can.
Step 3
n a deep rectangular baking pan, spoon a layer of pasta sauce over the bottom. then add a single layer of the ravioli. It takes about 8-9 ravioli to make a layer in a 3 quart baking pan. Add a layer of the ground beef. Add some of the chopped spinach. Add spoonfuls of the cottage cheese. Add a layer of the mozzarella. Repeat the layers.
Step 4
Cover the baking pan with foil and bake the lasagne for 40-45 minutes. Remove the foil, turn the oven to broil, and broil the top of the lasagne until the cheese is bubbling hot.
Step 5
Bring the lasagne out of the oven and let it sit for 8-10 minutes before cutting into squares.