No-Boil Ravioli Lasagna Recipe – all the flavors of classic lasagna made easier with frozen ravioli and jarred pasta sauce. You can have this delicious casserole prepped and into the oven in under 20 minutes. Frozen ravioli, spaghetti sauce, Italian sausage, ricotta, egg, parsley, and mozzarella cheese. This recipe is great for meal prepping and it freezes wonderfully. Serve with a salad and crusty garlic bread for a quick weeknight meal.
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This No-Boil Ravioli Lasagna is effortless to make and tastes amazing! All the flavors of traditional lasagna without the work. This recipe uses frozen ravioli instead of lasagna noodles. Frozen ravioli, spaghetti sauce, Italian sausage, ricotta, egg, parsley, and mozzarella cheese. This delicious casserole is prepped and ready to bake in about 10 minutes! Perfect for a quick and easy weeknight meal!
How to Make No-Boil Ravioli Lasagna
This casserole is easy to make with only a few simple ingredients. In a large skillet cook Italian sausage over medium heat until crumbled and no longer pink. Drain excess grease. In a medium bowl, combine ricotta cheese, egg, and parsley.
Spread ⅓ of a jar of pasta sauce in the bottom of a 9×13-inch casserole dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Layer half of the cheese ravioli over the sauce. Spread ricotta mixture over ravioli. Top with cooked sausage and mozzarella cheese. Layer the remaining ravioli over the cheese. Spoon the remaining marinara sauce over the casserole and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese.
Bake uncovered in a preheated oven until bubbly. Garnish with fresh basil and parmesan cheese.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- There is no need to cook the ravioli before adding it to the dish.
- Can use any flavor of ravioli that you prefer.
- Can substitute ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken.
- Can omit the meat for a vegetarian dish.
- What Can I add to the casserole? Onions, bell pepper, or spinach are all great additions.
- My favorite store-bought spaghetti sauces are Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic Marinara (green label), Carbone, Rao’s, and La Famiglia DelGrosso.
- Can Easy Ravioli Lasagna be made in advance? Yes! You can assemble the casserole ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Can Ravioli Lasagna be frozen? Yes! Assemble the casserole in a baking dish. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Store in the freezer for up 3 months.
- To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed below.
- You can freeze the baked casserole. To reheat, thaw and reheat in the microwave or in the oven. To reheat in the oven, thaw, and cover the pan with aluminum foil. Bake at 350ºF for 30 to 45 minutes, until warm throughout.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
What to Serve with Baked Ravioli Lasagna
We serve this pasta with a green salad and garlic bread. It was one of the best things we ate all week. Just as good, if not better than, any restaurant. This recipe makes a lot of food. It is great for a crowd and leftovers taste great reheated. Add this to your menu right away!
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No-Boil Ravioli Lasagna
Ingredients:
- 1 (25-oz) bag frozen cheese ravioli
- 1 (26-oz) jar spaghetti sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- 1 lb Italian sausage, casings removed
- 1 (15-oz) container ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tbsp dried parsley
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- In a large skillet, cook sausage until no longer pink. Drain excess grease and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together ricotta, egg, and parsley. Set aside.
- Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray. Spread ⅓ of the spaghetti sauce in the bottom of the pan. Layer half of the ravioli on top of the sauce. Spread ricotta mixture on top of ravioli. Top with cooked sausage and ½ of the mozzarella cheese. Layer the remaining ravioli.
- Spread remaining sauce on top of ravioli and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
- Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
Notes:
- There is no need to cook the ravioli before adding it to the dish.
- Can use any flavor of ravioli that you prefer.
- Can substitute ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken.
- Can omit the meat for a vegetarian dish.
- What Can I add to the casserole? Onions, bell pepper, or spinach are all great additions.
- My favorite store-bought spaghetti sauces are Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic Marinara (green label), Carbone, Rao’s, and La Famiglia DelGrosso.
- Can Easy Ravioli Lasagna be made in advance? Yes! You can assemble the casserole ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Can Ravioli Lasagna be frozen? Yes! Assemble the casserole in a baking dish. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Store in the freezer for up 3 months.
- To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed below.
- You can freeze the baked casserole. To reheat, thaw and reheat in the microwave or in the oven. To reheat in the oven, thaw, and cover the pan with aluminum foil. Bake at 350ºF for 30 to 45 minutes, until warm throughout.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Steph
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Can you use the refrigerated ravioli? Not frozen.
Could you freeze this once made, before cooking?
Yes – you can assemble the casserole and freeze it unbaked for later.
I love these no-boil recipes! It saves time, and just makes it that much easier. This came out delicious and the family loved it. Served it with some garlic bread. Yum! Perfect fuss free weeknight meal.
I just found out I have to make 2 pans of baked pasta "something" for highschooler's tomorrow night. When this showed up I remembered that you have amazingly delicious and easy recipes. I perused your pasta recipes and decided to do the Pizza Pasta Skillet and Easy Spasagna. I think they will be a hit with the kids. Your post was like an answered prayer!!
Looks so easy…this is on my radar for a future menu item!
Made this over the weekend – family deemed it a keeper! So easy, and tastes great! Thank you.
I'm all in for easy recipes. I like this.
I make so many things from your website, and they are all wonderful. I just made this one tonight. Holy cow was it good!
Thanks so much for all that you do!
How did you get your salad to look the same as yesterday's post? lol
btw I really enjoy your recipes.
lindsayballen – yep, throw the ravioli in the dish frozen. Isn't that great?! Hope you enjoy it!
So just to be sure…you put the ravioli in the baking dish still frozen? Can't wait to try this!
Jill – I will make that one next. Sounds delicious!