Baked Lasagna with Frozen Ravioli

Baked frozen ravioli lasagna is the best family favorite comfort food dinner! NO need to defrost first, just layer with sauce and cheeses. Easier than How to Make Lasagna Step by Step with large floppy noodles boiled ahead of time.

Frozen ravioli bake is so good. I mean you can see the end result here which you may mistake for lasagna but SO much easier to make. NO boil required ahead of time which not only cuts down on the cooking time but less prep for a busy day too. (affiliate links present)

Lasagna with Frozen Ravioli

So this is a totally different texture than frozen ravioli in air fryer. Those babies turn out crispy and crunchy like a snack. With this creation they come out tender like lasagna noodles but filled with cheese or beef. Layer them with sauce and cheeses and you have yourself a sort of layered casserole.

I mean regular lasagna noodles are just BORING! You can use our own homemade sauce blend, or use a bottle of spaghetti sauce, whatever you have time for. This is the best way of how to cook frozen ravioli though into something more than just in sauce.

Now you could use a white more of an alfredo type sauce like we did with our vegetable lasagna with white sauce if you’d rather. My husband needs dairy free dishes so in our case I will make it with spaghetti style sauce, lactose free shredded cheese and beef filled noodles.

Ingredients

• 2 c Frozen Ravioli in the package, no defrosting necessary
• 1 can diced tomatoes, petite we love
• Mozzarella cheese shredded
• Cheddar cheese shredded
• Jar of spaghetti sauce

Variations

For the easiest put together just use a jar of Ragu, but you could use our homemade sauce below or one of your own instead. As far as the stuffed noodles you can choose smaller or larger really. When you layer the ravioli you want it to cover from end to end if you can.

If yours are much smaller you could clearly need more than the 9 pieces you see here in each layer, so that is just an estimate as far as the 2 cups go. Cheese or meat filled work, either way.

For a meatier dish a layer of precooked Italian sausage could be added on top of the marinara sauce.

Now we have made lazy lasagna casserole before using penne pasta. Instead you could use the small versions of raviolis or tortellinis instead to make it that way instead. The only real difference is the prep. Instead of layering everything is just kind’ thrown together, warmed, poured into a dish with cheese on top and baked. It’s more of a scoop out and serve dish.

How to Make Frozen Ravioli Lasagna

• Preheat the oven to 370F. In a saucepan, sauté the onion in oil for 5 minutes.
• Add diced tomatoes into a saucepan. Add spices and thyme. Stir and simmer for 5-7 minutes.
• Brush the bottom of a 9″ x 13″ casserole dish with pasta sauce.
• Top with frozen ravioli. Top with mixed cheddar and mozzarella (could add a few dollops of ricotta cheese or browned ground beef too if you feel like that is a must ingredient for you)
• Top with the tomato sauce again and then the ravioli layer.
• Sprinkle with the remaining cheddar and mozzarella, cover dish with foil.
• Place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes baking time.
• Remove foil after 10 minutes so top of cheese can brown the rest of the time.
• When browned on the top remove and sit for 15 minutes before slicing and serving.

Can you make this ahead of time?

If you wanted to prep ahead of time you could too. Just prep, cover with wrap, refrigerate for a few hours, then let sit on the counter for 20 minutes before you throw it into the oven. If you made the night before it would work, but the noodles will become rather soft so the texture may be off for you when baked.

How do you make lasagna dairy free?

Ok so with all other family recipe ideas there are always alterations you can make, add to, or substitute into the mix if you like. Let’s talk about a few of them you can use if you prefer.

• You could use parmesan cheese, or in addition to the other shreds.
• Dairy free cheese works as we have used it in our household, Daiya has great choices.
• Feel free to brown some meat and add that into the sauce or in another layer entirely.
• This baked ravioli recipe could be made vegetarian with the cheese suggested above and frozen pierogis instead of these.

This warms up well too if you have any leftovers at all. Transfer into a sealed container and keep in your fridge or freezer. We share how to reheat lasagna in oven here to perfection. Best way to do that is with a spoonful of sauce on the top with more shredded cheese so it brings it back to life. Heat in microwave for 1 minute or so to warm.

Pair with a slice of our Dessert Lasagna for a really fun layered dish in a casserole dish. One hot and the other frozen.

How to save leftovers

You need to let this cool before covering and refrigerating. This is How long to cook frozen lasagna if you choose to save it this way depends on whether it’s in pieces or whole. When you heat it up again I would add moisture wit a bit of sauce.

That is right. My kids figured this second goodie out when they were experimenting in the kitchen and threw them into our Cosori. Sprayed with olive oil and some garlic salt they cooked the insides (which are already precooked) and made the pasta crunchy! Follow our frozen ravioli in air fryer for that goodie bite too.