Beefed Up: Beefy Ravioli Bake

Another fantastic recipe find is Beefy Ravioli Bake.  This recipe has everything you need for a quick, crowd-pleasing, weeknight meal.

1 pound ground beef, crumbled and fully cooked
1 bag frozen cheese ravioli, still frozen
1 - 1.5 jars marinara sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a large bowl, mix ground beef, frozen ravioli, some of the mozzarella cheese, and enough marinara sauce to cover the mixture.  Place in a large greased casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese, and bake for 30 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly/golden.  Serve warm.

IT REALLY IS THAT EASY. Serve it with garlic bread and salad, and you have a super easy weeknight meal.

Beefy Ravioli Bake is something you can always keep on hand by stocking your pantry with jarred sauce, your freezer with frozen ravioli and beef you have already cooked, and your refrigerator with cheese.

There are so many variations on this - Brown your beef with onions, add some chopped spinach to the mix, eliminate the beef to make it vegetarian (and less expensive per serving), try a different style of ravioli, or try a different type of pasta sauce. - to name a few.

Beefy Ravioli Bake is also a great meal to serve to a large crowd or to take to a friend or family who needs a meal.

If you are seeking a simple, budget friendly, hearty, quick, crowd-pleasing, keep-on-hand, and/or make-ahead meal, try this easy recipe.

I actually ate this at a party before going into labor with our second born, and it was SO GOOD.  I couldn't keep it off my mind. So much so that a few days after delivery I had to call the hostess and ask for the recipe right then and there.