Those who know me understand that I have food issues (no veggies, no peanut butter, no trying anything new unless I have fully mentally prepared). One of those issues is just Italian food in general. Whenever my family goes out to get Italian food I always order the wrong thing (unless I order pizza, in which case I always order the right thing). I kind of have an aversion to tomato based sauces, wine based sauces, and thick sauces in general. They just don't sit well on my pallet. Hence why I never make spaghetti, ravioli, etc. I'm just scared of it.
Well now I'm married. I'm not just cooking for myself and my 5 year old diet and I want to cook things that both Dan and I will like. This means trying (and tasting) new recipes. Tonight it was Ravioli Lasagna. I found a recipe for skillet lasagna (it used ravioli) that seemed harmless enough but then it got too complicated because I didn't have all the ingredients. So then I started searching for other ravioli lasagnas (we had just bought some spinach cheese ravioli from Costco (I love Costco)) and I discovered the tricks of the trade.
Here's what I did:
First I got out all of the ingredients I was going to use:
Ravioli
Hamburger Meat
Creamy Pesto Sauce
Mozzarella Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Garlic
Italian Seasoning
Olive Oil
First I browned some hamburger meat
Maybe the best thing my mother taught me was how to turn a hamburger patty into ground beef.
You just put it in a frying pan and shred off the cooked parts of the patty until it is all shredded.
Because I used some pretty junky hamburger meat I cooked it with some garlic and some Italian seasoning.
Then I let it sit on the stove on warm while I prepared the lasagna
Lasagna time
I used my little Bella dutch oven so I prepared the heck out of it by washing it and spraying it heavily with non-stick cooking spray.
I then lined the bottom of the dutch oven with some olive oil and the sauce
Then layer raviolis, mozzarella, meat, sauce, raviolis, mozzarella, meat...
I only did two layers since only two people would be eating it- you could probably do more though most of the recipes I read said only do two layers
Top layer was sauce.
Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes
Take out of oven add another layer of cheese (this is where I mixed in some parmesan) and put back in oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
We waited a little while to eat (30-45 min) but the little dutch oven kept it warm that whole time with the cover on.
So there really aren't any specific measurements on this recipe- basically just cover each layer in whatever layer it is- meat and cheese don't really follow this rule-add to your hearts content.
The pesto cream sauce is Archer Farms brand- Target's in-store brand and it was super good although I'm sure you can find some other good sauces out there.
Enjoy!
Well now I'm married. I'm not just cooking for myself and my 5 year old diet and I want to cook things that both Dan and I will like. This means trying (and tasting) new recipes. Tonight it was Ravioli Lasagna. I found a recipe for skillet lasagna (it used ravioli) that seemed harmless enough but then it got too complicated because I didn't have all the ingredients. So then I started searching for other ravioli lasagnas (we had just bought some spinach cheese ravioli from Costco (I love Costco)) and I discovered the tricks of the trade.
Here's what I did:
First I got out all of the ingredients I was going to use:
Ravioli
Hamburger Meat
Creamy Pesto Sauce
Mozzarella Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Garlic
Italian Seasoning
Olive Oil
First I browned some hamburger meat
Maybe the best thing my mother taught me was how to turn a hamburger patty into ground beef.
You just put it in a frying pan and shred off the cooked parts of the patty until it is all shredded.
Because I used some pretty junky hamburger meat I cooked it with some garlic and some Italian seasoning.
Then I let it sit on the stove on warm while I prepared the lasagna
Lasagna time
I used my little Bella dutch oven so I prepared the heck out of it by washing it and spraying it heavily with non-stick cooking spray.
I then lined the bottom of the dutch oven with some olive oil and the sauce
Then layer raviolis, mozzarella, meat, sauce, raviolis, mozzarella, meat...
I only did two layers since only two people would be eating it- you could probably do more though most of the recipes I read said only do two layers
Top layer was sauce.
Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes
Take out of oven add another layer of cheese (this is where I mixed in some parmesan) and put back in oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
We waited a little while to eat (30-45 min) but the little dutch oven kept it warm that whole time with the cover on.
So there really aren't any specific measurements on this recipe- basically just cover each layer in whatever layer it is- meat and cheese don't really follow this rule-add to your hearts content.
The pesto cream sauce is Archer Farms brand- Target's in-store brand and it was super good although I'm sure you can find some other good sauces out there.
Enjoy!
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