Lazy Lasagna

 

When our children were young, I made a version of this on many Sundays.  At that time, you could buy bags of frozen stuffed shells at Costco.  I would put a bag of those in a pan, pour a jar of spaghetti sauce over the top and sprinkle on cheese.  I would cover it and set the time bake feature on our oven so that the food would be hot and ready when we got home from church.  Everyone really liked that dish.

But then Costco quit selling the stuffed shells and I kind of forgot about that recipe.  Recently, I saw this recipe, basically the same thing, only made with frozen cheese ravioli rather than stuffed shells.  It tastes a lot like lasagna but is much, much easier to make.

Lazy Lasagna

1 24 oz bag frozen cheese ravioli

1 jar marinara sauce

2 cups grated Mozzarella cheese

Parmesan cheese

Preheat the oven to 400.  Spray a 13x9 pan.

Spread a layer of the sauce on the bottom of the pan.  Then layer 1/2 the ravioli, half of the remaining sauce, half of the cheese.  Then repeat.  Put a small amount of water (maybe 1/3 cup) in the marinara sauce jar and swirl to clean out the jar. Sprinkle the red water over the casserole. Top with Parmesan cheese.  Cover with foil and bake until hot and bubbly- about 30 minutes.  Remove the foil and bake another 10 minutes.    Let set a few minutes before serving.