Lazy Lasagna - so easy and so good

I love having lasagna for dinner but hate making it. This is a great way to make a nice lasagna dinner without the hassle.

You only need three ingredients - Spaghetti sauce, frozen Ravioli (I like beef filled) and Mozzarella cheese. As far as exact amounts there aren't any.  Just use what you need for the size of pan you are using.  Tonight I used a  9 x 13 pan so I used two bags of frozen Ravioli.

I do like to make my own sauce because I like to use my home canned things.  Tonight I used a pint of stewed tomatoes and a pint of tomato sauce from my pantry.  I looked through my fridge and used up some things from there.  I used some zucchini, mushrooms, onion, minced garlic and a yellow bell pepper.  I also added some basil, oregano and parsley from my herb garden.  I put it all in my little pressure cooker and cooked it for 10 minutes. I love using my pressure cooker because it only takes 10 minutes but tastes like it cooked in a slow cooker all day.  I don't measure anything I just toss it all in there.  It turned out great.  If you don't want to make your own sauce just grab a jar of store bought sauce. Using already made sauce will save time too.

 So now all you do is spray the bottom of a pan with non-stick spray and put a little bit of sauce over the bottom.  Then line up the little frozen Ravioli.  Don't thaw them either, there is no need to. Just line them up in nice little rows.

  Now you cover them with sauce and sprinkle cheese over them.   

   

Continue to layer the Ravioli, sauce and cheese until you have as many layers as you want.  For this 9 x 13 pan I used two bags of Ravioli. Each layer used 24 pieces and I got four layers from the two bags.  Leave enough sauce and cheese to cover the top of the final layer.

Final layer covered with sauce and cheese.

Bake it in an oven at 350 degrees until it's hot and bubbly throughout.  This large pan took about 50 minutes. It looks delicious!  And as you can see from the serving on the plate it has all the layers you would expect from a regular lasagna.  

Hot and bubbly!

Served with a salad makes a wonderful dinner!

Serve with a side salad and some garlic bread and honestly most people would never know you made it from frozen Ravioli!