You know what I mean. Middle of a long week, you just want to throw something easy and hearty into the oven and relax knowing a warm meal is headed your way. Or you come home and open your fridge and snack and nibble on everything in sight. Knowing you have a meal like this in your arsenal could prevent the midweek snack-off. Just a thought.
I heard about this meal in the staff room at work. It sounded so easy and amazing I just had to try it. Here's how it goes:
Grab some tomato sauce/marinara sauce/or something similar. You can use a jar of your favorite stuff, or make a quick tomato sauce. I opted for the quick sauce, threw some herbs and canned diced tomatoes and let it simmer while I made a quick salad.
While the sauce is bubbling away, cook up some ravioli. I was trying to find the least processed ravioli's I could find and these won. As a note, these were the best tasting ravioli I have had in a very, very long time. Holy. Moly.
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| Old school bake-ware in the house! |
After everything is cooked, begin layering it lasagna style. Sauce, ravioli, cheese, sauce, ravioli, cheese- notice the pattern? I'm beginning to realize I'm completely infatuated with patterns.
The last layer should be cheese. Lots of cheese, if you're like me. Then you bake it, at 350 until the top gets all bubbly, golden and delicious. I'm sorry, but I really don't remember how long it took. About 20 minutes I think.. but just don't leave it alone too long.
What a gorgeous mess. Midweek when everyone gets a little cranky, nothing warms someone up like melted cheese and pasta.
Add to that my favorite mixed greens and shallot salad dressing, and you have a fabulous meal!
Enjoy!
-m
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