This recipe for Ravioli Lasagna lets you come home to everyone’s favorite set-it-and-forget-it meal.
Slow-cooker lasagna has all the rich and meaty, cheesy goodness of regular lasagna but uses ravioli in place of pasta and ricotta cheese—no boiling required!
Ravioli Lasagna is a Must-Make Because…
- It’s so delicious that it’s featured in my cookbook (you can order a copy here)!
- This recipe can be quickly prepped before an outing and it’s ready to enjoy when you come home.
- It’s super convenient! There is no need to pre-cook lasagna noodles, and no layering is required.
- It uses fewer ingredients but the flavor you love from a traditional lasagna cheesy, meaty lasagna recipe.
What You Need For Ravioli Lasagna
Meat: I use ground beef to create a meaty sauce for this ravioli lasagna recipe. Ground turkey or ground sausage are also great.
Ravioli: I use cheese ravioli or spinach and cheese ravioli in this recipe to replace the ricotta cheese layer and traditional pasta. There’s no need to thaw or cook the pasta in advance.
Pasta Sauce: Use a jar of spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce (I love this brand). You can also make homemade marinara sauce.
Cheese: Loads of melty mozzarella add a creamy texture, and parmesan cheese adds flavor. Preshredded cheese works just fine in this recipe!
Variations
- Use half beef and half Italian sausage for even more flavor.
- Add vegetables like bell peppers, sliced mushrooms, or zucchini to the meat sauce. Ensure they cook in the skillet so the sauce isn’t watery.
- Tortellini can be substituted for the ravioli.
- Garnish herbs like fresh basil or parsley.
How to Make Slow Cooker Lasagna
- Brown beef, add the sauce and simmer a few minutes to thicken.
- Add the meat/sauce mixture, ravioli, and cheese to a crock pot (recipe below).
- Top with cheese. Rest uncovered before serving.
Serve with garlic toast and a fresh green salad.
Storing and Reheating
- This easy crockpot lasagna recipe can be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Top portions with extra mozzarella and parmesan before reheating.
- Freeze leftovers in freezer-safe containers for up to one month. Reheat in the microwave or stovetop until heated through.
- Or reheat and serve crowd-pleasing ravioli lasagna straight from the crock pot. Serve with a basket of garlic bread for soaking up all that savory sauce.
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Ravioli Lasagna
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef or Italian sausage
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 24 ounces marinara sauce or pasta sauce
- 14.5 ounces canned diced tomatoes drained
- 1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- 25 ounces frozen cheese ravioli do not thaw
- 2 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided
- ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a large skillet, brown the beef, onion, and garlic over medium-high heat until no pink remains. Drain fat.
- Add marinara sauce, drained tomatoes, and Italian seasoning. Simmer uncovered over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes or until slightly thickened. Season with additional salt and pepper if desired.
- Spray the inside of a 6 qt crock pot with cooking spray.
- Add 1 cup of the meat sauce to the bottom of the slow cooker. Top with half of the frozen ravioli, 2 cups of sauce, and 1 ¼ cups of mozzarella cheese. Add the remaining ravioli, the remaining sauce, and the remaining mozzarella cheese. Top with parmesan cheese.
- To absorb excess moisture, Place a double layer of paper towel over the top of the slow cooker, ensuring it doesn't touch the cheese.
- Cover and cook on low for 3 to 4 hours.
- Once cooked, turn the slow cooker off, remove the lid, and rest for 15 to 20 minutes before serving.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Beef, Dinner, Main Course, Pasta, Slow Cooker
Cuisine American, Italian© SpendWithPennies.com. Content and photographs are copyright protected. Sharing of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to any social media is strictly prohibited. Please view my photo use policy here.
I usually use throwaway plastic liners in my crockpot. Could I use one instead of sprayed ?
I’ve never tried it Ann. If it works for other recipes, I would think it could work. Let us know if you try it!
My crockpot settings are high 4 hrs and 6hrs then low 8hr and 10hr
Which one should I choose?
This recipe should cook on low for 3-4 hours, so you should select the low temperature and stop it when you reach 3-4 hours and it is cooked.
This is an amazingly delicious and simple meal! Thank you for sharing it with
us! I couldn’t find Ravioli with spinach and cheese so just used cheese stuffed
Ravioli and ti was delicious! I hope by pushing the 5th dot below that it means
a 5 star recipe because the button system below didn’t make sense! This is a
5 Star Recipe!
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you loved this Lasagna!
Hi! I was wondering if you have tried it with chicken instead of beef and alfredo sauce instead of spaghetti sauce? My son in law has trouble w/ anything tomato as his mouth is sensitive to acidic foods like tomato so I’m always trying to find different ways to cook our everyday favorites. This recipe sounds amazing! Look forward to hearing back from you.
Hi Kristen, I have only tried the recipe as written. If you try it, let me know how it turns out!
My daughter and I both got the ingredients to make this. I decided not to do the recipe since frankly, I have never liked moc lasagna recipes because the texture is just not the same and I feel you just get a lot of heavy fat/carb without the enjoyment of the structure of traditional lasagna. But after tasting hers, I was impressed. She used Italian sausage instead of beef (which was less work since no other seasoning or the onion was needed) and used frozen raviolis. At the 4 hour mark it was perfect. The frozen ravioli was very reminiscent of lasagna noodles, and the flavors were spot on. I couldn’t believe it. So simple, I’m definitely making this!
Yay, I’m so glad you loved it! Thank you for the compliment. :)
I have a question and what kind of uncooked ravioli? Frozen or the kind next to the pasta in the grocery in the fridge? I bought frozen since it had to cook for 3 hours I want to know for sure for future reference
This recipe has been updated to use frozen ravioli. If using thawed, you may need to reduce the cooking time.
Made this for a weekend dinner. I like recipes that make a lot of leftovers that we can eat all week- or the husband can take to can take to work, etc. This was great! The only modification I made was to add fresh spinach and mushrooms to the mixture. They cooked perfectly as the lasagna cooked in the crockpot. Yummy.
Yum, mushrooms are my favorite, great addition!
I made this last week and it is the best tasting lasagna ever. Loved it and it was so easy to make!!!!!
Of course will be making again.
Instead of using hamburger I used mild sausage but it was so delicious and hardly any work to it at all.
That sounds like a great alteration to this recipe! I like sausage in my lasagna too!
Very Good. Great time saver!
I am glad you enjoyed this recipe Marcy!
This is the best recipe. I’ve shared it many times already. I use the frozen Louisa Spinach and cheese raviola. It’s the best!!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe. I am going to look for that ravioli! It sounds good!
About how many does this feed? Approximately how many servings? I usually cook for about 20 plates once a week using 2 crockpots, need to guestimate…? Any suggestions?
This makes about 8 servings.
Bachelor here with a 4 qt crockpot. Will this recipe work as is for my cooker or should I adjust for the smaller size. Thanks in advance…
To be safe, I would adjust to a smaller size, or prepare to freeze half of the recipe for an easy crock pot meal in the future.
What an awesome, delicious, and easy to make recipe! I make it at least twice a month, and every time get compliments from my family. :-)
Easy and compliments? Can’t ask for better! Enjoy!
Made this lasagna last night it was delicious thanks for sharing…
My family absolutely loves this recipe..it is inexpensive to make…super easy to make…soo love this…
Happy to hear your family loves it! Mine too!
Bless you for sharing such an AWESOME recipe. I love Lasagna
but don’t make it. This was DELISH‼️I didn’t have any hamburger
and made it without and it was so good. I will definitely be making
Lasagna from now on‼️ It will be so comforting on our cold snowy
days in Canada.
So glad you loved it!
Happy to hear that Kim!
This was such an easy recipe to make. Everyone in the house loved it.
Happy to hear that Kim!
Coukd you do this in the oven? If so what temp and for how long?
I would bake it covered with foil about 1 hour at 375-400 degrees.