I can’t believe it’s already November! How in the world did this year go by so fast?!With the recent end of daylight savings time, it starts getting dark around 4:30pm. This means I have four boys that are basically stuck inside the house from 4:30 until bedtime. The last thing I want to be doing during those hours with my confined and energetic boys is cooking dinner! So in order to not get stuck in the kitchen for an hour cooking, I’m always on the look out for easy dinner ideas that don’t take very long to whip up.
My husband and I are adventurous eaters and love trying out new foods. My boys are surprisingly adventurous, too, but really love Italian food. We like to take them out for an Italian dinner but it can get expensive and chaotic. In order to save money (and my sanity) I often make Italian food at home for them. I tend to stick to the easy Italian basics like spaghetti, which can get a little boring.
When I saw these all-natural Spinach and Cheese Ravioli from Monterey Gourmet Foods, I knew I found a solution to my dinner problems. A quick and healthy meal for my kids and I look like a rockstar mom that went the extra mile. Winner winner, ravioli dinner!
This Creamy Baked Ravioli is full of flavor and short on time. The sauce is deliciously creamy. The ravioli just melts in your mouth. My boys had no clue the ravioli were filled with fresh spinach and they devoured them. Your family will love them too!
The coolest thing about Monterey Gourmet Foods is the wide variety of products they have. Feeling like Italian tonight? Whip up an Italian-inspired dinner of ravioli or rigatoni. Feeling like Korean food? Quickly pan sear some of their amazing chicken dumplings. They even have Polish-inspired Pierogis, too!
All of the Monterey Gourmet Foods are perfect for entertaining. Why? Because they cook up quickly so you can serve your company and not spend your time cooking. They use only the highest quality ingredients so you know you’re feeding your loved ones the finest. Best of all, they taste amazing! Monterey Gourmet Foods brings the world to your table, one delicious plate at a time.
Creamy Baked Ravioli
Ingredients
- 1 16-oz package Monterey Foods Fresh Spinach and Cheese Ravioli
- 2 cups marinara sauce
- 1/3 cup cream cheese
- 2 tsp. fresh thyme leaves chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh Italian parsley chopped
- 1/2 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º. Pour a small amount of oil in an 8x8 inch baking dish and swirl so the bottom is covered.
- Boil a large pot of water and place ravioli carefully in the water, letting them cook for about 2-3 minutes or just until tender. Carefully drain.
- Meanwhile, whisk the marinara sauce and cream cheese in a large bowl. Add in the parsley and thyme.
- Cover the bottom of the baking dish with ravioli. Spoon some sauce over the top and a light sprinkle of cheese. Repeat layers until all the ravioli and sauce is used. Cover the top with the remaining cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake until the sauce bubbles and the cheeses on top melt, about 30 minutes. Carefully spoon onto plates, sprinkle ravioli with a little extra parmesan and chopped parsley and enjoy!
I’m on a huge winter squash kick, so I’d love to try their butternut squash ravioli with my homemade Gruyere sauce 🙂
I would serve them with a side salad and marinara sauce
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Alfredo sauce is my weakness
I would serve a side salad.
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I’d serve it with arrabbiata sauce.
Oh YUM! Looks delicious Jen! I’d go with the vodka sauce one.
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Ohhh I wanna try their Tomato, Basil & Mozzarella Ravioli! That sounds so good. With marinara sauce. And garlic toast + salad.
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i would make a salad
I would serve a side dish of steamed asparagus.
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Oh Jen, that looks so good! I am loving the sauce you put on it too. I would love to try their Tomato, Basil & Mozzarella Ravioli with my homemade Mezzaluna sauce. Oh, and definitely need some garlic breadsticks to go with it too! Yum! Pinning!!!
I have been craving ravioli lately so after seeing this recipe I know I have got to make your recipe! Looks delicious!
I’d serve it with some homemade garlic parmesan breadsticks! Looks delish, by the way!
Love a good piece of bread with any italian dish!
Yummy recipe! I’d serve it with Broccoli Salad. By the way, love your blog design, and great pictures!
I would serve with Parmesan asparagus!
Oh my gosh. I love ravioli! I just tried your famous potato rolls for dinner last night. 5 stars!! (I’d give 6 if I could 🙂 )
I would serve a side of my zucchini surprise. Its shredded zucchini and carrots.
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I would serve it with a big salad: spinach and romaine as the base, with as many colors of vegetables as I could find! Oooh. And some cheesy garlic bread.
I would serve it with a side of grilled brussel sprouts. I love them, and I tell the kids they’re baby cabbages, so they think that’s pretty cool!
i would serve them with Hearty Garden Marinara Sauce
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I would serve the dish with the Basil Pesto
with Almonds & Pine Nuts, a side green salad and some Mediterranean
couscous.
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I would also serve a big side salad loaded with everything and some hot garlic bread.
I’d like to serve the ravioli with a rosa sauce and some breadsticks.
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Love baked ravioli, and you pictures are just mouth watering, Jen! Would it be too much spinach if I wanted to serve this dish with a side of garlic spinach? 🙂 If not that, I think a crisp Caesar salad would be nice!
Definitely some cheese tortellini and french bread!
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A healthy green salad. I eat one with almost every dinner.
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I would serve with kale salad.
I would serve this with a fresh salad of lettuce, carrots, cucumbers and croutons.
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YUM! My mouth is watering. If you get a chance, please link up to my link party: http://suburbsmama.blogspot.com/2013/11/sunday-linky-36.html
Oh man, I am such a sucker for good Italian food and this looks amazing! Visiting from Time to Sparkle linky party and I WILL be making these…. yum!
I would serve them with Creole Potato Salad
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I would serve green beans and bacon
I want to try the dumplings! I’d serve it with japchae.
I’m rather attracted to their Chicken Mandu Dumplings; soy sauce and spring onions might be all you would need for that, and a salad.
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I think garlic bread and broccoli would be great sides to this dish.
How gorgeous. I would serve mine with a garden salad and a creamy mushroom sauce. 🙂
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This is beautiful, Jen! I love how perfectly you arranged the raviolis, and I always need simple recipes like this. Pinned!
I love using a creamy tomato sauce with pasta. Yum!
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A side salad sounds good.
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II would serve it with a pesto sauce
I’d serve it with sauteed green beans with pine nuts and garlic.
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I’d like the shrimp and lobster ravioli with an alfredo sauce and a green salad
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i would serve it with a garden salad
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Oh, that looks amazing! It would be great with a spinach salad with fresh raspberries.
i would serve them with Hearty Garden Marinara Sauce
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I would serve mixed veggies with my dish.
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I’d love to make the tortelloni with garlic bread and a salad.
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I would have garlic bread and a salad to go with this.
A green salad and a garlic Bread Sticks
I would serve this with my homemade garlic twists and marinara sauce.
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I would serve a green salad and some of my homemade garlic and Parmesan cheese rolls with it.
i love cook vegs in the over for side
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A side salad and gooey garlic bread!
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Oven roasted parmesan herb baby red potatoes with the
Fresh Spinach & Cheese Ravioli!
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I would serve salad and rice with it
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Oven roasted fresh veggies with a side salad and piping hot garlic cheese bread.
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I would serve them with a side salad
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Garden salad and some dinner rolls
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I would also serve a big side salad and garlic bread
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I’d make a side salad with home made dressing.
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I’d make a side salad.
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I love a Vodka sauce and their fresh spinach and cheese ravioli look scrumptious!! Thanks for sharing this!