Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 1 lg. ground beef
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 3 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 (24 oz) jar pasta sauce
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 24 oz of frozen cheese ravioli (not the mini kind), uncooked
  • 1 (8oz) container cream cheese spread
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella
  • 2 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese

Instruction

  • Preheat oven oven to 350 degrees.
  • in a large skillet, brown meat along with onion, carrot, and garlic. Cook until beef is fully cooked and drain off any excess grease.
  • Add the pasta sauce and water to the meat mixture. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Pour 1/2 of the meat sauce into the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Top with half of the cooked ravioli.
  • In a bowl, whisk the cream cheese and milk together. It will kind of look like cottage cheese.
  • Pour over the ravioli in the baking dish. Top with 3/4 cups on the shredded mozzarella.
  • Top with the remaining ravioli followed by the remaining meat mixture.
  • Top with remaining 3/4 cups mozzarella cheese and the 2 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese.
  • Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10 more minutes. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before serving. Serves 12.