Adding spinach to cheesy, saucy lasagna is a great way to get your child eating green. Use convenience items such as jarred pasta sauce, cheese ravioli, and frozen chopped spinach as your layers.
I made this for guests , and they loved it. I added some Italian seasoning and I mixed cottage cheese with spinach. Easy and wonderful.
I was excited about making this but was very disappointed with the outcome. It was very bland and the frozen spinach added an unpleasant texture. Maybe with fresh spinach, more cheese and some well seasoned meat sauce, it would be better?
It was really yummy, but it is not 350 something calories. It's well over 600 if you cut it into 6 servings. I also had to use 2 jars of sauce.
I'm changing this to be my normal lasagna from now until eternity! Since a 9x13 is too big for my family I made it in 2 brownie pans and froze one for later... didn't have any issue with overflow. I did however use fresh spinach instead of frozen as I had fresh on hand. Also added in some browned ground round & Parmesan cheese to the sauce before assembly.
Loved it and the family did too! Added mushrooms to the recipe since we love them too. Was super easy and a family favorite! Bought the the two bags of ravioli but the ones i did not use i froze to use for another time. Used a spaghetti sauce we liked so it wouldn't be a surprise and also used two boxes of spinach and more cheese. Thanks so much!
It's ok - I think a lot of it depends on the quality of the raviolis and sauce you use. I wouldn't make it for company, that's for sure.
We were disappointed in this dish. The ravioli was still tough at the end of the baking time. I wish I had precooked it (though it wouldn't be a "quick" dish anymore!). Also, 2 packages of ravioli is too much (as it says in the recipe); I had leftover ravioli - a waste of an expensive ingredient. DH didn't much care for it, and neither did I.
This was a tasty dish with good payoff for the effort. I ended up using almost 2 jars of sauce, so have an extra jar on hand. I also added some ground beef and Italian herbs to the middle layer and added extra mozzarella cheese. Next time I will skip the spinach. For making in a 9x13 pan, I would definitely suggest that you use a pan deeper than you need. I used a casserole dish filled to the top and my oven has a big mess now. It is easily adaptable to the amount you need. I see this as a dish I would make once a month, varying the ravioli flavors.
