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Easy Crockpot Ravioli

Today I want to share with you an easy recipe that is perfect for a busy school or work night. This recipe pairs well with a dinner salad, fresh fruit and rolls.

I love the super short ingredient list and that you throw it in the crockpot frozen! I love easy recipes, don’t you? Have you ever made Crockpot Ravioli? Seriously easy!

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Ingredients:

25 oz bag of frozen ravioli (we like cheese)
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1 cup mozzarella cheese

Dump your bag of frozen ravioli right into the crockpot. This is the slow cooker I use for this recipe and LOVE. I usually double the recipe.

And you can use slow cooker liners if you want.

Pour your jar of sauce over the ravioli.

Stir the ravioli to evenly coat with sauce. Be careful, don’t chip a nail. I know this is strenuous work.

Cover and cook on high for about 3 hours. Depending on how fast your crockpot cooks, you may notice they are done closer to 2.5 hours. You could also cook on low for a longer period of time.

About 20 minutes before you are ready to serve, sprinkle the top of the ravioli with finely shredded mozzarella cheese. Pop the lid back on and let it melt- about 20 minutes.

When it melts it will look like this.

Plate it up and serve. How easy what that?!

Want a meatier ravioli option? Check out my Crockpot Ravioli with Crumbled Italian Beef.

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4.9 from 18 reviews

Crockpot Ravioli

: Crystal & Co

: Dinner

: 4-6

Ingredients

25 oz bag of frozen ravioli (we like cheese)
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1 cup mozzarella cheese

Instructions

Dump your bag of frozen ravioli right into the crockpot.
Pour your jar of sauce over the ravioli.
Stir the ravioli to evenly coat with sauce. Be careful, don't chip a nail. I know this is strenuous work.
Cover and cook on high for about 3 hours. Depending on how fast your crockpot cooks, you may notice they are done closer to 2.5 hours. You could also cook on low for a longer period of time.
About 20 minutes before you are ready to serve, sprinkle the top of the ravioli with finely shredded mozzarella cheese.
Pop the lid back on and let it melt- about 20 minutes.
Once the cheese is melted, plate it up and serve.

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Easy Recipe: Italian Pasta Casserole

By Crystal VanTassel-Lopez 15 Comments

A while back I found a recipe on Pinterest for a pepperoni pasta bake. The recipe called for a potato pasta I was not sure my kids would eat, so I knew I would give it my own spin.

I traded out the potato pasta for a spirally pasta and opted for crumbled Italian sausage instead of pepperoni.

Pretty awesome.

Ingredients:

1 lb of ground Italian sausage (I used mild)
3 cups uncooked spiral pasta
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (I actually used a mozzarella and Parmesan mix.)
garlic (I used about 2 tablespoons of minced garlic)
1/2 a large onion chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

In a skillet, cook the ground sausage, onion, garlic, salt and pepper over a medium heat.

While this is cooking, boil enough water in a large saucepan to cook your pasta.

Once your saucepan of water begins to boil, cook your pasta.

You just want to cook it until it is al dente.

Once the pasta is al dente, drain it.

Combine the cooked Italian sausage and pasta in a square casserole dish.

Mix well.

Add one jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce.

I used a pink sauce.

Mix well and thoroughly coat all of the pasta and sausage.

Cover the top of the pasta with cheese.

Pop the casserole dish in the oven for about 20-30 minutes, until the cheese is bubbly.

Plate it up and serve.

I served it with toasted wheat bread, carrot sticks and grapes.

4.8 from 4 reviews

Easy Recipe: Italian Pasta Casserole

: Crystal & Co.

: Dinner

: 20 mins

: 30 mins

: 50 mins

: 6

Ingredients

1 lb of ground Italian sausage (I used mild)
3 cups uncooked spiral pasta
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (I actually used a mozzarella and Parmesan mix.)
garlic (I used about 2 tablespoons of minced garlic)
½ a large onion chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a skillet, cook the ground sausage, onion, garlic and salt and pepper over a medium heat.
While this is cooking, boil enough water in a large saucepan to cook your pasta.
Once the pasta is al dente, drain it.
Combine the cooked Italian sausage and pasta in a square casserole dish.
Mix well.
Add one jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce.
Mix well and thoroughly coat all of the pasta and sausage.
Cover the top of the pasta with cheese.
Pop the casserole dish in the oven for about 20-30 minutes, until the cheese is bubbly.
Plate it up and serve.

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Super Easy Spaghetti and Meatballs in the Crockpot

By Crystal VanTassel-Lopez 20 Comments

It just does not get any easier than this. This is a meal that you can put the meat in the crockpot while it is still frozen and everything turns out perfect. It does cook quickly, so if you’re putting it in the crockpot before you leave for work you will want to use the low setting.

Ingredients:

(2) 24 oz jars of spaghetti sauce
1 bag of frozen meatballs
1-2 pounds of spaghetti noodles

Dump your frozen meatballs into the crockpot.

Pour the spaghetti sauce over the meatballs.

I like to get every last bit of sauce out of the jar and thin the sauce down a tad, so I add a little water to the empty jar and slosh it around.

I then pour the watery remnants into the crockpot.

This cooks pretty quickly. On the high setting it is certainly done in 4 hours (maybe quicker depending on your crockpot). Or, cook on low for about 6 hours. If it is done before you are ready to serve it, just put it on warm if your crockpot has that option.

About 20 minutes before you are ready to serve, boil your spaghetti noddles on the stove according to the package directions.

Plate it up and serve the spaghetti and meatballs over the noodles.

Freeze your leftovers and then make this spaghetti pie later

And that spaghetti jar? Re-purpose it into a vase as I did in this tutorial.

5.0 from 1 reviews

Super Easy Spaghetti and Meatballs in the Crockpot

: Crystal & Co

: Dinner

: 6-8

Perfect meal for a busy night. This is simple and requires minimal work.

Ingredients

Two 24 oz jars of spaghetti sauce
1 bag of frozen meatballs
1-2 pounds of spaghetti noodle

Instructions

Dump your frozen meatballs into the crockpot.
Pour the spaghetti sauce over the meatballs.
I like to get every last bit out of the jar and thin the sauce down and bit, so I add a little water to the empty jar and slosh it around.
Then pour the watery remnants into the crockpot.
This cooks pretty quickly. On the high setting it is certainly done in 4 hours (maybe quicker depending on your crockpot). Or, cook on low for about 6 hours.
If it is done before you are ready to serve it, just put it on warm if your crockpot has that option.
About 20 minutes before you are ready to serve, boil your spaghetti noddles on the stove according to the package directions. .
Plate it up and serve the spaghetti and meatballs over the noodles.

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