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★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★
Vegetarian Friendly
This hearty dinner is naturally vegetarian, but you can easily swap in meat-filled ravioli for a protein-packed, non-vegetarian option.
Quick and Easy Dinner
Ravioli with pink sauce is the perfect weeknight meal when you need something fast but filling. With just a handful of ingredients, this dish comes together in 20 minutes for a complete dinner in one pot.
Simple, 5-Ingredient Magic
All you need is marinara, Alfredo, a packet of Italian dressing mix, spinach, and ravioli. Top with Parmesan cheese if you want extra flavor, but it’s optional. The result is a hearty, crowd-pleasing meal.
Creamy, Flavor-Packed Sauce
The “pink sauce” is a dreamy combo of marinara and Alfredo, giving you the best of both worlds — creamy and tangy. The Italian dressing mix adds instant depth with garlic, onion, and herbs for rich flavor without extra effort.
A Meal Everyone Will Love
Toss in spinach for a veggie boost and let the ravioli soak up the sauce. Top with Parmesan if you’d like and serve right away. It’s simple, delicious, and so good you’ll be making it on repeat.
★ Ingredients You'll Need ★
Just 5 main ingredients make this a simple go-to recipe for dinner any night of the week.
Main Ingredients
- Ravioli. Any kind! Go vegetarian or choose some with meat. I prefer fresh ravioli but you can use dry.
- Marinara sauce. I love Rao's. It's worth the price. But feel free to go with what fits your budget.
- Alfredo sauce. Homemade will taste best. Check out my white sauce recipe and just melt in Parmesan cheese. Or to save time, you can use jarred sauce.
- Spinach. Fresh is best but frozen will work. Be sure to thaw and squeeze excess liquid.
- Italian seasoning. I use an Italian dressing packet. You could use dry Italian herbs, garlic powder and onion powder and just add your own salt.
Optional Topping
If you want a more cheese flavor, top with grated Parmesan cheese.
★ Tips & FAQs ★
Either one works here. You can choose a cheese, mushroom, or spinach and feta ravioli to make this a vegetarian dish. Any vegetable ravioli will taste great.
Or choose any meat ravioli. Truly, there is no wrong choice here. Mix up the type of ravioli you use each time you make this. An easy tweak when to change up your dinner rotation.
Frozen or fresh are both are great options. Frozen and dry ravioli can be convenient since they store longer and are generally less expensive.
Fresh ravioli is going to have great taste and texture and you may find more of a variety of fillings with fresh ravioli.
Choose what works best for you! The only difference is the cook time my vary. You can refer to the package for cook time. Or poke a fork or knife into the center of the ravioli to check and see when it's hot.
Typically, when ravioli is stuffed with meat, the meat is already cooked. So really you are just heating it up to soften the pasta and to heat the inside contents so it's nice and hot when you take a bite.
You may know that I'm a big fan of Rao's since that's what I always recommend. It's very pricey but worth it. It's absolutely delicious!
However, there are some other brands that are much more affordable and you're still going to get some good flavor from them. One little trick I've learned to make cheap pasta sauce taste like a million bucks is to add a tablespoon of olive oil to it. Stir it right in.
Again, go with what works for you. Use frozen or fresh spinach. You will want to thaw and squeeze your spinach if you're using frozen since it can get a little juicy and that will affect the color and flavor of the sauce, but it's not necessary. I mean, those are spinach juices so it's probably healthy to leave them in. You decide.
The alfredo sauce already has OParmesan cheese built in, but if you want a little extra cheese flavor, go ahead and sprinkle on some parm.
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Pink Sauce Ravioli (5 Ingredients)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb cheese or meat ravioli frozen or fresh
- 24 oz marinara sauce
- 14.5 oz jar garlic Alfredo sauce
- 1 oz Italian dressing & recipe mix packet
- 10 oz chopped spinach leaves fresh or frozen
- Parmesan cheese shredded or grated (optional)
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Instructions
- Add marinara sauce, Alfredo sauce, Italian seasoning packet to a large pot over medium heat. Cover and heat until bubbling, about 5 minutes.
- Add ravioli. Cover and continue to cook over medium heat for another 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add fresh spinach leaves, cover and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes or until spinach has wilted.
- Serve immediately, topped with Parmesan cheese if desired.
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Notes
- If using frozen spinach, it's best to thaw and squeeze excess liquid from spinach first before adding to pot.
- Try various flavors of ravioli — mushroom, cheese, meat or whatever sounds good to you!
- Cook time may vary depending on if you are using frozen, fresh, or dried ravioli. Refer to the package directions as a guide for how long to cook ravioli.
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