This baked ravioli with butternut squash can be assembled ahead and frozen for a freezer oven meal. The ravioli and butternut squash cook through right in the oven.
While some people might still be enjoying fresh watermelon and tomatoes, here in Calgary, we’ve already had our first snow fall. Fall always comes early for us, that’s for sure!
I’ve been craving cozy comfort food, and since we’re in the midst of our Freezer Meal Prep Challenge, it was fitting to make a freezer meal!
This baked ravioli with butternut squash is my new favorite freezer meal!
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We love this baked ravioli with butternut squash because
- you can assemble your ingredients ahead and freeze
- the ravioli cooks through in the oven, so you don’t need to dirty a pot
- you can add in whichever quick-cooking veggies you’d like during the last 10 minutes
How to make this ravioli bake as a freezer meal
Similar to a freezer crockpot meal, this ravioli bake is assembled pre-cooking and frozen.
- Add all your ingredients to a sturdy gallon-sized freezer bag, squeeze out as much air as possible, and freeze for up to 3 months.
- When you’re ready to bake, thaw, and simply shake the contents of your freezer bag out into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Add a cup of stock, cover, and bake.
This ravioli bake with butternut squash is the perfect freezer meal if you’re expecting a baby, or have a friend who is.
I have to share my new favorite kitchen gadget, the silicone lid
These silicone lids come in a variety of sizes and are easy to wash and re-use. I have a 9 x 9 inch one as well!
Do I need to boil the ravioli before baking? Nope! It cooks through right in the oven! That means one less dish for you to wash.
Can I freeze the green beans with the butternut squash and ravioli? Yes, but you need to either use frozen green beans from the grocery store (which have been blanched), or give them a super quick steam in the microwave first. Otherwise, I’d add them in after freezing.
Can I swap the ravioli for tortellini or another type of pasta? This recipe has only been tested with ravioli. Check out this Tuscan Chicken Pasta Bake for an alternative pasta bake recipe!
Tips & equipment for this baked ravioli with butternut squash
- I used this casserole dish from Crate & Barrel, but any 9 x 13 inch baking dish should work fine.
- Find my silicone lid
here
- Looking for more comfort food recipes? Try this Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken Stew, this Healthy Broccoli Cheese Soup, and these Sticky Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs
Baked Ravioli with Butternut Squash
Ingredients
- 350 gram package of ravioli (12 oz)
- 4 cups butternut squash (*see note; cut in 1/3 inch cubes)
- 2 handfulls green beans (*see note; ends trimmed, cut in half)
- 1/2 red onion (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoons dried sage leaves
- 1 cup stock (chicken or veggie)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- In a 9 x 13 inch baking dish, combine all ingredients.
- Bake, covered, for 25 minutes, stirring once halfway through.
- Bake uncovered for 10 minutes. (If you are baking previously frozen ingredients, it may be ready to serve without this step)
- Sprinkle with parmesan and serve.
To assemble ahead and freeze
- Combine all ingredients except for stock and parmesan in a gallon-sized freezer bag.
- Squeeze out as much air as possible and freeze flat for up to 3 months.
- Thaw overnight in the fridge before adding to the baking dish with 1 cup stock and baking as directed above.
Jacob @FlavorThyme
Just seeing this makes me wish it were fall again. I can’t wait until butternut squash is in season again so I can try making this. It looks so healthy and delicious and I love the creativity of the dish.
Lisa Evans
Do you think this would work in the Instant Pot? It looks delicious in the picture.
Denise
Hi Lisa, I don’t think this would work in the Instant Pot as the liquid was pretty specific to oven cooking (and it reduces down at the end of cooking). I worry it would be really mushy in the IP.
Hope
I made this tonight and my fiance wouldn’t eat it lol. It all cooked okay but it was so dry since it was just that little bit of chicken stock. We’re saving the leftovers to toss in alfredo sauce though, should be good 🙂
Denise
Darn I’m so sorry to hear this.
Christina Danos
Hi Denise,
I’ve made a few recipes from your blog with success and find the meal prep tips have been really helpful. This recipe was a miss for me though. Like another comment, the pasta was mushy by the time the veggies were cooked. Sorry :/
Denise
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear this. I am wondering if different brands of tortellini cook differently 🙁 Thanks for your feedback!
MJ
Hmm. Not sure where I went wrong but my squash was still hard after 40 minutes even though I had cut in small pieces. After that long the ravioli started to turn to mush from my stirring.
Denise
Hi MJ! I’m so sorry to hear this! I’m wondering if we used different sized tortellini. Sounds like I need to retest this one again.
t
how do you think this would be substituting sweet potato for the squash?
Denise
Hi! I can’t say for sure without re-testing. If you try it, I’d love to hear how it goes for you!
Christy H
I had this tonight and it was sooooo good and so easy! All I did was chop the onion; I used precut butternut squash, frozen green beans, and frozen mushroom ravioli. My bag of ravioli was 20 oz, so I assembled 2 bags and it took about five minutes. I will definitely keep this on hand!
Denise
I’m so happy you enjoyed! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review 🙂
t
do you use frozen ravioli ?
Denise
I used refrigerated ravioli, actually we don’t have frozen ravioli in Canada (not that I’ve found), so I have zero experience in cooking with it. Wish I could be of more help!
Lillie Chilen!
This list is simply awesome and incredible. I wanna try this!! Or is there another method? Love this post! Thanks fore sharing this awesome recipe!
Denise
Thanks so much, Lillie!
Jennifer R Osborn
I love ravioli almost as I love butternut squash. It’s still in the 70’s and 80 on the coast of Maine but we will have cold weather soon enough! Thanks!
Denise
Wow, could you send some of your beautiful weather to Calgary? We seem to have skipped fall and gone straight to winter 🙁
sheenam | thetwincookingproject.net
This looks so so good!!!
Denise
Thanks so much, Sheenam!