{"id":37708,"date":"2018-06-26T21:17:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T03:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=37708"},"modified":"2018-06-26T21:17:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T03:17:18","slug":"not-quite-ravioli-cheese-noodle-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/not-quite-ravioli-cheese-noodle-casserole\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Quite Ravioli Cheese Noodle Casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Inside out ravioli?<\/h4>\n<p>My husband really likes my homemade spaghetti. It is kind of ironic that I seem to make it well, since I&#8217;m not that fond of tomato based dinners. However, add some cheese ravioli and I&#8217;m very happy.<\/p>\n<p>I do make my spaghetti sauce with <a title=\"Tips for Dehydrating and Canning Your Garden Tomatoes\" href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/tips-for-dehydrating-and-canning-your-garden-tomatoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my home grown and home canned tomatoes<\/a>. I also add some of the dried tomatoes to give it flavor. I don&#8217;t have a recipe for that here yet, so I&#8217;ll have to work on that. but meanwhile&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately ravioli is very time consuming to make and I prefer to steer away from pre-packaged dinners. This cheese noodle casserole comes very close to ravioli with your typical spaghetti sauce. Inside out ravioli, if you will.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37722 size-large\" title=\"Not Quite Ravioli Cheese Noodle Casserole\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>The recipe<\/h4>\n<p>I don&#8217;t remember where I got the recipe that I modified to make this. But this is how I do it now. You can see that if you have leftover spaghetti sauce, it is super easy!<\/p>\n<div>Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0F.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>one 1 pound box of farfalle (bow ties) pasta, cooked and drained<\/li>\n<li>8 ounces of cream cheese, hopefully softened<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd cups sour cream<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon sea salt<\/li>\n<li>6 cups of spaghetti meat sauce, mine has mushrooms and olives in it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While the noodles are cooking, mix the cream cheese and sour cream together. If the cream cheese stays a bit lumpy, that is okay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-cheese-noodle-mix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-37726\" title=\"Not Quite Ravioli Cheese Noodle Casserole cheese noodle mix\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-cheese-noodle-mix-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-cheese-noodle-mix-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-cheese-noodle-mix-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-cheese-noodle-mix-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mix in the cooked and drained pasta, plus 1 teaspoon of sea salt.<\/p>\n<p>In a 9 by 13 inch baking dish, begin the layering with one third of the noodle-cheese mixture. Each spaghetti sauce layer should be about 2 cups. End with the last layer of spaghetti sauce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-all-layered.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-37728\" title=\"Not Quite Ravioli Cheese Noodle Casserole all layered\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-all-layered-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-all-layered-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-all-layered-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Not-Quite-Ravioli-Cheese-Noodle-Casserole-all-layered-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, simply put in the oven until all is heated through to the desired temperature. That takes about 30 minutes in my oven.<\/p>\n<h4>Who likes it?<\/h4>\n<p>Everyone! My spaghetti loving husband, my 4 year old granddaughter, my teenage granddaughter, and me! It makes great leftovers in its own right, too.<\/p>\n<p>I might try adding other cheese to the mix in the future. Like mozzarella. There is no rule you have to make a recipe the same way every time.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t look fancy, but it doesn&#8217;t get much easier than this to make a yummy, filling dinner! Of course, don&#8217;t forget your green veggies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/not-quite-ravioli-on-a-plate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-37724\" title=\"not quite ravioli on a plate\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/not-quite-ravioli-on-a-plate-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/not-quite-ravioli-on-a-plate-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/not-quite-ravioli-on-a-plate-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/not-quite-ravioli-on-a-plate-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside out ravioli? My husband really likes my homemade spaghetti. It is kind of ironic that I seem to make it well, since I&#8217;m not that fond of tomato based dinners. However, add some cheese ravioli and I&#8217;m very happy. I do make my spaghetti sauce with my home grown and home canned tomatoes. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}