Creamy Spinach Ravioli with Meatballs
Zucchini, Grape Tomatoes & Parmesan
- Eggs
- Milk
- Wheat
Web Description: Get ready to indulge in a hearty pasta bowl with this speedy meal! You’ll sizzle up juicy grape tomatoes, zucchini, and fully cooked beef meatballs with garlic and Italian herbs, then simmer in a rich cream sauce. Toss in tender spinach and ricotta ravioli, then shower with Parmesan cheese for a perfect finish in no time at all.
Ingredients
1 unit
Zucchini
8 ounce
Fully Cooked Beef Meatballs
(Contains: Eggs, Milk, Wheat)
2 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
9 ounce
Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli
(Contains: Eggs, Milk, Wheat)
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
4 ounce
Grape Tomatoes
⅓ tablespoon
Tuscan Heat Spice
½ teaspoon
Garlic Powder
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. • Cut zucchini into half-moons. Halve tomatoes lengthwise. Quarter meatballs.
• Gently add ravioli to pot of boiling water; reduce to a low simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until floating to the top, 4-5 minutes. Reserve 1⁄2 cup pasta cooking water (1 cup for 4), then drain. • While ravioli cook, drizzle oil in a hot large pan. Add zucchini; season with salt and pepper and cook until starting to soften, 2-3 minutes. Add tomatoes, meatballs, half the garlic powder, and 1 tsp Tuscan Heat Spice (all the garlic powder and 2 tsp Tuscan Heat Spice for 4). Cook until tomatoes begin to break down, 2-3 minutes more.
• Stir cream sauce base and cream cheese into pan with meatball mixture. • Add drained ravioli and cook, stirring, until coated in a creamy sauce (if sauce is too thick, stir in reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time). Season with salt and pepper if desired.
• Sprinkle Parmesan over ravioli and meatballs and serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the creamy, flavorful sauce; some found it restaurant-quality delicious, while others wanted more seasoning.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make, perfect for busy nights — though some struggled with the meatball packaging.
- Suggestions: Consider adding fresh spinach for extra flavor and color; adjust sauce thickness with pasta water to taste.
- Portions: Generous servings satisfied most, with some having enough for leftovers or to feed 3-4 people.
- Meatballs: Opinions varied widely; some enjoyed them, while others found them too salty or preferred homemade.
- Veggies: The zucchini and tomatoes were well-received; a few suggested adding more vegetables for variety.
Reviews from our home cooks
I absolutely ADORED this filling, satisfying, tasty n' easy 15 minute dish! The meatballs were nicely spiced, the sauce was delicious and we loved having the zucchini and tomatoes too. I am SOLD ON THAT SPINACH RAVIOLI!!! YUM!
Tried this tonight and I am TOTALLY impressed. I was going to leave out some ingredients i didn't think I "needed", but since this is all new to me, I opted to follow the directions. The ravioli was cooked perfectly, and the whole thing came together fabulously. What a delicious meal! Plenty for some leftovers. I added one of the Taylor Farms salad packs and it was a perfect meal!!! One small thing: the meatballs were salty. That is a general concern with these foods, but this was the first meal in which I actually tasted it.
This is a good recipe. Because of my husband's gout I made chicken meatballs. I froze the beef meatballs that came with the recipe. I'd like to see more options of proteins with all recipes. I didn't mind making my own meatballs but without other protein options, I pay for certain recipes as is...... I've learned to use more of the pasta water to make the sauces thinner to our liking without compromising the flavor.
Great dish, very tasty. I tend to cook ravioli longer than I should so, that's on me. The tiny meatballs made this dish.
Wow, was delicious! Loved the cheesy sauce and the ravioli. Meatballs were good but would have been fine without or with chicken.
Easy delicious meal. First time I've had pre-cooked meatballs in one of your recipes, so I was skeptical. The meal was very easy to cook, tasty, and the meatballs were as good as freshly made. Actually, we could have had a few more meatballs, so you should offer that option as you do in other recipes (2x meatballs).
Very good, the sauce was delicious. The meatballs came pre-made. They were very good, but hard to get out of the packaging. My hint to you, is to lay them face down and quarter each meatball while in the packaging. Then just pop them out. The packaging was vacuum sealed.
Only suggestion would be to keep the spicy bits out of the Tuscan spice, or offer an option without spice. I occasionally see recipes I would like to try but don't want anything spicy. I like it when the spicy sauce is separate so I can choose to not include.
Good flavors but I would rather have it as winter comfort food. It's pretty heavy to eat during hot weather.
Delicious and fed 3 adults BUT: meatballs were next to impossible to un-package and I felt the addition of a handful of fresh spinach leaves really helped with appearance and flavor. They could be added to the meal plan next time around.
