Zucchini ravioli is an easy main dish or even a delicious side.

Thin strips of zucchini are stuffed with a creamy seasoned beef filling and then baked in pasta sauce under loads of melty cheese.

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Highlights For Savory, Stuffed Ravioli

  • Flavor: Savory and cheesy zucchini ravioli makes a wholesome dish the whole family will love.
  • Recommended Tools: Use a mandoline to ensure perfectly sized zucchini slices.
  • Swaps: Zucchini ravioli is easy to customize with other low-carb ingredients.
  • Time-Saving Tip: Assemble up to a day ahead and refrigerate until ready to bake.

Zucchini Ravioli Essentials

Zucchini: Choose fresh and firm zucchini squash that are free of blemishes or soft spots. Make sure they are roughly the same diameter for easier wrapping.

Ground Beef: An 80/20 blend has enough fat to keep the beef juicy. You can also use half-ground beef and half-ground sausage.

Sauce: Look for a low or no-sugar pasta sauce or switch it up and try an Alfredo sauce.

Cheese: This recipe is all about the rich and creamy cheesy flavors! Go for full-fat cream cheese, and if time allows, grate the mozzarella and parmesan cheeses yourself. Pre-shredded cheese has anti-caking agents that don’t allow for the best melt.

Substitutions For Squash Ravioli

Keep it keto and add some chopped spinach, kale, or broccoli, and sliced mushrooms or olives. Sprinkle some keto breadcrumbs on top of the cheese in Step 6 if you want a crispy topping.

Zucchini Ravioli in the dish before cooking

How To Make Zucchini Ravioli

  1. Prepare zucchini slices (full recipe below).
  2. Cook the beef and seasonings. Add the cheese.
  3. Lay out zucchini strips, add filling, and wrap.
  4. Add pasta sauce to a casserole dish, and add ravioli.
  5. Cover with sauce and cheese and bake.

Secrets and Suggestions

Break up the beef as finely as possible for perfectly sized ravioli bundles. Room temperature cream cheese will melt and blend faster in Step 4.

A mandoline makes a great tool to ensure perfectly sized zucchini slices. Be sure to use a ‘cut glove’ to protect your hands if you have one because a mandoline is very sharp.

To prevent tearing while wrapping, pre-cook zucchini slices slightly by steaming them in the microwave between clean pieces of damp paper towels but pat them dry before filling so the filling stays intact.

cheesy Zucchini Ravioli in the baking dish

Serving and Storage Solutions

Freeze assembled and uncooked ravioli bundles in plastic wrap before transferring them to a zippered bag. Then pop out the ravioli you need for reheating. Simply thaw in the refrigerator before baking per the recipe below.

Keep leftover zucchini ravioli in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop with extra sauce.

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Zucchini Ravioli

Baked zucchini ravioli is a saucy, cheesy, and delicious low carb meal your family will love!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients  

  • 3 zucchini
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons cream cheese
  • 1 ½ cups low carb tomato sauce
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese shredded

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Use a vegetable peeler to cut thin strips of zucchini. Set aside.
  • Brown beef and seasonings in a small pan breaking beef up as finely as possible. Drain fat.
  • Stir in cream cheese and 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese.
  • Lay out 2 strips of zucchini in an ‘X’ shape. Fill with 2 tablespoons beef filling. Wrap zucchini over beef to create a small bundle.
  • Spread ½ cup pasta sauce in the bottom of a baking dish. Place zucchini ravioli in the dish. Top with remaining pasta sauce and top with mozzarella cheese and remaining parmesan.
  • Bake 25-30 minutes or until cooked and bubbly.

Notes

The beef filling can be swapped out for a ricotta spinach filling.
Combine: 
  • 1 ½ cups ricotta cheese
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese
  • 10 oz frozen spinach, drained and thawed
  • 1 egg
  • ½  teaspoon Italian seasoning
Keep leftover zucchini ravioli in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 days. 
 
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Nutrition Information

Calories: 227kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 548mg | Potassium: 734mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 691IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 186mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.

Course Main Course
Cuisine American

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