Homemade Ravioli Using Dollar Tree Ingredients | Dollar Store Meal | No Pasta Machine

Hey Friends! I've seen a lot of videos where people try the frozen ravioli from the Dollar Tree (to mixed reviews). It suddenly occurred to me, why not make homemade ravioli from the Dollar Tree?! I've made homemade pasta with Dollar Tree ingredients before after all. So I set out to the Dollar Tree to see what variety of cheeses and other ingredients I might be able to find for this Dollar Tree meal. In total I spent $9 (with plenty of leftover flour, eggs, and parmesan cheese to spare), making this a relatively affordable (albeit a little labor intensive) and fun way to have a ravioli dinner that absolutely blows the frozen, premade stuff out of the water! We got 5 servings out of this recipe, and that could have easily been stretched by adding a veggie side and some homemade garlic bread to the meal!
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[@deejaytrizay]

Lisa...This ain't no regular "Dollar Tree" videos. You make this stuff from SCRATCH! YOU are an artist. You are advanced. I would make it more toward "fresh pasta made on a budget"... For real. That stuff looks LEGIT!

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That kiss was soo sweet!.... I enjoyed watching you make homemade ravioli... I like your idea of microwaving the cheeses to make them easier to fill the dough. I always enjoy watching you cook! Your frog visitor definitely stole the show! 🤣🤙 Watching from Georgia! 🍑

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Andrew is a major sweetie! Thanks for watching! 💙

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I agree!! Super cute!! All the combos you made looked yummy!! 😊❤

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Brought back memories of making ravioli when my kids were little. Loved the look of your pasta recipe! The dough looked really good. You are a talented woman!

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I love your videos so much because you use simple ingredients that I always have on hand, and you make the process look so easy! Thanks for sharing another great recipe! You and Andrew are just too cute!! 🥰

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I love how you don’t use fancy gadgets and you use what you have… you are such a treat to watch!

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After watching this video yesterday I made homemade ravioli last night and my husband and daughter loved it!. I did not have sausage or anything but I used 3 hamburger patties and cooked them and crumbled them. Then used some cottage cheese and what was left of our shredded cheese. I did not have cream cheese. I did have spaghetti sauce and flavored it a bit with a sprinkle garlic powder. I boiled the ravioli then fried it in a pan with a little butter to crisp it up. It was so good! THANK YOU for this! My husband came home from work super surprised and shocked I made "homemade" ravioli.

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I never met that grandpa, but I like to think we'd get along pretty well! Thanks for watching 💙

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You just took something that seemed difficult and scary and made it seem very do-able! Thank you so much for that. I’m sure I’m not your only subscriber that now has the courage to try this at home!

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That frog wasn't looking for bugs, he was all, "I WANT THE RAVIOLI!" I really like how practical you are with making pasta from budget ingredients. It's really a great way to make things stretch.

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I really appreciate that you show the good and the trials. It inspires folks to just give it a try and learn to adapt. These look so delicious. Please keep sharing. You're very relatable, authentic, and provide inspiration.

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Thank you! I definitely want people to find things like this achievable, even if it doesn't turn out "Pinterest perfect" on the first try.

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I like that he showed his appreciation at the end of the video.

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i've legit binged all your videos over the past 2 evenings, i just love seeing you put meals together and i'm so impressed that you make budget meals that look tasty as well as balanced! i just wanted to say keep up the great content and you've inspired me to try and make homemade pasta!

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Im always amazed at your patience with the SUPER homemade from scratch stuff. It’s almost like a therapy in a way.

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I love this! I've worked in professional kitchens for many years, and as anyone who works in most kitchens knows; it's about doing your best with what you've got! With some knowledge and technique, you made better ravioli than premade! I could feel the love being put into the fresh dough, and that's important for all food items!! Keep up the great videos!

[@ThatLisaDawn]

I'm glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching 💙

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You are such an amazing young lady. You are well spoken, informative,intelligent. Your videos are life changing. You offer hope to people that don't have a lot of money. You need your own cooking show. Please keep making videos. You are a light!

[@ThatLisaDawn]

That's so nice of you to say, thank you so much! 💙

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I enjoy your funny narration. 😆 This looks really great! OMG that frog!! In my world, making ravioli from scratch is kinda like crafting a home-made spaceship! :D Respect, Lisa! :)

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I agree ! I cant make a wreath , 😄🤣 I cant imagine homemade ravioli. Lisa has skills!

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@@drill4206 I used to have a special metal thingy to shape them, and even with that... :DD

[@squisitissima2810]

Hi Lisa! Your ravioli look awesome. It's super creative especially from Dollar Tree! I think you could make pumpkin ravioli from DT. I think they sell canned pumpkin. You could add a little bit of sausage for flavor. Oh, and you could use some canned potatoes to make a firmer mixture. Pumpkin. potato and sausage ravioli...oh yeah! You have inspired me. 😀

[@ThatLisaDawn]

I haven't seen the canned pumpkin yet, but I'll have to keep an eye out for it! That sounds like a delicious idea 👍

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This tasting in the end, darn it. Even if we weren't hungry, we're now 😂

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The tasting is the best part haha!

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Yay!!! A Lisa video! These look delicious!

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They were so delicious! Andrew is already hinting that I should make more 😂

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Love your videos Lisa! Keep them coming! You've inspired me to try to make my own flat bread!❤🍒❤

[@ThatLisaDawn]

Glad you're enjoying them! 💙 I hope your flat bread turns out amazing!

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My mother-in-law would put lemon zest into the cheese mixture. Ads some great flavor!

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Great tip thank you!

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[@2busysecretary]

What a great ravioli tutorial! They look amazing!

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It's so easy to make your own pasta. I always make my own lasagne noodles and it really elevates it to another level entirely. Plus it's so cheap!

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Yes! And a lot of these recipes, the more you do them, the quicker and easier they get to do.

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You have officially inspired me to make my own dough! Love your channel ❤

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Yes! Good luck on the dough making. Make sure to have some fun with it! 💙

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Thank you! Glad you are enjoying the videos 💙

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Love your videos! Making this with my kids for lunch today!

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I hope it was fun and delicious! 💙

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The only thing that could make me love channel more is more videos!!! ☺️ If I could watch you cook everyday I would lol. First of all the dollar tree is my favorite store and second I'm a single mom so I need to learn how to budget my grocery bill a little better while still cooking food my picky lil boy will eat 🥳. More videos please!!!

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Aww Andrew's little kiss at the end

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You popped up in my videos and I gotta say I’m very pleasantly surprised. I think the thing that I admire about you is your fearlessness. I have always wanted to make pasta from scratch and I am a big chicken. I’m disabled now and I can’t cook like I used to, and it makes me very sad. You should be really proud of yourself. Never lose that fearless attitude. I think if we met we could be friends. PS: The Hunts sauce is GOOD! I used to have to feed my daughter and I from food from The Dollar store. You keep it real, and that’s awesome. ❤️🥰🤘

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A pizza cutter works to cut ravioli 😊

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I have one somewhere, I just never use it lol 😂 I'll try to find it for next time!

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Great tips on ravioli and fresh pasta! Love how sweet your guy is towards you !

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Lisa Dawn you are so talented,smart,& use wisdom!! What an awesome job you did with homemade ravioli!! You make it seem like just simply fry or scramble an egg easy!! You have a lot of inspiration,& stamina!! That tree frog was so funny!! Not that it scared you but just life!! Yrs ago i was bringing my houseplants in for the winter & a tree frog "hitched"a ride buried in the dirt! Another time the "dirt started blinking at me"! Another one was buried in the pot!!

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Wow this looks amazing and so delish

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Your pasta looked really good! I’m going back and binge watching your videos for some new ideas to cook. I’ve decided this weekend I’m making sausage and kraut pierogi and some mushroom and cheese ravioli!

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I like your honest assessment of Dollar Tree stuff. I am going to try making homemade pasta, too.

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I was JUST thinking today about one of your videos where you made pasta from scratch. Then thought I haven’t seen Lisa for awhile 🤔 went and found you in my subscriptions, turned on my notifications and boom. There you are making pasta from scratch 🙌🏼💖

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I guess we both had pasta on the brain! 💙

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Looks yummy, I can’t wait to try.

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I really need to make these. Thank you for showing how to do it!!

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I love you! Well, I guess I should say, I love your videos… you are my new favorite channel. Love all the ideas from the Dollar Tree. Very inspiring.

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You did a great job! You always make everything look so easy. I like the fact that you're very honest and genuine. I love raviolis and you've inspired me! Maybe I'll try to make some sometime. And I like your husband's two cents he seems like a really nice guy that loves your food!!

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Andrew is an absolute sweetie 💙

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I love that Hunts sauce. I always bought it when my children were young and we were a one-income family bc it was 88 cents I think and sometimes on special for BOGO. I added meat occasionally but always doctored generously with celery salt and whatever struck my fancy. My children are grown now and that sauce is $1.25, and I could pay much more if I wanted to, but I see no need because we love it.

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So easy. Making this for sure. Thanks

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Good job. They look delicious

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This was excellent! Thank you for sharing this!

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You’re videos are so interesting! Making food on a budget 🙌🏾👏🏾 so helpful to many families these days ☺️

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That was so fun to watch...and you're both so cute!

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Ditto that!😊

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Aww thank you! 💙

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I have to say 1st that you are so adorable. And 2nd I major ravioli recipe and then I got this crazy idea because it reminded me of The delicious Polish food perogies. Anyway I tried air frying them but 1st I brushed them with a little of Olive oil. When they came out I brushed them with melted butter and Olive oil and sprinkled parmesan cheese on them while they were still moist with the butter. Absolutely wonderful recipe thank you so much

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Lisa you can use cottage cheese in place of ricotta. You have to place the cheese in a cheese cloth or coffee filter lined sieve. The sieve allows the moisture to be released for overnight or a couple of hours. The expulsion of the moisture will also allow the cottage cheese to be creamed. Hope this makes sense. Enjoy.

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Looks great I need to try that.

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Very impressed with your abilities. Looks like delicious ravioli!

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Lisa you do a great job!

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I have never made homemade ravioli or any homemade pasta. You make it look so easy! Now I want to try!

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This looks really good

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