Crock Pot Lasagna

Queen of Everything's Note:

Real Lasagna after a hard day's work! Serve with garlic bread and a salad.

• Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

Sauce

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 3 tablespoons dried basil
• salt & pepper

Cheese Mixture

• 8 ounces cottage cheese
• 8 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley
• 1 (16 ounce) package lasagna noodles, uncooked
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese or 2 cups your favorite Italian cheese blend, for top

Directions:

1. Sauté onion in olive oil until tender.
2. Add ground beef and cook until browned.
3. Add garlic, salt and pepper.
4. Drain fat from pan.
5. Add tomato paste and cook approximately 5 minutes.
6. Add crushed tomatoes, basil and more salt to taste.
7. Let simmer while you prepare the cheese mixture.
8. Combine cottage, ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella chesses with egg, garlic salt and parsley; mix well.
9. Spoon a layer of sauce into crock pot.
10. Cover with a layer of noodles, broken to fit.
11. Add half of the cheese mixture.
12. Cover with a layer of sauce.
13. Add another layer of noodles, cheese mixture, sauce.
14. End with a final layer of noodles and the remaining sauce.
15. Cover with mozzarella.
16. Cook on low for 6 hours.

Reviews

[Margaret Gandara]

I loved how simple this recipe is (I'm a picky eater), you can always add things to suite your taste. I cheated and used about 34 oz of prepared spaghetti sauce and added 1/2 cup water. I dipped the lasangna noodles in water for a few seconds before adding to the pot. I also added the topping of mozzarella in the last 30 min.;that way it wouldn't completely melt away. Hard to serve neatly from the pot, but once I managed (with help) to turn the pot over onto a large bowl and after it sat it held together fine. I've made it twice and am very happy. Thank You!

[sherrymarty2_11221270]

this was amazing... the one thing I did was add a box of frozen spinach to the meat while I was cooking it and it was good... thank you for such a great and easy receipe...

[GEE's momma]

Terrific lasagna that doesn't burn or have hard yucky edges. Came out of the crock in wonderful stay together pieces. Great for a crowd. Thanks so much!