Crock Pot Lasagna

Crock Pot Lasagna



I can hear you already going what on earth is that?????



Well.....If words like “crock pot” make you think, “Ew, weird, clicking away now,” don’t–click away
 

Avoiding things that sound weird will keep you from enjoying things that taste amazing.



So onto the recipe.....




First things first
 Ingredients:
1. 26 ounce jar spaghetti sauce
2. 3/4 cup water
3. 15 ounces ricotta cheese
4. 1/2 cup shredded carrots
5. 6 whole lasagna noodles
6. 6 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
7. 1 pound ground beef     



Second things steps...
1. Coat a 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. 
2. In a large microwave-safe bowl stir together pasta sauce and water.
3. Cover bowl with waxed paper and microwave on high for 3 minutes. 
4. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl stir together ricotta cheese and carrot; set aside.
5. In a frying pan, cook the meat until browned and crumbled.  
6. Spoon 1/2 cup of the sauce mixture in the bottom of prepared slow cooker. 
7. Break noodles to fit the bottom of the slow cooker and arrange over the sauce in the slow cooker. 8. Spoon mounds of half of the ricotta mixture over the noodles. 
9. Using 1/2 cup of the mozzarella. 
10. Spoon half of the remaining sauce over the layers. 
11. Top with remaining noodles, breaking to fit, remaining ricotta mixture, and 1/2 cup mozzarella. 12. Spoon remaining sauce over and top with remaining mozzarella.
13. Cover; cook on low heat setting for 3 hours (noodles should be tender). 
14. Remove crockpot from liner and let stand covered for 20 minutes.


Now simple disclosure I will on occasion borrow pictures from other sites if I did not take one and I apologize...The above picture came from www.getcrocked.com



Enjoy !!


Love,
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