Easy Slow Cooker Lasagna
This Slow Cooker Lasagna recipe is super simple and delicious; comfort food at its best. Slow cooked with three cheeses, a homemade sauce that simmers for hours, and you don't have to cook the noodles first! This slow cooker verison is a must-try!
Ingredients
- 1 lb [Laura's Lean Ground Beef | http://www.laurasleanbeef.com/]
- 1 onion diced
- 1 medium green bell pepper diced
- 3-4 cloves minced garlic
- 1 33 oz carton Hunt's tomato sauce
- 1 6 oz can Hunt's tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- 2 tsp dried Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
- 8 oz box [Barilla Oven Ready Lasagna noodles | http://www.barilla.com/content/product/oven-ready-lasagne]
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided
- 1 1/2 cups part skim Ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a skillet, cook ground beef until meat is just about cooked through, then add the onion and bell pepper. Continue to cook until the ground beef is completely cooked (no longer pink). Add garlic; cook for 30 - 45 seconds longer. Drain.
- Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, Italian seasoning, and oregano. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Assembling the lasagna
- Combine the Ricotta cheese, 3 cups of the mozzarella cheese and the 1/2 cup parmesan in a bowl.
- Spray a 5 - 6 quart slow cooker with non-stick spray (for easy clean up)
- Spread a fourth of the meat sauce into slow cooker.
- Arrange a third of the noodles over sauce (break the noodles to fit, if necessary).
- Spoon a third of the cheese mixture over noodles.
- Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining meat sauce.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
- Turn off heat and top with remaining one cup of mozzarella cheese and cover for 20 minutes, to allow cheese to melt and lasagna to set some before slicing.
- Adapted from [Aunt Bee's Recipes | http://www.auntbeesrecipes.com/2015/07/slow-cooker-lasagna.html]