Cheesy Crockpot Lasagna

Submitted by Evans Mommy

"Use this basic recipe and then customize to your liking by adding your favorite Italian ingredients! Experiment with pepperoni, tomatoes, or use Alfredo sauce instead of spaghetti."

 

• Ready In: 5hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb turkey, browned and drained
• 8 lasagna noodles, uncooked
• 1 (28 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce, any flavor
• 1 teaspoon oregano or 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms (optional)
• 1 small onion, chopped (optional)
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded

directions

1. Break noodles into pieces and place in bottom of greased crock pot.
2. Stir seasoning into browned meat and place atop lasagna noodles.
3. Layer half sauce and water/half mushrooms/half ricotta cheese/half mozzarella cheese over meat.
4. Repeat layers.
5. Cover and cook on low for 5 hours.

Reviews

[Robin W]

I am a big lasagna type of person and was doubtful of a crockpot lasagna but was willing to give it a try. I am so glad I did. The flavor and texture were terrific. Two changes I made: I used my own sauce and I cooked on high for 4 hours. This will be in my menu planning.

 

[Sherry Carl]

My Husband and I liked this recipe. But we thought it was a bit dry. Perhaps I will try cottage cheese instead of ricotta next time. The flavor was good and it was easy to put together.<br/>Thank you for the recipe.

 

[peggylyn]

This is a great recipe. The only reason it got four stars instead of five is because I would give a from scratch regular lasagna recipe that I really liked a five, and this was a quick and easy crockpot type. I might use a tiny bit more sauce next time and perhaps a bit of salt in the ricotta, it needed a little salt we thought-----also please be very careful if you follow the review that said I cooked it on high for four hours because I nearly fried this great dish!! It was done in three hours in my crockpot.....Thanks for the recipe--Peggy Lynn

 

[Leslie 543]

We really liked it!! We do feel it needed salt and a little more spice. Next time I'm going to season the meat with salt, pepper, garlic, some pepper flakes and an Italian blend. One thing that may be unclear reading the directions, put 2 layers of lasagna noodles on each layer. I put the layers north/south and then east/west, if that makes sense, and it worked great.

 

[CatRep2]

Was good but dry. Add more sauce