Super Easy Crock Pot Lasagna

Think lasagna is time consuming or difficult? Think again. You can make delicious lasagna without boiling the noodles. You can assemble it in minutes this morning and eat it for dinner tonight. Here’s how:

In a large Crock Pot cover the bottom with a thin layer of spaghetti sauce. Place one layer of regular, uncooked, lasagna noodles on the sauce. Usually only 2 – 3 noodles will fit. Two of them may need to be broken to fit. Cover with one third of the remaining jar of spaghetti sauce. Add a layer of chopped broccoli, 1/3 of an 8 oz pkg of shredded mozzarella cheese and small clumps of ricotta cheese (1/4 of an 8 oz. container, or substitute with cottage cheese). Repeat with another layer of lasagna noodles, sauce, broccoli and cheeses. Finish with a top layer of lasagna, the last third of the sauce and mozzarella cheese. Cook for 8 hours on low – 4 hours on high. Yields 4 large pieces.

Substitute the broccoli with spinach. Or add browned Italian sausage or ground beef. If you’re out of spagetti sauce use a 14 oz can of diced tomatoes with a 14 oz can of tomato sauce.

How about Alfredo lasagna? You can do the same recipe substituting a creamy white Alfredo sauce and add shredded carrots along with the chopped broccoli – skip the ricotta cheese. Again cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.

Serve with toasted garlic bread.

Buon Appetito!

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