Don’t you just love cooking in your crock pot? I recently got a casserole crock pot to add to my collection of crock pots. I can never have too many crock pots. Lol! And making crock pot lasagna is easy and oh so delicious!
Just assemble the following ingredients:
2 lbs. lean ground beef (hubby likes chuck)
3 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon pepper
28 oz. chunky (tomato, garlic, onion) pasta sauce
2- 14.5oz can diced tomatoes (garlic & onion)
32 oz. ricotta cheese
4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 and 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese
16 oz. frozen spinach
Box of regular lasagna noodles
Salt and pepper season to taste
1. In a large skillet, cook ground beef over medium heat until brown and drain. Combine the beef, pasta sauce, diced tomatoes (including juice), minced garlic, oregano, and pepper in a large bowl, mixing well.
2. While the beef is cooking, defrost frozen spinach in microwave and drain.
3. In another bowl, combine the ricotta cheese and 1 cup parmesan cheese, and three cups of mozzarella cheese, mixing well.
4. Spoon a layer of the meat mixture over the bottom of the crock pot. Next, add a layer of lasagna noodles, breaking to fit. And then half of the drained spinach – using a folk to spread it over the noodles. Spread a third of the ricotta cheese mixture over the spinach using a spatula to smooth out. Then repeat layers with meat sauce, noodles, spinach and cheese mixture until used up.
5. Top with the remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
I love cheese and also sprinkled a Mexican style blend of Monterey jack, medium cheddar, Queso Quesadilla and Asadero cheese on top
Cover and cook on High for two hours, Low for one hour.
Enjoy! Hmm, so yummy!
This week’s mouth-watering dinner easy recipe is from Bowdabra expert designer Gail. Be sure and visit Gail at her blog Purple hues and me, G+, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter to view more of her awesome creations!