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cindi's slow-cooker lasagna

Recipe by
Cindi Marie Bauer
Marshfield, WI

It's been quite a few years since I made this Lasagna. Recently I came across this recipe, which I shared in our Marshfield Buyers Guide Readers Recipe Cook Book. But since then, I've made a few changes to the recipe.

yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 40 Min
cook time 4 Hr
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Ingredients For cindi's slow-cooker lasagna

  • 1 lb
    ground beef
  • 1 md
    size onion, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp
    minced garlic (i used minced garlic from a jar.)
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • ground black pepper, sprinkle on desired amount
  • 24 oz
    jar prego roasted garlic & herb italian sauce
  • 2 Tbsp
    of water (i use this to rinsed out the jar of prego italian sauce.)
  • 1 (6 oz.) can
    tomato paste
  • 12 oz
    small curd cottage cheese (which has 4% milk fat)
  • 1/3 c
    sour cream
  • 1/2 c
    kraft grated parmesan cheese
  • 2 c
    shredded mozzarella cheese (reserve a 1/2 cup)
  • 9 Lasagna
    noodles (uncooked)

How To Make cindi's slow-cooker lasagna

  • 1
    In a 12-inch skillet, cook the ground beef, onion, and garlic, until the meat is no longer pink; drain off the fat.
  • 2
    Now add the salt, Mrs. Dash Salt Free Seasoning, black pepper, spaghetti sauce and tomato paste. (After I added the spaghetti sauce, I then put 2 Tablespoons of water inside the empty jar. Placed the lid back on the jar, then shook it up a bit, before adding it back to the skillet.) Cook until heated through.
  • 3
    In a medium size bowl, mix together, the cottage cheese, sour cream, parmesan cheese, and the 1-1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese. Cheese mixture will be thick.
  • 4
    Be sure to reserve 1/2 cup of the shredded mozzarella cheese, to sprinkling on top the final layer of meat sauce.
  • 5
    Grease the inside of a 6-quart rectangular slow cooker. (I used a cooking spray to coat the inside of the slow cooker.)
  • 6
    Spoon 1/4 of the meat sauce in the bottom of a slow cooker.
  • 7
    Arrange 3 (uncooked) lasagna noodles over the meat sauce.
  • 8
    Spoon 1/3 of the cheese mixture over the uncooked Lasagna noodles.
  • 9
    Repeat layers twice, with meat sauce, Lasagna noodles, and the cheese mixture.
  • 10
    Top with remaining meat sauce.
  • 11
    Sprinkle the reserved 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese on top.
  • 12
    Cover, and cook on low setting (Number 3) for 4 hours.
  • 13
    Let the Lasagna sit while it's still in the slow cooker, for 15 minutes, before slicing, and serving onto your plate.
  • 14
    Yields: 8 servings.

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