Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Slow Cooker Lasagna

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Now, on to the lasagna. I really need to learn to take more appealing pictures.  Food photography is truly an art!

I am really pleased on how well it turned out.  I put it together the night before and stuck it in the fridge.  Since the suggested cook time is 5 to 6 hours I figured that the cold would prolong the cooking since I wouldn't be home for about 7 hours and it turned out perfect!



Here's the recipe:

1 lb ground beef
1 jar spaghetti sauce
2 small cans sliced mushrooms

1 cup water
1 15 oz container ricotta cheese
1 8 oz package mozzarella cheese, divided
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, divided
1 egg
2 Tbsp parsley
6 uncooked lasagna noodles

Brown the ground beef and drain.  Mix with spaghetti sauce, drained mushrooms and water. Mix the ricotta, 1 1/2 cup mozzarella, 2 Tbsp parmesan, egg and parsley.

Spoon 1 cup of the meat sauce into the slow cooker.  Top with half of the noodles, breaking to fit if needed.  Then top with half of the cheese mixture.  Cover with 2 cups of sauce and repeat the noodles and remaining cheese mixture.  Top with remaining sauce.

Cover with lid.

Cook on low 5 to 6 hours or until liquid is absorbed.  Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.  Cook until melted.  Let stand about 10 minutes before cutting

Hope you enjoy it!

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3 comments:

  1. I am always looking for good crock pot recipes. Girl, these bloggers and their photo skills are killing me. AMAZING. Puts all my pictures to shame! Thanks for coming to the Sunday Social. I am your newest follower. Have a great rest of the week!

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  2. This sounds very delicious! Anything that I can throw together, and it cooks itself, count me in! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Stopping tomorrow to get ingredients so we can have this Thursday night =)

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