Crock Pot Lasagna Casserole

This Crock Pot Lasagna Casserole is an easier alternative to traditional lasagna with the same great taste the whole family loves!

This recipe is adapted from the Gooseberry Patch Slow-Cooker Christmas Favorites. AKA one of my favorite cookbooks and one I use all year long! The original recipe had you making your own sauce and cooking it for 6 hours in the crock pot. I’m sure it tasted great but I needed to simplify it for our lifestyle, aka busy, so I used canned spaghetti sauce.

If you like this recipe you will also love my Slow Cooker Cheesy Ravioli Casserole.

Crock Pot Lasagna Casserole

If you are in a hurry you can skip the layering process and mix all the ingredients (except the Parmesan cheese and parsley) in a large bowl and then place it in a lightly greased crock pot and top with remaining ingredients.

Crock Pot Lasagna Casserole

Serve with a side salad and your favorite garlic bread or breadsticks!

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Crock Pot Lasagna Casserole

Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef browned
• 1 16 oz. pkg. farfalle bow tie pasta, cooked
• 1 25-28 oz. jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• ½ tsp. Italian seasoning
• salt and pepper to taste
• 15 oz. container ricotta cheese
• 2 Tablespoons milk
• ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella
• Dried parsley to garnish

Instructions

• In a skillet over medium heat, cook beef until no longer pink, drain.
• Add onions and cook until translucent.
• Add garlic and cook for 1 minute longer.
• Turn off the heat and add the spaghetti sauce, salt and pepper and Italian seasoning
• Cook the pasta until Al Dente about 8 minutes.
• Place the ricotta in a medium bowl and add the milk until spreadable.
• Layer the ingredients in a lightly greased 5 qt. slow cooker starting with half the spaghetti sauce, half the pasta, half the ricotta and half the mozzarella cheese; repeat.
• Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese and parsley.
• Cook on high for about 1 1/2 hours or on low for about 3 hours.

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Crock Pot Lasagna Casserole

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