Cheryls Whole Wheat Crock Pot Lasagna Food

SLOW-COOKER CHEESY WHITE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Fold two 18-in. square pieces of heavy-duty foil into thirds. Crisscross strips and place on bottom and up sides of a 6-qt. slow cooker. Coat strips with cooking spray., In a 6-qt. stockpot, cook chicken over medium heat until no longer pink, 6-8 minutes, breaking into crumbles; drain. Set chicken aside., In same pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, onion and carrots; cook and stir just until tender, 6-8 minutes. Add garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in wine. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half, 4-5 minutes. Stir in cream, cream cheese, cheddar and Gouda cheeses. Return chicken to pot. In a large bowl, combine egg, cottage cheese and basil., Spread 1 cup meat mixture into slow cooker. Layer with 3 noodles (breaking noodles as necessary to fit), 1 cup meat mixture, 1/2 cup cottage cheese mixture and 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining meat mixture and cheese. Cook, covered, on low until noodles are tender, 3-4 hours. Remove slow cooker insert and let stand 30 minutes. If desired, sprinkle with additional basil.

SLOW COOKER LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat cook the ground beef, onion, and garlic until brown. Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste, salt, and oregano and stir until well incorporated. Cook until heated through.
• In a large bowl mix together the cottage cheese, grated Parmesan cheese, and shredded mozzarella cheese.
• Spoon a layer of the meat mixture onto the bottom of the slow cooker. Add a double layer of the uncooked lasagna noodles. Break to fit noodles into slow cooker. Top noodles with a portion of the cheese mixture. Repeat the layering of sauce, noodles, and cheese until all the ingredients are used.
• Cover, and cook on LOW setting for 4 to 6 hours.

CROCK POT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Brown ground beef, onion and garlic in frypan.
• Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, salt and oregano.
• Cook long enough to get it warm.
• Spoon a layer of meat sauce onto the bottom of the slow cooker.
• Add a double layer of uncooked lasagna noodles (break to fit) and top with cheeses.
• Repeat with sauce, noodles and cheeses until all are used up.
• Cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours.

WHOLE WHEAT CROCK POT LASAGNA FOR 2

Steps:

• Saute the meat, onions, mushrooms, oregano, salt,pepper & garlic until slightly browned.
• Mix tomato sauce & soup together separate from meat mixture.
• Add approx 4 oz of the the tomato mixture to the bottom of the crock pot (I use the smaller size crock pot for 2 people).
• Add an overlapping layer of whole wheat lasagna noodles, broken to cover the entire crock pot.
• Cover with 1/3 meat mixture, tomato, cottage cheese& other cheeses.
• Top with lasagna noodles.
• Repeat layer reserve some tomato sauce & cheese for final topping.
• Cover final layer of noodles with remaining sauce & cheeses (use remaining soup if you wish).
• Put the lid on & cook on low for 4-6 hours.

CHERYL'S WHOLE WHEAT CROCK POT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef, sausage and garlic.
• Add onion (if using), tomato sauce, paste and spices and cook long enough to get it warm. Turn to low and cover.
• In the meantime, mix the cottage cheese, ricotta, eggs and parmesan cheese in a small bowl.
• Spoon about a 1/3 layer of the meat sauce mixture onto the bottom of the crock pot.
• Add a layer of uncooked lasagna noodles on top of the meat sauce. I break them in half, so that they fit.
• Top with about 1/3 of the cheese mixture.
• Repeat: sauce, noodles, cheese - until all are used up. I like to sprinkle a little more parmesan cheese on the top.
• Cover and cook on high for 2 hours or so.
• Reduce to low and cook another 2-3 hours.
• ENJOY!

CROCK POT LASAGNA (WW)

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium high heat brown beef, onion and garlic, stirring to break up beef (5-10 minutes) until meat is brown.
• Stir in next 6 ingredients (tomatoes - red pepper flakes) and simmer another 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile in a small bowl combine ricotta and 1 cup of the mozzarella.
• Spoon 1/3 of the tomato/beef mixture into crock pot. Break 3 lasagna noodles in half and arrange on top of tomato/beef mixture and top with half of the ricota mixture. Repeat with second layer. Finish with the remaining 1/3 of the meat mixture.
• Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours.
• In a small bowl combine remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle over meat mixture and set aside for 10 minutes or until cheese melts and lasagna is firm (10 minutes or so).