First things first, when I found a recipe for slow cooker lasagna I was shocked and happy. Happily shocked. Mostly because the recipe seemed a lot more straightforward than the typical lasagna (the in-the-oven kind) and also because I just really like using my slow cooker.
I think it’s so awesome to have a nice meal cook all day while I’m at work. Then I get to come home to a glorious dinner, just waiting for me to dig in. Slow cookers are the new house husbands.
A third reason I was pumped to try this slow cooker lasagna recipe is very silly but it’s the truth: it called for fresh cut parsley and it would constitute my first harvest from my garden.
Slow Cooker Lasagna. Here’s how it went
OK. Now for the changes. Well, I grabbed this recipe from All Recipes (from the recipe spinner app. It’s tons of fun but not really practical) and realized it calls for pre-packaged everything and, well, that’s not how I roll. So I grabbed my pots and pans and started creating my own beefy red sauce and my own cheese mixture. It took a lot longer than the 15 minutes the recipe said it would (if I had used the pre-packaged sauce and cheeses etc.). In fact I believe it took more than an hour.
This slow cooker lasagna recipe only calls for six noodles and I didn’t think it would be enough but you know what? It was.
So I let it cook on low for eight hours and had a piece for supper. So amazing! Honestly it tasted exactly as it should and the best part is I didn’t have to soak any noodles!
The rest I froze for future work lunches. It’s filling, delicious, and easy. Except if you decide to make your sauce from scratch you should add a bit to your prep time. Or a lot.
Oh yeah, I also added spinach because it’s the best.
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Did I miss the link for the recipe? I might be blind. I don’t know if my Italian heart could stomach this, but perhaps with the homemade stuff, more noodles, and real cheese…hmmmmm.
I’m REALLY looking forward to this month’s topic. I’m glad you didn’t quit.
No you didn’t miss the link. Sorry! I’m blogging on the road and have certain libations die to travelling sans computer. But just go to allrecipes.com and search for slow cooker lasagna and you’ll find it!
And apparently auto correction is working overtime. Libations = limitations sheesh
And die = due (sorry)
Nice work Robyn!
Oh autocorrect – thanks, I shall try this next week!
I am seriously excited about this months topic. I was hoping it would win haha. Now that I have a good sized slow cooker I can make recipes of normal size and not have to adapt them- which I am totally horrible at! Lasagna in a SC- yes please!
I used to check out this blog, she cooked in the crock pot every day for a year. Some where great, some silly, but some good ideas. One that turns my stomach is slow cooker pizza. Why?
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/