Crockpot Lasagna

I’ve fallen in love with my crockpot again.  I do this every year, right about this time.  School is back in full force.  We’re back into the crazy swing of things, and sports seem to rule our lives.  I walk in the door, from teaching all day, and we have about 15 minutes of quality family before we need to run out the door again.  The crockpot is my best friend!

I’ve never made lasagna in the crockpot before, so this was an experiment.  Friends, I may never turn back.  This was SO easy, and it was done when I walked in the door.

First, let my say that when you dish it up, straight out of the crockpot, it does not look this pretty.  Honestly, it looks like a sloppy mess.  This picture was actually taken of the leftovers.  Once it’s cooked, it cuts perfectly and looks much prettier.  But, who am I kidding, no one in my family cares about pretty lasagna.  They just want yummy lasagna.

Here’s what I did:

Mix together:
15 oz ricotta
2 cups mozzarella
1 cup Parmesan
2 cups chopped spinach
1 egg
1 tsp salt
dash of pepper

I buy 2 bottles of Newman’s Own Alfredo sauce when I make lasagna. For this recipe I also bought some precooked chicken sausage.  It was one of those yummy sausages from Costco that has sundried tomatoes and cheese inside.  But, use what you like.

Pour a little Alfredo in the bottom of the crockpot. Then put in a layer of lasagna noodles.  I use the kind that you don’t need to boil ahead of time.  The noodles are rectangular and my crockpot is oval, so I had to break the noodles up so they would fit.  Next comes a few spoonfuls of the ricotta mixture, then chicken sausage, and a handful of mozzarella cheese.  I continued alternating those ingredients until I ran out.

Sauce
Noodles
Ricotta mixture
Chicken Sausage
Mozarella
Repeat

I set my crockpot to low for 5 hours, and then had it switch to warm until I got home.  (I love having a crockpot that I can program like that!)

Happy cooking, friends! You’re going to love this!!!