My Favorite Crock-Pot Lasagna

Lasagna is a comfort food loved by just about everyone, but no one ever makes it because it's too much work and takes too much time. 

Now, the long cooking time is one of the things that makes lasagna taste amazing so there isn't much I can do about that, but we can fix the labor issue.

Bring out that trusty crock-pot!

Since this recipe is so easy, lets skip straight to it....

Ingredients: 

1 lb. ground beef

36 oz. spaghetti sauce

8 oz. cottage cheese

8 oz. ricotta cheese

1 egg

1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

8 oz. grated mozzarella

Regular uncooked lasagna noodles

Brown the ground beef in a pan over medium heat.

Once completely cooked, drain off any excess fat and return to pan along with the spaghetti sauce and set aside. 

In a small bowl, beat one egg and then add the cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, and italian seasoning. Stir until completely combined. 

Spray the inside of the crock pot with non-stick cooking spray.

Pour in 1/3 of the beef and sauce mixture .

Lay a layer of uncooked lasagna noodles on top of the sauce mixture. Break them apart so that they will cover the whole surface. 

Use half of the cheese mixture and spread it over the noodles. 

Sprinkle on a layer mozzarella cheese. 

Pour on another 1/3 of the sauce mixture and repeat the noodle and cheese layers, using the other half of the cheese mixture. 

Finish it off by pouring on the rest of the sauce mixture. 

Cover, and cook on low for 5-6 hours. 

That's it people, a little bit of prep and then let it cook slow and low to get that great lasagna flavor.

When it is done cooking, remove the ceramic pot from the heating element so that it can cool.

The reason we want it to cool before eating is so that it has time to set.

This will make it a little easier to remove in pieces. 

The longer you let it sit, the easier the pieces will come out.

Well....I had men to feed soooooo I didn't have much time to let it set, which explains why I don't have a picture of it on a plate.

All you need to know is....it tasted great!