Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Vegetarian Crock Pot Lasagna



Easy and delicious! Load it up and forget it!

I made this last night and it was pretty darn good. I used an extra can of tomatoes in mine and added some italian spices. I set the crock pot on low for 2 hrs 40 minutes. Yum!

Ingredients
1 (26 ounce) jar marinara sauce
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (8 ounce) package no-boil lasagna noodles
1 (15 ounce) container part-skim ricotta cheese
1 (8 ounce) package shredded Italian cheese blend or 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 cup frozen veggie crumbles (Like Boca, etc)

Directions
1. In medium bowl, combine marinara sauce and tomatoes with their juice.
2. Spray 4.5-6 quart slow cooker bowl with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Spoon 1 cup tomato-sauce mixture into bowl.
4. Arrange 1/4 of noodles over sauce, overlapping noodles and breaking into large pieces to cover as much sauce as possible.
5. Spoon about 3/4 cup sauce over noodles, then top with 1/2 cup ricotta, and 1/2 cup shredded cheese.
6. Spread half of spinach over cheese.
7. Repeat layering 2 more times beginning with noodles, but in middle layer, replace spinach with frozen crumbles. Place remaining noodles over spinach, then top with remaining sauce and shredded cheese.
8. Cover slow cooker with lid and cook on low 2.5 to 3 hours or on high 1.5 to 1.75 hours, or until noodles are very tender.

Recipe Source: http://www.recipezaar.com/204366

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