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Slow Cooker Lasagna Recipe

This family favorite is cooked to perfection in a slow cooker, making it ideal for a busy day! This is one of the easiest lasagna recipes because you don't have to boil noodles before you layer them in like you do for the traditional version. I've laid out easy step-by-step instructions for you, too!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time6 hours
Total Time6 hours 20 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: crockpot lasagna, easy lasagna, lasagna with sausage, slow cooker lasagna
Servings: 10 serving
Calories: 752kcal
Author: Mindee
Cost: 15

Ingredients

  • 16 oz Lasagna Noodles 16 oz Box
  • 52 oz Spaghetti Sauce (I use Hunt's 4 Cheese) 2 x 26 oz cans
  • 3 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ½ Cup Onion minced
  • 2 Garlic cloves minced
  • 2 lb. Ground Sausage
  • ½ Cup Shredded Parmesan
  • 16 oz Cottage Cheese 16 oz container
  • 2 Eggs
  • 6 Slices Provolone Cheese
  • 1 Cup Sour Cream
  • 4 Cups Shredded Mozzarella about 1 ½ lbs Mozzarella

Instructions

  • For this recipe, you're going to need a 6-quart crock pot, aka slow cooker.
  • Line it will a removable slow cooker liner or spray the inside and bottom of the slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Open the spaghetti sauce. If you want to pour the spaghetti sauce into something and stir all the Italian seasoning into it, you can.  For ease, I just sprinkle seasoning over the sauce as I add it.
  • Mince a medium onion and 2 cloves garlic.
  • Brown the sausage in a large skillet, adding the minced onion and minced garlic cloves when it is about ⅔  cooked. Drain the excess grease well and set aside.
  • Mix the cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, and large eggs together in a medium bowl and set aside.
  • Grate 4 cups of Mozzarella cheese and set aside.

Layer the ingredients in the crockpot in the following order:

  • ½ Cup Spaghetti Sauce
  • The first layer of uncooked lasagna noodles. You'll need 3-4 noodles, and if you need to break them, that's fine.
  • Sprinkle with a heaping cup of mozzarella cheese, just enough to cover the noodles.
  • Sprinkle ½ the sausage over the cheese.
  • Pour ½ of the sauce over the sausage.
  • Layer more noodles on top of the sauce.
  • Spread the cottage cheese mixture on top of the noodles.
  • Layer more noodles over the top of the cottage cheese.
  • Do a single layer of 4-6 slices of provolone cheese over the noodles.
  • Spread or squirt (if you have the squeezy sour cream) the sour cream over the provolone cheese.
  • Sprinkle with a heaping cup of mozzarella cheese.
  • Layer on more noodles.
  •   Sprinkle the last half of the sausage.
  •   Pour the other ½ of the sauce over the sausage.
  •   Top with the final layer of noodles, followed by the last of the mozzarella cheese.
  •  Cover the slow cooker with the lid and cook on the LOW heat setting for 6 hours.
  •   Store leftover lasagna in the fridge.

Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 752kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 128mg | Sodium: 1879mg | Potassium: 924mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1285IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 596mg | Iron: 3mg