Crockpot Lasagna

Looking for that slow cooker lasagna recipe? Here you have a slow cooker lasagna with no-boil noodles for the easiest dinner any day of the week.

Slow Cooker Lasagna

Get that tender cooked pasta that is smothered in meat sauce, cottage cheese and topped with cheese. This is a easy crockpot lasagna recipe, you all will love.

Meal Prep Crockpot Recipe

This slow cooker lasagna recipe is our go-to for those nights we don’t want to fuss with dinner. Around lunchtime, we cook up the meat and assemble the lasagna in the slow cooker, and then allow it to cook on low for 4-6 hours.

We served ours with a chopped Asian salad and dinner was ready. We are all about easy and simple meals, to incorporate into our rotation for those days we just don’t have the time or want to cook.

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How To Make Slow Cooker Lasagna

• Cook up your ground beef in a skillet. Add in pasta sauce and mix it around.
• Now you will begin to layer your lasagna in a greased slow cooker.
• Cover and cook according to the directions in the printable card below.
• Spoon out and serve with your usual side dishes.

Freezer Friendly Lasagna

We even had some leftover supplies after prepping our crockpot lasagna so we grabbed a tin style throw away container, made a small batch of lasagna and tossed in the freezer for next time we want lasagna.

Just then pop it in the oven for around 45 minutes with foil on, remove foil and bake an additional 20-30 minutes.

Lasagna Noodles To Use

We use the no-boil lasagna noodles. If you haven’t tried no-boil, you have to! These noodles require no boiling ahead of time, so that is one step checked off your list.

We picked ours up at our local grocery store, but you can also find them online as well.

Ingredients For Slow Cooker Lasagna

Can we Use Ricotta Cheese Instead Of Cottage Cheese

• ground beef
• cottage cheese (we use whole milk cottage cheese)
• No-boil lasagna noodles
• Pasta sauce (any brand that you like works)
• Mozzarella cheese
• Salt and pepper

We prefer the cottage cheese as a layer, but if you like Ricotta cheese mixture go-for-it!

Either route works, it is all about preference. Assemble like you would a regular lasagna, we have a video that walks you step-by-step for easy how-to make lasagna in slow cooker.

This is a great guide if you are new to lasagna.

How Do You Know Slow Cooker Lasagna Is Done

It is all about the noodles. We use no-boil so we don’t have to mess with one extra step of pre-cooking noodles before we assemble. We cooked our lasagna for around 5 hours, and we check to see if the pasta is done.

Since your meat sauce is pre-cooked and all other ingredients it all comes down to tender pasta. So once your pasta is done, you are ready to dish it up!

Allow Lasagna To Cool To Set Up

We did unplug our slow cooker for 10 minutes and allow to sit with the lid off. This helps it to set up slightly so when you go to slice you have a thicker more formed lasagna.

We do the same with cooking lasagna in the oven as well. We found this trick does help for a prettier presentation.

Can we Use Ground Turkey in Slow Cooker Lasagna

Absolutely! We prefer beef, but you are welcome to use ground turkey or even chicken.

This easy slow cooker lasagna recipe is all about making it adapt to your liking. Create a dish you and your family enjoy.

Ingredients

Makes 6 people

• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 cups cottage cheese, we use whole milk cottage cheese
• 6-8 no-boil lasagna noodles
• 1 jar Pasta sauce, any brand that you like works
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese

Method

1. We start out by cooking our ground beef in a skillet on the stove until cooked through. Stir in all the pasta sauce except enough to cover the bottom of the slow cooker.
2. Start by adding a thin layer of pasta sauce to the bottom of the slow cooker. This will help it not to stick.
3. Break your no boil lasagna noodles to fit and cover the bottom layer of the slow cooker.
4. Top with a thin layer of ground beef and pasta sauce mixture.
5. Follow by cottage cheese layer, then sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
6. Repeat the layering of noodles, meat sauce, cottage cheese, and mozzarella until you are happy. We did 2 layers, but you can easily do 3-4 layers.
7. Turn on low and allow to cook for 4-6 hours or until the pasta is tender.
8. Serve your crockpot lasagna with your favorite side dishes.