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Quick Slow Cooker Lasagna

July 18, 2012 by Larisha Campbell 2 Comments

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We eat pasta in this house at least once a week, if not more.  However, lasagna intimidates me.  Out of all of the amazing food Andrew’s mom makes, lasagna is his favorite, and let’s face it, no one can really compete with “mom’s food”. We have been together for 3 years and I’ve only made it once and it was “just okay”. Since then, I’ve just left it up to his mom to cook. But then I started this blog and decided that I would go for everything and just keep trying.
Additionally, I had ricotta cheese and tomato sauce sitting around in hopes of making lasagna that was about to expire so I just had to go for it.
I found this slow cooker lasagna recipe and was intrigued.  I love slow cookers, so I had to give it a try. Of course I added my own twist to it based on what I had at home.
First, start by chopping one lone medium size onion. Next, add the onions, ground turkey and sausage to a skillet on medium high.  Cook until meat is browned.

Transfer the cooked meat mixture to a large bowl and add the sauce and spices. Combine together very well.

Spray your slow cooker and add 1/4 of the meat mixture of the bottom.

Add 5 noodles on top to cover the pan, you will have to break up some of the pieces to cover the entire pot.

Add 1/2 of the cheese mixture. 
Repeat stacking process with with 1/4 sauce, 5 more noodles broken up, remaining cheese mixture. Then 1/4 more sauce 5 more noodles, and remaining sauce.  Cook on high for 2 1/2 hours. (Could do on low for 4-6 hours)
You will notice after awhile that the noodles will start to become tender and it smells amazing!!
During the last 10 minutes add the remaining cup of cheese (or more if you want really cheesy *wink wink*)
Turn off the slow cooker.  There is enough heat that it will melt great.
This slow cooker lasagna looked so good and was tasted even better!
I even used the remaining sausage from the package and cooked up two sausage patties that I will use for breakfast in the morning:)
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Quick Slow cooker Lasagna
Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 1/2 lb ground turkey
  • 1/2 lb ground sausage
  • 1 medium onion chopped (roughly an entire cup)
  • 56 oz of tomato sauce this was 7- 8oz cans for me--you could also using 2 1/2 jars of spaghetti sauce if you don't have tomato sauce laying around
  • 2 tsp dried basil leaves
  • 1 tsp Mrs Dash table blend
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 container 15 oz part skim ricotta cheese
  • 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 2/3 cup shredded Colby cheese divided
  • 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
  • 15 uncooked lasagna noddles
Instructions
  1. Chop one medium size onion. Add the sausage, ground turkey and onion to a skillet and cook over medium high heat until meat is browned, stirring occasionally.
  2. Drain meat if there is any excess juice.
  3. Transfer meat mixture to a large bowl and add tomato sauce, basil, Mrs Dash, sugar, salt, and pepper.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix together Ricotta, Parmesan, Mozzarella, and 2/3 cup of the Colby cheese. Refrigerate the remaining 1 cup of Colby cheese until the last 10 minutes of cooking.
  5. Spray slow cooker with cooking spray.
  6. Spoon 1/4 of the sauce mixture into your slow cooker. Place 5 noodles (broken to fit entire pot) on top. Spread half the cheese mixture on top of the noodles.
  7. Repeat with 1/4 sauce, 5 more noodles and remaining cheese mixture.
  8. Top off with last 5 noodles and remaining sauce mixture.
  9. Cover with lid and cook on high for 2 1/2 hours until noodles are very tender. (Could cook on low for 4-6 hours).
  10. For the last 10 minutes, sprinkle the remaining cup of Colby cup over the top.
  11. Cover and turn off the slow cooker until the cheese is melted.
  12. Cut & Serve.
This is more than enough for a family of 4.  When I make again for just us 2, I will definitely only do half of this in a smaller slow cooker. I hope you enjoy this!! 🙂
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Sweet & Savory Slow Cooker Pork Loin

July 2, 2012 by Larisha Campbell Leave a Comment

Aren’t slow cookers the most amazing kitchen creation ever!?
I mean who does not love just being able to throw a bunch of ingredients in a pot in the
 morning and not having to worry about it for the rest of the day?  Not to mention the smell that consumes your house during those 8+ hours of cooking is also amazing almost orgasmic.
Enough about slow cookers.  Before this, I had never cooked a pork tenderloin before, but kept seeing it on the Food Network channel, so when I saw it on sale last week, I picked one up.  I mean $6 for a 3 1/2lb pork loin, who couldn’t beat that. I found this recipe and altered it slightly for our taste for the most amazing sweet and savory slow cooker pork loin.
First start by greasing your crockpot with cooking spray. This will allow for easier clean up later.  Then place your pork loin in the bottom and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Cut up a medium red onion.  I prefer the sweet taste of red onions with this.

Add onion, chicken broth and our own sweet and sour sauce recipe to the pot. Cover and let cook for 8-10 hours on low or 5 hours on high.

30 minutes before you are ready to eat add chopped green pepper and pineapple.

Remove pork loin from crockpot

Slice into 1/2 in thick slices (or whatever size you prefer).

I served this sweet and savory slow cooker pork loin with rice and corn, but think next time mashed potatoes would have definitely been a better side! 🙂

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Slow Cooker Sweet & Savory Pork Loin
Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 3 1/2 lb pork loin I would say up to 6 lbs would be fine for this meal, but I chose smaller because it's just two of us eating
  • 1 medium red onion chopped
  • Recipe for Sweet & Sour sauce see link in post above
  • 1 14.5 oz can low sodium chicken broth
  • 1 20 oz can cubed pineapple drained
  • 1/2 green pepper chopped
  • Salt and Black pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Place pork loin into a greased crock pot.
  2. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Add chopped red onion, chicken broth, and sweet and sour sauce to the pot.
  4. Cover and let cook for 5 hours on high or 8-10 hours on low.
  5. Thirty (30) minutes before ready to eat, add chopped green pepper and pineapple.
  6. Cook for an additional 30 minutes.
  7. Remove pork loin from crockpot and cut into 1/2inch slices. Serve hot.
  8. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Enjoy 🙂

You may also like our Slow Cooker BBQ Parmesan Pork Loin recipe! 

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