Crock-pot Lasagna

Like always, Terry comes home from work to me in the kitchen brewing up some culinary wonders. Some questionable, some genius but Terry being the good sport that he is, always sucks it up and eats it! After all, I'm the only house wife he has and when you come home from work at 8pm, you don't have the choice of being picky! haha

So yesterday, after stewing about what to make for dinner and after feeling slightly sorry for my Crock-pot that has been neglected for over a year, I remembered an episode of Oprah I saw where Jessica Seinfeld made a full lasagna in a crockpot. Bingo! I looked up the recipe on the internet..but wasn't too keen on all the ingredients not to mention buying fresh ingredients in Elkford can be a bit of a chore. So I just used the basis of it...the basis being of layering and how long to cook for and at what temperature. Anyways, long story short, it was a breeze and you can just set it and forget it (yea yea catchy phrase)

What you need:

Raw Lasagna noodles
Tomatoes
Spinach
Italiano cheese (Mozzarella, Parm, Emmintal...etc)
Pasta sauce fixin's
So the premise is this:

Make up your meat or veggie sauce (cook beef before hand) in a bowl
Spread a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of your Crock-pot
Lay down your lasagna noodles, 3 fit in mine and of course you can break the noodles to fit
Spread some spinach, then cheese, then noodles, then sauce... you get the idea :)
Layer it up, cook it on low for 3-31/2 hours until noodles are soft

The best part about it is you can serve it right from the pot and the layers hold up pretty well when cut. Terry asked me if it was easier than making lasagna in the oven and I would say yes, because you don't have to precook the noodles and with the Crock-pot, you don't have to worry about it cooking all day, you can pre-make it and precook it.

If you want Jessica Seinfeld's recipe go to: www.Oprah.com/food/Crock-Pot-Lasagna-Recipe or just use your own recipe like I did.