A coworker recently brought me a recipe she had found for a crockpot lasagna. Naturally I was inclined to take it and use it to experiment on a low cal version. Lasagna is a dish I love to make, but it’s time intensive. This recipe still requires some prep time, but I can do it the night before and just have my husband pop it in to cook.
Ingredients:
– 12 oz lean ground beef (I used 93%)
– 12 oz Italian turkey sausage
– 1 jar prego light smart sauce
– 1 can diced tomatoes
– 1/2 cup water
– 1 medium onion, dice
– 2 TBSP minced garlic
– 15 oz part skim ricotta
– 3 egg whites
– 1 tsp dried oregano
– 1 tsp dried basil
– 1/2 tsp garlic powder
– 1/4 tsp salt
– 9 standard lasagna noodles
– 1 cup 2% shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
1. Sauté beef, sausage, onions and garlic together in a skillet, breaking up meat until it’s all cooked through.
2. Add tomatoes (don’t drain them), prego, water, salt and garlic powder to the skillet and mix until all ingredients are incorporated.
3. In a separate bowl mix ricotta, egg whites, oregano, and basil.
4. Line the inside of your crockpot with aluminum foil. I used one large piece going longways, and one long piece going too to bottom. Press foil down to conform to the shape of the crockpot. Spray with nonstick spray.
5. Pour 1 1/2 cups of sauce mixture in crock and spread evenly across the bottom.
6. Use 3 noodles and lay them side by side across bottom of crock, longways. They’re too long for the crockpot so you’ll need to break the end off to make them fit. Lay the middle noodle down first. The edge noodles may overlap the middle noodle which is fine.
7. Spread 1/2 of ricotta mixture evenly over the noodles.
8. Spread 2 cups of sauce mixture over ricotta.
9. Repeat steps 6-8. Noodles. Ricotta. Sauce.
10. For the The last layer of your lasagna, arrange noodles, too with remaining sauce, and mozzarella cheese.
11. Place lid on crockpot and cook on low about 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
12. Use aluminum edges to carefully remove lasagna and foil from the crockpot. Set the foil and lasagna on a platter and allow to cool 15-20 min.
13. Peel aluminum edges away and slice and serve your lasagna.
6 servings= 605 calories per serving
Appx 16 weight watchers points plus
8 servings = 455 calories per serving
Appx 16 weight watchers points plus
Mommy's on a diet 
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