Whole Wheat Crock Pot Lasagna for 2 |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 300 Minutes |
Ready In: 320 Minutes Servings: 3 |
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Make this as spicy or as bland as you like. The whole wheat noodles are wonderful. Ingredients:
10 ounces flank steaks or 10 ounces top sirloin steaks, sliced thin and stir fry size or 10 ounces lean hamburger |
1 cup fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced |
3/4 cup onion, minced |
3 garlic cloves, minced |
1 (14 ounce) can tomatoes and green chilies, chopped, juice included, to chunky sauce |
5 ounces tomato soup (use a bit more if you like) |
salt and pepper |
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano |
8 ounces 2% fat cottage cheese |
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated |
1/4 cup asiago cheese, grated |
6 ounces whole wheat lasagna noodles, uncooked |
6 ounces jalapeno gouda cheese, shredded or 6 ounces other favorite cheese |
2 tablespoons denzils big boy hot sauce (optional) or 2 tablespoons your favorite hot sauce (optional) |
Directions:
1. Saute the meat, onions, mushrooms, oregano, salt,pepper & garlic until slightly browned.
2. Mix tomato sauce & soup together separate from meat mixture.
3. Add approx 4 oz of the the tomato mixture to the bottom of the crock pot (I use the smaller size crock pot for 2 people).
4. Add an overlapping layer of whole wheat lasagna noodles, broken to cover the entire crock pot.
5. Cover with 1/3 meat mixture, tomato, cottage cheese& other cheeses.
6. Top with lasagna noodles.
7. Repeat layer reserve some tomato sauce & cheese for final topping.
8. Cover final layer of noodles with remaining sauce & cheeses (use remaining soup if you wish).
9. Put the lid on & cook on low for 4-6 hours.
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