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Crock Pot Lasagna

Stephen Connell, United States.
Sounds good, on my to cook list. Several shortcuts listed for cost savings as well. Links to the Shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams ground beef, (1 lb)
  • lasagna noodles, as needed
  • 3 cups pasta sauce, Shortcut
  • 1½ cups Cottage cheese, Shortcut
  • 1½ cups Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated

Instructions
 

  • Brown ground beef in a skillet, drain, and set aside.
  • Pour 1 cup of sauce in the slow cooker and spread around to coat the bottom. Mix remaining sauce with the ground beef.
  • Place 2 uncooked lasagna noodles on sauce in slow cooker. Spread ⅓ of the meat mixture on top of the noodles. Spread ¾ cup of cottage cheese over the meat. Sprinkle ½ cup Mozzarella over the cottage cheese.
  • Add another layer of uncooked noodles, ⅓ meat mixture, the remaining cottage cheese and ½ cup mozzarella cheese.
  • Place another layer of uncooked noodles, remaining meat mixture, then remaining Mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over top. Cook on low for 4 hours. Serve.

Notes

Figure about 100 Baht for the ground beef, and 140 Baht for the Mozzarella cheese. For 4 servings this is about $1.76. Not a bad price for lasagna.
Shortcuts: Pasta Sauce, Cottage Cheese.