Too freaking hot to light my oven Lasagna
Also known as crock pot lasagna! Have you ever wanted to make a delicious cheesy lasagna but you didn't want to make the house as hot as the west Texas plains? Well here is another way. You can make the same delicious lasagna in the crock pot, it's just a little messier when you get it out of the crock and plate it. But it tastes exactly the same as my oven baked lasagna! So worth it. And think if you have a propane oven as I do then you don't have to use your propane either!!!
Ingredients:
1lb of Italian Sausage
1 Package of No Boil Lasagna Noodles
1 Large Jar of Prego Traditional Spaghetti Sauce (it really is the best tasting sauce!)
1 Medium Onion (OPTIONAL)
2 4oz Cans of Mushrooms (OR) 1/2 a Container of Fresh Mushrooms (OPTIONAL)
1 Tbl Butter
1/4 C of Milk
1 Large Container of Ricotta Cheese
1 1Lb bag of Mozzarella Cheese
1 Egg
1/2 C Parmesan Cheese
Non Stick Cooking Spray
Whisk together your Egg & Milk, then fold in your Ricotta Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, & Parmesan Cheese. The mixture will look like the picture on your right. Place the mixture in the fridge until it's time to use it.
Now it's time to saute your Onions in the butter. Cook them all the way through you want them to be soft, they will not soften up in the crock pot enough. If you chose to use fresh mushrooms then you would want to saute them at this time as well. Set aside in a new bowl your Onion & Mushroom mixture, do not mix it into the Cheese mixture. Then brown your Italian Sausage until it's completely cooked all the way through, no pink.
Next mix your Onions, Mushrooms, Sausage, & Spaghetti Sauce then set aside.
Now it's time to layer your Lasagna. Spray the entire inside of your Crock Pot with Non Stick Cooking Spray. Then start layering. First use your sauce mixture and pour a half inch or so layer on the bottom, then put in a layer of noodles, three per layer, then cover the noodles with your cheese mixture.
Lather Rinse Repeat!
Your crock pot will be very full when completed!
Put your lid in place, set your crock to high for one hour, then low for up to four hours until your noodles are soft. Your crock pot lasagna will stay solid like when you make it in a pan in the oven, so you can try to get a solid piece out of the crock instead of a spoon scoop of lasagna.
ENJOY!
