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Slow Cooker Almost Lasagne
Ingredients
1 box rotini or ziti, any fun flavourful pasta will do
2 x 28-oz jars pasta sauce (one with tomato chunks works well)
1 egg
½ lb ground beef
½ lb sausage
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup parmesan cheese
½ cup Italian breadcrumbs
1 bag mozzarella cheese
16-20 oz. ricotta cheese
2 eggs
1 cup parmesan cheese
1 ½ teaspoon parsley flakes
Pinch of salt and pepper
Method
Grease crock-pot or spray with non-stick cooking spray. Cook rotini according to package directions, drain. Brown and drain meat. Toss pasta with olive oil. Add pasta sauce to mixture, toss well. Stir together parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, egg, ½ bag mozzarella cheese and browned meat.
You can sprinkle lightly with garlic powder. Beat together ricotta, 2 eggs, parmesan, parsley, salt and pepper.
Pour half of pasta/sauce/meat mixture into crock-pot. Spread entire ricotta mixture over first layer of pasta. Cover ricotta layer with remaining pasta mixture, and cover with remaining cheese. Cover and cook on low 4-6 hours.
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