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| picture from my other blog, LipglossBreak.com |
Lately I’ve been trying to cook a 2-night meal on Sunday nights, so we can eat the leftovers on Monday. More often than not, they end up being crockpot meals.
I have done a ton of research on clean crockpot meals, and incorporating several recipes, I put together my own Clean Eating Crockpot Lasagna recipe. Trust me when I say, it’s phenomenal. It takes about 20 minutes to prep and 4 hours to cook in the slow cooker. It serves about 6 people, but since my husband usually eats 2 helpings, it only lasts us two dinners. I originally posted this on my beauty blog, http://www.lipglossbreak.com, but thought it could be helpful to share with busy moms too.
Ingredients:
1/2 package of whole grain, whole wheat or gluten free uncooked lasagna noodles
1 package of lean turkey
1 jar of all natural tomato sauce
2.5 cups of part skim shredded mozzarella cheese
15 oz container of part skim ricotta (you can substitute cottage cheese for this)
1 package of mushrooms
3 cups of spinach
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1 tablespoon of red pepper flakes
1. Brown the turkey, mixing in garlic and red pepper flakes
2. While meat is browning, mix the ricotta with 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese
3. Once meat is brown, add 3/4 of the jar of tomato sauce to the pan and stir, making a meat sauce
4. Line the base of your crockpot with lasagna noodles (you may need to break a few apart to fit)
5. Add a layer of the meat sauce on top of the noodles
6. Add a layer of the cheese mixture on top of the meat sauce
7. Add a layer of mushrooms on top of the cheese mixture
8. Add a layer of spinach on top of the mushrooms
9. Repeat steps 5-8 one more time
10. Add one more layer of the meat sauce & cheese if you have any left over, along with the rest of the pasta sauce
11. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese on top and cook in crockpot for 4 hours on low.
You really can’t mess this up. If your proportions and layers are off, it’s okay! Trust me, no two lasagnas will be the same.
Enjoy!
This looks so tasty! We love to use ground turkey. Sometimes instead of ricotta, I sub in cottage cheese. Pinning now!
I added a bunch. I love clean eating!
Oh, I love this recipe. It's very close to what I've been making for years.
This sounds really great. I have never tried ground turkey before to make lasagna with. I will definitely give this a try. I am going to pin this.
Going to try this sounds delicious!
Going to try this sounds delicious!