Name: Slow Cooker Lasagna
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 360 min
Total time: 380 min
Ingredients: 1 pound cottage cheese ((can sub ricotta cheese)); 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese; Two 26-ounce jars marinara sauce; 2 pounds lean ground beef, (cooked and drained); One 9-ounce package lasagna noodles

Slow Cooker Lasagna Recipe

This Slow Cooker Lasagna recipe has just 5 ingredients! It’s such an easy, family friendly meal perfect for busy days.

This simple dinner recipe is a big hit in my house. And I’m so happy to have a slow-cooker recipe that I can use for busy days where I don’t have time to cook. How cool is it that a slow cooker can make lasagna for you? Yes. Very cool, indeed! You do not need any experience in the kitchen to make this recipe!

ingredients displayed for making slow cooker lasagna

Ingredients Needed:

cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
shredded mozzarella cheese
jarred marinara sauce
lean ground beef
lasagna noodles- you do not need to cook them!

How to make Slow Cooker Lasagna:

The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.

Place the cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese in a medium bowl and stir to combine.
Add a thin layer of pasta sauce to the bottom of a slow cooker. Add a thin layer of the cooked ground beef and a layer of the noodles, breaking the noodles to make them fit. Top the noodle layer with a layer of the cheese mixture. Repeat until all of the ingredients are used, ending with a layer of sauce.
Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Serve hot.

spatula taking slice of lasagna out of slow cooker

Recipe Tips

Add in frozen chopped spinach, squeezed dry. Add in chopped mushrooms. Use sausage in place of ground beef. Be creative!
As the lasagna comes out of the oven, sprinkle a little more mozzarella cheese on top, as well as some chopped fresh parsley. That will make it look pretty!

spatula holding slice of slow cooker lasagna

What is the Best Slow Cooker?

The slow cooker that I’ve bought over and over again is the Hamilton Beach Portable 6 Quart Digital Programmable Slow Cooker. It’s the absolute best. I gift it to everyone too. If you want to make two kinds of lasagna at the same time in your slow cooker, buy this silicone divider set!

What I Love About This Recipe:

It’s a no-brainer, EASY dinner recipe.
We love lasagna, but sometimes we don’t want to do all of the work to make a classic lasagna.
This is on my list of repeat-slow cooker recipes for busy weeknights!

Best Slow Cooker Recipes:

5 from 1 vote

Slow Cooker Lasagna

By RecipeGirl.com (reprinted with permission from Good Bite Weeknight Meals)

There is nothing like coming home at the end of a long day and having dinner ready to put on the table!

Prep: 20

Cook: 6

Total: 6 20

Servings: 8 servings

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Ingredients

▢ 1 pound cottage cheese (can sub ricotta cheese)
▢ 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
▢ Two 26-ounce jars marinara sauce
▢ 2 pounds lean ground beef, cooked and drained
▢ One 9-ounce package lasagna noodles

Instructions

Place the cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese in a medium bowl and stir to combine.
Add a thin layer of pasta sauce to the bottom of a slow cooker. Add a thin layer of the cooked ground beef and a layer of the noodles, breaking the noodles to make them fit. Top the noodle layer with a layer of the cheese mixture. Repeat until all of the ingredients are used, ending with a layer of sauce.
Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Serve hot.

Notes

Choose a type of marinara sauce that has garlic and Italian spices mixed in.
Possible add-in: Frozen, defrosted spinach, squeezed dry.
Substitution/additions: Ricotta cheese, ground turkey.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 457kcal, Carbohydrates: 36g, Protein: 43g, Fat: 15g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 0.4g, Cholesterol: 102mg, Sodium: 1304mg, Potassium: 1091mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 9g, Vitamin A: 1067IU, Vitamin C: 13mg, Calcium: 231mg, Iron: 5mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.