Slow-Cooker Lasagna #7

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 1 lb Italian sausage
• 1 pouch (9 oz) Progresso™ Recipe Starters™ fire roasted tomato cooking sauce
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 7 uncooked lasagna noodles

Details

Servings 4
Cooking time 265mins
Adapted from pillsbury.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 BROWN sausage in nonstick skillet; stir in cooking sauce and 1 1/2 cups water.

2 MIX 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese and the ricotta cheese. (Refrigerate remaining mozzarella cheese while lasagna cooks.) Spray 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.

3 LAYER in slow cooker: 1/2 cup sausage mixture and 2 1/2 noodles, broken into pieces to fit. Top with half of the cheese mixture and 1/2 cup sausage mixture. Repeat. Top with remaining 2 noodles and remaining sausage mixture, covering noodles completely.

4 COOK, covered, on Low heat setting 4 to 5 hours or until noodles are tender. Sprinkle top of lasagna with remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Let stand until cheese melts.

5 SERVE by cutting into pieces or spooning out.
A richer lasagna? Serve with sour cream.

If desired, garnish with Italian (flat-leaf) parsley leaves.