Crockpot Lasagna Easy Dinner Recipe

This Crockpot Lasagna has become my go to Easy Dinner Recipe. It's a crockpot dinner, so it cooks low and slow, and then I have the night off from cooking (gotta love that!)

Crockpot Lasagna Easy Dinner Recipe

It's being to look a lot like Fall in Iowa. Which is awesome! But, for me on this blog that means crazy season – you see, this blog is actually all about deals, coupons, Black Friday, how to save money on everyday things. I just happen to have a pretty goo recipe following because I love easy dinner recipes. I love meal planning, and I also, therefore am also looking to have easy dinner ideas in my back pocket. And, the best ones end up on here.

One could say that I need a place to gather my best crockpot recipes and that would be 100% true. Here are a few of my most popular easy crockpot meals:

Crockpot Chicken Sandwiches

Crockpot Crack Chicken Pasta

Philly Cheese Steak Crock Pot Dinner

French Dips in the Crock Pot

But, anyhow, I digress. My point being above that this time of the year is crazy, but with two involved kiddos, that's to be expected and who am I kidding? It's like this year round. Our schedules are NUTS. Which again, is why I love crock pot dinners. Pop everything in the crockpot, set to low, or high (or whatever) and you're on your way!

When lasagna sounded good for my meal plan, I knew I had to get this crock pot lasagna put on the blog. I've made it before, but never documented it. And, now… voila! It's on video AND on the blog (gotta love that). And, this easy dinner is sinfully easy. Stir, stir, layer, press a button. And, done. Just like that.

** On a side note. I make lasagna with cottage cheese. I didn't use to, but my husband swore that was the only way after the first time that I made lasagna with ricotta cheese. So, now, I love and adore lasagna using cottage cheese. And, this crockpot lasagna with cottage cheese is one you're going to come back to time and time again, I can promise you that!

Also, this slow cooker lasagna recipe uses regular lasagna noodles. Not no boil lasagna noodles, not boiled lasagna noodles and definitely not even ready lasagna noodles. Use regular lasagna noodles in this slowcooker lasagna because the sauces and liquid will be soaked up and create the perfect crockpot lasagna.

Here's how I whip this Crockpot Lasagna Easy Dinner Recipe up:

Get all of my ingredients together:

1/2 lb. Italian sausage

1/2 lb. ground beef

45 ounces Spaghetti sauce (I use Prego)

20 ounces cottage cheese

1 egg

1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese

1 T Italian seasoning

2 cups mozzarella cheese (divided)

9 regular lasagna noodles broken in half

How to make Crockpot Lasagna:

First, brown your meat. I do that together. Probably because I am part lazy, but I like to call it efficient. 🙂

Brown Italian sausage and ground beef in a pan together.

Add the browned meat to the spaghetti sauce.

Combine the cottage cheese, egg, parmesan cheese and Italian seasonings together, stirring well.

Spray the crockpot with nonstick spray.

Layer ingredients like this:

1/3 meat/sauce mixture

3 noodles broken in half

1/2 cottage cheese mixture

1 cup mozzarella cheese

1/3 meat/sauce mixture

3 noodles broken in half

1/2 cottage cheese mixture

1 cup mozzarella cheese

3 noodles broken in half

1/3 meat/sauce mixture

Now, I used my Ninja Slow Cooker on low for 4 hours. Depending on the heat of your slow cooker, you might need 4-6 hours. I would not go on high with this recipe, and check it at 4 hours. You should be good to go. If not, bake it a little longer. I hope you love this easy crockpot lasagna as much as we did!