Slow-Cooker Lasagna

Honestly, this lasagna needs no introduction, really- as it is my FAVORITE lasagna I have ever had. Honestly! AND, it's made in the slow cooker! It's a super easy recipe that I found on the internet but substituted a few things here and there and made it even EASIER than it was originally! You don't even have to bake the noodles, the tomato sauce will soften them over time in the slow cooker. I used a large slow cooker, so if yours is smaller you might want to half the recipe, or make more layers and adjust the time accordingly (adding an hour to the cook time). There's no picture, because, well, all lasagna looks the same- this one just happens to taste the best!

Slow Cooker Lasagna

-1 pound lean ground beef
-Garlic powder (or garlic salt)
-1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
-1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
-2-3 teaspoons dried oregano
-1 (12 ounce) package lasagna noodles
-12 ounces low fat cottage cheese
-1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
-16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

1. In a large skillet over medium heat cook the ground beef until brown. Add garlic powder to your personal taste while beef is still warm. Add beef, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and oregano to a medium sized bowl and stir until well incorporated.
2. In another bowl mix together the cottage cheese, grated Parmesan cheese, and shredded mozzarella cheese.
3. Spoon a layer of the meat mixture onto the bottom of the slow cooker. Add a double layer of the uncooked lasagna noodles, making sure that the tomato sauce is covering the underside of the noodles. Break to fit noodles into slow cooker. Top noodles with a portion of the cheese mixture. Repeat the layering of sauce, noodles, and cheese until all the ingredients are used. (We did three layer in our big slow cooker.) Make sure that the meat/sauce is thick but watery enough so that the noodles will soften in the slow cooker.
4. Cover, and cook on LOW setting for 4 to 5 hours. (Watch it the first time you make it and make sure that the noodles are able to get soft, ours were perfect doing it on this setting for this amount of time.)

Enjoy!