Skinny Crock-Pot Lasagna – Easy, Crock-Pot Comfort Food
This simple lasagna is so dreamy good. I really hope you give it a try. It’s my new favorite way to make lasagna. Wonderful for Sunday night dinner or busy weeknights. Loaded with protein, each slice has 273 calories and 9 grams of fat. Such a satisfying portion, serve with a side salad or some veggies and you’ll be stuffed!
Helpful Tips About this Recipe
Makes 8 servings
Shopping Tips
Most supermarkets sell extra lean ground beef. I used the 96% lean ground beef from Trader Joe’s. Sometimes I use a grass fed 94% lean ground beef I buy at my local supermarket. You could also use ground turkey, if desired. This recipe uses a total of 3½ cups jarred pasta sauce. I like Classico, Prego or Ragu. This recipe is so flexible. Use your favorite sauce that’s 1-2 grams of fat per serving. You’ll have some extra sauce. You can freeze it and use it later.
Prep Tips
You don’t need to use no-cook lasagna. Regular, uncooked lasagna noodles work just fine. The small amount of water is added to the crock-pot to help the lasagna noodles cook.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 7-Blue (using light ricotta cheese)
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 6-Green (using fat-free ricotta cheese)
Shopping Tips
Most supermarkets sell extra lean ground beef. I used the 96% lean ground beef from Trader Joe’s. Sometimes I use a grass fed 94% lean ground beef I buy at my local supermarket. You could also use ground turkey, if desired. This recipe uses a total of 3½ cups jarred pasta sauce. I like Classico, Prego or Ragu. This recipe is so flexible. Use your favorite sauce that’s 1-2 grams of fat per serving. You’ll have some extra sauce. You can freeze it and use it later.
Prep Tips
You don’t need to use no-cook lasagna. Regular, uncooked lasagna noodles work just fine. The small amount of water is added to the crock-pot to help the lasagna noodles cook.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 7-Blue (using light ricotta cheese)
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 6-Green (using fat-free ricotta cheese)
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 serving 273 calories, 9g fat, 4g sat. fat, 73mg chol, 27g protein, 25g carbs, 3g fiber, 495mg sod, 8g sugar |
| FACTS: for Freestyle SmartPoints 249 calories, 4g sat. fat, 25g protein, 7g sugar |
Skinny Crock-Pot Lasagna – Easy, Crock-Pot Comfort Food
Ingredients
- 1 pound extra lean ground beef, see shopping tips
- 1 cup onions, diced
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
- ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- A little black pepper
- 1 (15 ounce) carton light ricotta cheese
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 large egg
- 3 cups jarred pasta sauce. Buy 2 jars (24 oz each). I like Classico Tomato Basil. You’ll have some leftover sauce. See shopping tips below
- 6 lasagna noodles (4 ounces)
- ¼ cup water
Ingredients for Topping:
- ½ cup jarred pasta sauce
- 1 cup light Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Instructions
- In a large nonstick pan, brown ground beef with onions over medium-high heat until no longer pink. Be sure to break up beef into a crumble as it cooks. Remove from heat. Pour into a colander in the sink to drain the excess fat. Add back to pan and stir in Italian seasonings, crushed red pepper and black pepper.
- In a large bowl, combine ricotta cheese, spinach and egg. Mix well.
- To assemble lasagna: Spread 1 cup of pasta sauce in bottom of crock-pot. Top with half of noodles, breaking and overlapping as necessary to fit. Add half of beef mixture and spread all around. Next, spread 1 cup of the pasta sauce and add ¼ cup water. Spread half of the cheese/spinach mixture over pasta sauce. Top with remaining 3 noodles. Top with remaining beef. Spread remaining cheese/spinach mixture. Finally top with 1 cup pasta sauce. Spread evenly over top.
- Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 3-3½ hours or cook for 1½-2 hours on high heat until hot and lasagna noodles are soft. Once ready, top with ½ cup pasta sauce and 1 cup shredded cheese. Let stand, covered, for 10 minutes before serving.
- To serve: Cut lasagna into 8 portions. Remove each slice from crock-pot using a spatula. Leftovers freeze great!
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 273kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 27gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 73mgSodium: 495mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gBlue Smart Points: 7Green Smart Points: 6Plus Points: 7
Tried this recipe?Let me know how it was!
Yay! Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful feedback, Kyra!
All the best,
Nancy