Crock Pot Lasagna

Crock Pot Lasagna 

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
29 oz can tomato sauce
8 oz pkg. lasagna noodles, uncooked
4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 
1 1/2 cups cottage cheese
aDirections 
1.) Spray the inside of the crock-pot with cooking spray                        
2.) Brown the ground beef
3.) Stir the tomato sauce in with the ground beef
4.) Spread 1/4 of the meat sauce on the bottom of the crock-pot
5.) Arrange 1/3 of the uncooked noodles over the sauce (I usually break them up so they fit better)
6.) Combine the cheeses in a bowl. Spoon 1/3 of the cheeses over the noodles.
7.) Repeat these layers twice
8.) Top with remaining sauce
9.) Cover and cook on low for 4hrs (I've started the crock-pot on high in the morning while I get ready for work and then put it on warm before I leave and it's perfect when I get home)
10.) Let the lasagna stand in the crock-pot with the lid off for at least 10 minutes  

* Variations Add chopped onion and garlic to the ground beef in step 2
Use Italian sausage in place of ground beef or with ground beef
Add 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese to the cheese mixture. Replace cottage cheese with Ricotta. 
Add 1/2 cup additional shredded mozzarella cheese to the top of lasagna 5 minutes before serving