I've been so busy this summer having fun with the children, sewing, cooking and storing up canned food, and lately, cleaning out old emails! Thus, I haven't added to my blog much over the past while.

Tonight we are having a delicious, quick meal - Lasagna - made in the crockpot. We got the idea out of a Real Simple magazine. I use a jar of the Marinara Sauce (recipe posted earlier) that I made up in large patches and canned. Try it when you need a quick healthy meal. We're going to add peas and a salad and fresh homemade whole wheat bread for a complete meal. Another thing I do to make this a fast meal is to cook my Italian sausage up a head of time. I cook several pounds up at one time and then put enough for 1 recipe in freezer bags, however much meat your family likes. Enjoy. Our house smells wonderful right now!

Crockpot Lasagna

1 jar Spaghetti or Marinara sauce

9 pieces dried lasagna noodles

2 cups mozarella cheese

1 cup cooked italian sausage 

Pour about 1/3 cup sauce on the bottom of the crocpot. Then layer 3 noodles, sauce, meat, cheese for a total of 3 layers, ending with cheese on top. I cook it on low for 3-4 hrs. I've seen recipes where you cook it on high, but I'm afraid my cheese would burn.

We will be starting up our homeschooling again soon and we live on crockpot meals on busy homeschooling days. I'm going to try to post a few of those here as we make them. I would love to receive everyone's favorite crockpot meal recipes to try myself. Thanks in advance!

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Posted by Isabella

Thanks for the recipe. I will do this on Sunday, and it will be cooking while we are at Church. God Bless. I

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Posted by angelarbp

Ours was a little dry tonight. I may cook it more like 2-3 hrs and maybe add a can of tomatoes and juice next time. See what you think and let me know how yours turns out.

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Posted by gabbie427

This sounds yummy and sooooo simple!! I have a recipe for crockpot lasagna, but it is a bit more complicated, so I will have to try yours!!!! And I do the same thing with my ground hamburger, sausage, and pork burger. I cook several pounds off at a time, normally with some onion and freeze it in one pound packages. I love the way this makes cooking dinner a breeze.

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

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Posted by angelarbp

You are so right. Once I diced up a 10lb bag of onions and put them in freezer bags, 1 cup per bag. It was very helpful, but my hands smelled like onions for 2 weeks. Also, our extra freezer is in my laundry room, so my laundry room smelled like onions forever. Not a good thing when you have your house for sale! Today we are going to try making crackers. I'd also like to learn to make cheese.

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Posted by wannabeone

I enjoy your blog...I hope you will write more.

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

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Posted by afarmgirl

Thanks for sharing!

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