Recipe to share

I have been reading the book "The Duggars: 20 & Counting" which has a ton of recipes in it, and came across this one for Slow Cooker Lasagne. Well unlike Michelle Duggar, I've got a "small" family to feed, so cut her original recipe down to 1/4 of the original and substitued a few things. I made it today and it was simpler, and more yummy than I imagined! My family raved so I thought I'd share:

28 oz jar of pasta sauce
1 lb of lean ground beef or turkey
teaspoon of italian seasoning
1/3 cup water
15 oz container of cottage cheese
1-1/2 cups of lowfat mozzarella cheese
4 oz. can of mushrooms (I despise mushrooms, so put in a cup of diced summer squash instead)
box of linguine noodles, cut in half (the original recipe called for lasagne noodles)


In a large skillet, brown meat along with the italian seasoning . Add to it the sauce and water and mix well. In the bottom of a lightly greased (I used non-stick spray) slow cooker, add a layer of uncooked linguine noodles. On top of the noodles add 1/4 of the sauce, then a layer of cottage cheese, and then 1/4 of the cheese. Repeat the layers four times. Cover and cook on high one hour, then reduce to low for 5 hours.

This fed three adults and two kids, and we still had half-left (I suppose because the garlic bread I made with it filled us up too!). It's a great potluck meal and really simple to prepare!

Enjoy!