I love Italian food. I really LOVE anything dish with tomatoes. There is nothing better than a good red sauce. I have been working on my family tree the last few months, and am astonished that I don’t have any roots tracing back to Italy. How could that be? I wonder if there is any such thing as an honorary Italian.
Hunt’s® has teamed up with Kraft® for a second year to create 12 new signature recipes featuring Hunt’s® canned tomatoes and Kraft® Parmesan Cheese. Needless to say, when I was asked to share one of these recipes with you, I jumped at the opportunity. I use Hunt’s® diced, stewed and whole tomatoes in my cooking all the time.
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Earlier this week I made Slow Cooker Mushroom Spinach Lasagna, one of the new signature recipes featuring Hunt’s® canned tomatoes and Kraft® Parmesan Cheese. It was so delicious! Plus, it was super easy to make. Slow cooker lasagna is the way to go! I may never make it in the oven again.
Slow Cooker Mushroom Spinach Lasagna
Ingredients:
PAM® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pkg (8 oz each) fresh sliced mushrooms
1 pkg (6 oz each) baby spinach leaves
1 can (14.5 oz each) Hunt’s® Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano, undrained
2 cups Hunt’s® Tomato Sauce
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 container (8 oz each) part-skim ricotta cheese
1/2 cup Kraft® Grated Parmesan Cheese, divided
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
6 dry lasagna noodles, uncooked
1-1/2 cups shredded Italian blend cheese, divided
Directions:
1. Spray inside of 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add spinach; cook 3 minutes more or until mushrooms are tender and spinach is wilted, stirring occasionally. Stir in undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, combine ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and pepper in small bowl; set aside.
2. Spread 3/4 cup sauce mixture over bottom of slow cooker. Layer 3 lasagna noodles over sauce mixture, breaking noodles to fit. Top with 3/4 cup sauce mixture, ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup Italian cheese. Top with 3/4 cup sauce mixture and remaining 3 lasagna noodles, breaking to fit. Spoon remaining sauce mixture over noodles.
3. Cover; cook on LOW 5 hours or until noodles are tender. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Italian cheese and remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Cover; let stand 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
Recipe Source: Hunts
The new signature recipes are fantastic and feature a variety of flavors and ingredients. The new recipes include Weeknight Mini Meatloaves, Nacho Macaroni and Cheese Bake, Pesto Pomodoro Chicken, Easy Chicken Parmesan, 30-Minute Chili and more!
I love that Hunt’s® tomato are 100% natural – with no artificial preservatives. Plus, Hunt’s® cans each tomato for the diced, stewed, and whole varieties within hours of picking it from the field, and uses FlashSteam® (a proprietary, natural peeling method using steam from hot water) to peel our tomatoes — similar to how tomatoes are peeled by home canners.
Did you know that October is National Tomato month? Now is the perfect time to try out any of Hunt’s® recipes. The new recipes available at Hunts.com make it so easy for you to prepare delicious food. You don’t have to be a master chef to create great meals that your family will love.
Slow Cooker Mushroom Spinach Lasagna
About a MomIngredients
- PAM® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pkg 8 oz each fresh sliced mushrooms
- 1 pkg 6 oz each baby spinach leaves
- 1 can 14.5 oz each Hunt's® Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano, undrained
- 2 cups Hunt's® Tomato Sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 container 8 oz each part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup Kraft® Grated Parmesan Cheese divided
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 6 dry lasagna noodles uncooked
- 1-1/2 cups shredded Italian blend cheese divided
Instructions
- 1. Spray inside of 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add spinach; cook 3 minutes more or until mushrooms are tender and spinach is wilted, stirring occasionally. Stir in undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, combine ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and pepper in small bowl; set aside.
- 2. Spread 3/4 cup sauce mixture over bottom of slow cooker. Layer 3 lasagna noodles over sauce mixture, breaking noodles to fit. Top with 3/4 cup sauce mixture, ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup Italian cheese. Top with 3/4 cup sauce mixture and remaining 3 lasagna noodles, breaking to fit. Spoon remaining sauce mixture over noodles.
- 3. Cover; cook on LOW 5 hours or until noodles are tender. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Italian cheese and remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Cover; let stand 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
I haven’t tried slow cooker but some of my friends have been telling me to go buy one, seeing your lasagna post, now I want a cooker of my own!
I’ve never tried lasagna in the slow cooker. I’ll have to try this!
Out of all the things I have made in the crockpot, lasagna has not been one of them. I am going to give this a try, just without the mushrooms.
That looks amazing! I love slow cooker recipes.
I thnk i have lasagna noodles that would work for this. It’s looks great
Yum! That looks super simple! My middle LOVES lasagna! i need to try this! Thanks!
We don’t have a slow cooker but I kind of wish now that we do!
I have had lasagna cooked in the slow cooker but I’ve never cooked it myself. I’ll have to try it out though.
Yum, Mushroom Spinach Lasagna sounds great and it looks absolutely delicious. I cannot wait to give this a try. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Now this I am going to have to try! Do you know if the GF noodles would work too?