Slow Cooker Spinach And Crab Lasagna Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, cook onion and (if using fresh spinach) in butter until tender; add garlic and sauté to release flavor.
• Stir in cornstarch, Old Bay, and basil. Add cream all at once.
• Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
• In medium bowl, stir in together, ricotta/sour cream and egg.
• Add half of Mozzarella and half of parmesan; mix well. Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Arrange lasagna pieces in bottom of a greased 12x7� rectangular baking dish.
• Top with half of spinach mixture, half crab chunks, and half Ricotta mixture.
• Repeat layers- noodles, spinach, crab, Ricotta.
• Top with remaining Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
• Cover with foil and tent foil and seal well (do not let foil touch top of lasagna).
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until mixture is bubbly. Uncover and bake for 10-12 more minutes to lightly brown top.
• Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix pasta sauce, tomatoes, crushed red pepper, bell pepper and zucchini. Spread 1 cup tomato mixture in bottom of slow cooker.
• Layer 3 lasagna noodles, broken into pieces to fit, over sauce in slow cooker. Spread half of the ricotta cheese over noodles; sprinkle with 1/4 cup of the mozzarella cheese and half of the spinach. Top with one-third of the tomato sauce mixture (about 1 1/2 cups). Repeat layering of noodles, cheeses and spinach. Top with remaining 3 noodles and sauce. Save remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese in refrigerator.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 to 5 hours or until noodles are tender and cooked through. Sprinkle with reserved mozzarella; cover and let stand 10 minutes to melt cheese.