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September 16, 2011

A Crockpot Kinda Day

It's a rainy day....   a day with appointments to keep
and time to save! A perfect day to try one tried and true
and a brand new (to me) recipe....Have you ever made
Crockpot Lasagna?
No, well me either until today.

Ingredient list:
Spagetti sauce  (I used one can Hunt's, one jar of
home made and 1 can of paste)
Sweet sausage & grond beef
Package of frozen cheese ravioli
Fresh baby spinach  (optional)
Shredded cheese 
Crock Pot
(size depending on quantity you want to make!)

Directions:
Cook the sweet sausage and ground beef then
add the sauce to make a nice thick spagetti sauce. 
(I also added about 2 TBsp of my frozen pesto for added flavor)
I sprayed the inside of the crockpot with an
olive oil spray to keep things from sticking...
this is totally optional.

Put a little bit of sauce on the bottom then start layering:
frozen ravioli  (enough to cover the sauce)
a little fresh spinach
a little shredded cheese
top with sauce
Repeat until you've used up your ingredients... top with cheese!
Turn the crock pot on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 4.
Serve hot with garlic bread... DELICIOUS!

Now for desert, how about a little  APPLE CRISP
with vanilla ice cream.... yummy!! 
 I can hardly wait to come home and smell this all cooking!

Peel and cut up 6-8 good sized apples 
(enough for 6-8 cups) put into a large bowl add
3/4 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup flour
2TBsp water
1 Cup oats
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 TBsp butter   (cut up)
Mix all of this together and put into a 4 quart crock pot
(Previously sprayed with olive oil so it won't stick).
Cook on low for a few hours!! 


Seriously, most crock pot recipes are very forgiving... 
 if you cook it a LITTLE bit longer or
shorter length of time it will be ok.
You can also USUALLY cook on high for
almost half of the time.



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