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.