This tasty Slow Cooker Freezer Meal Lasagna is a must have recipe! Yes I made this in an afternoon when doing twenty freezer meals for my crockpot. With end of the school year activities in full swing I needed a bunch of prep ahead meals that I could make for my family. This is one of the 20 Slow Cooker Freezer Meals in 4 Hours Plan.
So I got busy finding and creating recipes so I could take an afternoon and have meals ready to go for my family. This pasta crockpot recipe has been my kid’s favorite so far out of all the slow cooker meals. I served garlic bread and a side salad along with it.
Slow Cooker Lasagna is so good and it’s an easy freeze slow cooker supper that everyone will love. My whole family loved this complete crockpot dinner meal and they want me to make it again soon! Be sure to make this crockpot freezer meal, you will not be disappointed. I like to serve it with a side salad and garlic bread.
Be sure that you invest in a good quality slow cooker. Our favorite is this programmable cook and carry 6qt oval slow cooker. We hope you enjoy this delicious Slow Cooker Freezer Meal Lasagna as much as we do! This delicious recipe for Slow Cooker Freezer Meal Lasagna is so good and will save you time and money on dinner!
Slow Cooker Freezer Meal Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef browned and drained
- 8 lasagna noodles broken into pieces (uncooked regular noodles not oven baked noodles)
- 28 oz can diced tomatoes
- 5 1/2 oz tomato paste
- 1 24 oz jar pasta sauce
- 1/2 cup fresh celery diced
- 1/2 cup fresh carrots diced
- 1 cup fresh onion diced
- 1/2 cup fresh green pepper diced
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp ground parsley
- 1/2 tsp ground oregano
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Label gallon size freezer bag with name of recipe, date and instructions.
- Place all ingredients except pasta sauce in bag and seal.
- Place in freezer.
- To cook: Place bag in fridge to thaw overnight.
- Dump bag in crockpot and add pasta sauce.
- Cook on low 8 hours, stir halfway through to ensure noodles are covered in sauce.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Joanna M
July 31, 2016 at 4:45 pmWhy no pasta sauce in the freezer? I’m cool with it….I’m just curious why. 🙂
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
August 1, 2016 at 8:33 pmIt is just too much for the bag 🙂
Sherrie
August 4, 2016 at 10:32 pmDo you use uncooked lasagna noodles?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
August 7, 2016 at 2:01 pmYes – they are uncooked for this recipe. So easy!
Roger
August 11, 2016 at 9:55 amDo you use the ‘oven ready’ lasagna noodles for this one or the regular?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
August 11, 2016 at 2:37 pmRegular Lasagna Noodles
Ali
August 20, 2016 at 10:32 amDo you really put the cottage cheese and mozzarella in the crockpot the whole time?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
August 22, 2016 at 7:22 pmYes you do.
Kathy McCarthy
August 24, 2016 at 1:55 pmWhat size jar pasta sauce?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
August 27, 2016 at 9:16 pm1 (24 oz) jar pasta sauce
Andrea
October 23, 2016 at 9:53 amDo you really have to prepare cook the meat?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
October 24, 2016 at 8:11 amNo you don’t! 🙂
julia
October 23, 2016 at 1:12 pmdo you have to layer anything when it goes into the crockpot? noodles on top or anything like that?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
October 24, 2016 at 8:09 amNo you just dump it in.
Danielle
October 27, 2016 at 11:56 amI made this last night for my family of 5. We all really enjoyed it. I will definitely make it again. I made it from fresh as I forgot to buy the cottage cheese when I did my bulk buying for the rest of the meals I made. Thank you putting together these recipes AND the grocery list! I omitted the carrots and added a 1/2 pound extra meat. (It was extra from when I browned up my bulk meat.)
Babs
November 22, 2016 at 11:34 amin the one picture, the freezer bag has written on it 8 hours low and also 4 hours high. Is that either or?
Gave 4 stars only because it’s not “beautiful” on the plate. But it gets 5 starts for taste!
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
November 22, 2016 at 2:25 pmYes, your choice.
Amy
January 2, 2017 at 8:25 amCould I use ricotta cheese instead of cottage cheese?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
January 2, 2017 at 9:18 amYes, you can!
Erin
January 8, 2017 at 1:19 pmMy family are pasta lovers – will affect the recipe to add more noodles (as long as they stay covered by the sauce while they cook)?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
January 8, 2017 at 2:53 pmYes, that is no problem.
Kay
August 11, 2017 at 12:02 amcan i ure a different pasta in this recipe, my 2yr old eats pasta with his fingers, & torn lasagna noodle are hard for him to handle, with a toddler utensil or his fingers…
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
August 11, 2017 at 4:53 pmYes, I would think that would be no problem!
Katie
November 7, 2018 at 10:44 pmIf you choose to use a different type of noodles, do you know about how much?
Eileen
August 15, 2017 at 9:28 amWhat if your bag doesn’t unthaw all the way over night?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
August 15, 2017 at 2:33 pmThat is ok! No problem.
Clare
September 25, 2017 at 9:13 amWhat is the difference between “lasagne noodles” and “lasagne sheets”? I’m in the UK, so noodles to me means long thin things like spaghetti. I’m also not sure on the difference between uncooked and oven baked – how do I know what mine are? Thanks.
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
September 25, 2017 at 12:00 pmThey are the same 🙂 Your package should state they don’t need to be boiled if they are oven baked.
Carys Price
October 28, 2017 at 12:40 pmhi! I’m also in the UK just wondering what pasta you ended up with! desperate to try this tomo but confused about pasta! thank you
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
October 30, 2017 at 10:46 amUncooked regular noodles not oven baked noodles.
Stephony
December 4, 2017 at 5:56 pmThe recipe calls for regular lasagna noodles but the comment above says to use no boil or oven ready. So that means NOT regular noodles? Today I used regular noodles, low on 8 hours and the noodles turned to mush. Any suggestions? I want this recipe to work.
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
December 10, 2017 at 8:35 pmIt is uncooked regular noodles not oven baked noodles.
Whitney Rota
March 8, 2018 at 12:59 pmHow many calories per serving? and serving size?
DeGenai L Copeland
April 24, 2018 at 11:53 amCan i cook it on high and it’ll take 4 hours!?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
April 25, 2018 at 9:11 amYes!
Steph
May 12, 2018 at 5:05 pmCan this be made without cottage or ricotta cheese? I don’t like either of those.
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
May 14, 2018 at 9:23 amYou sure can!
Ayla
June 8, 2018 at 8:16 pmHey Steph I don’t like either of those cheeses either so I usually use cream cheese in their place for lasagna. I haven’t tried this exact recipe yet so I’m not sure of it will work.
Melissa @StockpilingMoms thanks for the recipes!
Julie West
June 10, 2018 at 12:04 amThis is a family fav! I use the 2 gallon size freezer bags and add the pasta sauce too. This way my eldest can handle throwing it in the crock for me.
billie317718
March 16, 2019 at 1:14 pmYou just made my heart happy!!! I love lasagna but not all the work… So this is the best of both worlds because there is no layering or precooking involved!!! Awesome 🙂 Can’t wait to try this! Thank you SO much!!!