Slow Cooker Spinach Lasagna

Here's a perfect recipe for Meatless Mondays: Skinny Slow Cooker Spinach Lasagna.

Yes, you can make lasagna in the slow cooker.

Easy Slow Cooker Spinach Lasagna

Every time I make lasagna I think of my dad. He wasn't a very adventurous eater, but he liked lasagna.

I love how I can feel closer to him when I cook and/or eat his favorite foods. Food has such a power to connect us.

Recipe Notes

I adapted this slow cooker spinach lasagna recipe slightly from Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly Revised and Updated: 600 Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker (affiliate link).

I added drained and squeezed dry chopped spinach. And used cottage cheese instead of ricotta. Like my mom always did when we were growing up.

Mom gave this slow cooker spinach lasagna an enthusiastic thumbs up.

Rod ate it without complaint. Rod never complains about what I cook. Am I lucky or what?

But it wasn't a favorite. He's not really a red sauce guy.

So, next time I think I'll make this slow cooker spinach lasagna with an alfredo sauce, which will make him much happier.

Piece of Slow Cooker Spinach Lasagna

How Many Calories and WW Points in this Lasagna?

According to my calculations, each serving has about 360 calories and:

11 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
10 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
10 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
9 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

To see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, Click here!

Not bad when you consider that a single serving of Olive Garden's Lasagna Classico (lunch) has 640 calories and *22 SmartPoints, according to Weight Watchers Tracker.

The Olive Garden Dinner Classic Recipes Lasagna Classico has 930 calories and *32 SmartPoints - yikes!!

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Slow Cooker Spinach Lasagna Recipe

This easy and delicious skinny slow cooker spinach lasagna is perfect for meatless Mondays.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time5 hrs

Total Time5 hrs 20 mins

Servings (adjustable): 8

Calories: 360

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Ingredients

• ▢ 4-½ cups fat-free meatless spaghetti sauce
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, defrosted, drained and squeezed dry
• ▢ 2 cups (16 ounces) non-fat cottage cheese
• ▢ 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
• ▢ ¾ cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• ▢ ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ 8 ounces oven-ready lasagna noodles

Instructions

• Ideal slow cooker size: 4-Quart.
• In a large bowl, stir together the spaghetti sauce and water.
• Make sure your spinach is as dry as possible.
• In another bowl, mix together the spinach, cottage cheese, 1-½ cups of the mozzarella cheese, ¼ cup of the Parmesan cheese, egg, Italian seasoning and garlic powder, until well blended.
• Spray your crock pot insert with nonstick cooking spray. (I used my 4-quart CrockPot. The recipe says to use a 4- or 5-Quart.)
• Spread ¼ of the sauce in the bottom of the slow cooker. Top with ⅓ of the noodles, breaking them to fit.
• Spread the noodles with ⅓ of the spinach and cheese mixture, making sure the noodles are covered.
• Repeat the layers two more times.
• Spread your slow cooker spinach lasagna with the remaining sauce.
• Cover and Cook on LOW 4 to 5 hours.
• Sprinkle with remaining ½ cup mozzarella and ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheeses. Cover and let stand 10 minutes to allow the cheese to melt.

Equipment

4-Quart Slow Cooker

Mixing Bowls

Box Grater

Recipe Notes

Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.

11 *SmartPoints (Green plan)

10 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)

10 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)

9 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

Nutrition Facts

Slow Cooker Spinach Lasagna Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 /8th recipe)

Calories 360 Calories from Fat 90

% Daily Value*

Fat 10g15%

Carbohydrates 39g13%

Fiber 7g28%

Protein 25g50%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: crock pot spinach lasagna, lightened up spinach lasagna, vegetarian lasagna

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Recipe source: Slightly adapted from Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly Revised and Updated: 600 Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker (affiliate link) by Phyllis Good

*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

This video shows how easy it is to make another version of crock pot lasagna with fresh spinach:

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