Zucchini, spinach and bell pepper layer into this delicious slow-cooker lasagna and you won't believe it is less than 300 calories per serving!
Skinny Slow-Cooker Spinach Lasagna
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 5 hr 40 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 jar (25.5 oz) Muir Glen™ organic tomato basil pasta sauce
- 1 can (14.5 oz) Muir Glen™ organic fire roasted crushed or diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper, if desired
- 1 yellow bell pepper, coarsely chopped
- 1 zucchini, halved and thinly sliced
- 9 uncooked lasagna noodles
- 1 1/4 cups light ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (6 oz)
- 4 cups coarsely chopped fresh baby spinach (4 oz)
Instructions
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Step1Spray 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.
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Step2Layer 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.
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Step3Cover; 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.
Nutrition
280
Calories
8g
Total Fat
16g
Protein
34g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 280
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 22%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 530mg
- 22%
- Potassium
- 270mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 34g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 15%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 16g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 50%
- 50%
- Vitamin C
- 35%
- 35%
- Calcium
- 30%
- 30%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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