Lasagna

This has been my favorite meal to try since beginning my crock pot journey! Hubby has told me a long time ago that lasagna was one of his favorites... and yet I have never cooked it before. 
Until now. And I must say, I don't know that I'll ever bake lasagna. Unless I'm taking it somewhere, then baking it in a throw away aluminum dish might be convenient. But this was delicious! By far the best I've ever had. Bug thought so too! If only I posted pictures of my darling baby on here, I could show you the mess that she made cleaning her plate (with a good sized spoonful on it) then reaching for my plate and begging for more. Then of course using it as hair gel =/ so much for that bath I just gave her! 
Best part about this recipe, is that I'll get 2 freezer meals out of it!!! That's a 3 meal dish right there! Now I don't mind all the prep (30 minutes) that it took ;).
**So I'd say this could easily feed 6-8 people.**

• 1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef
• 2 onions, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 48-ounce jar chunky pasta sauce
• 14-ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 3/4 cup water
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 15-ounce container part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1 egg, beaten
• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 16 ounce package mafalda noodles (mini lasagna noodles)
• Parmesan cheese

1.  In a skillet, brown hamburger meat with onion and garlic. Drain.
2. Mix meat and onion in skillet with pasta sauce, diced tomatoes, and water.
   **Tip: I used the 3/4 cup of water and rinsed out all the leftover tomato sauce in the jar, no waste!**
3. Salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
4. In a bowl, mix ricotta cheese and egg til well beaten.
5. Add 1 cup mozzarella cheese to cheese mixture.
6. Now here's the fun part!! Begin layering.
1. Meat mixture
2. Noodles
   *I had regular sized lasagna noodles, so I just broke them up into 1-2 inch pieces*
3. 1 cup mozzarella cheese
4. Meat
5. Ricotta cheese mixture
6. REPEAT.
7. Finish off with Noodles and more mozzarella cheese!
7. Cover and cook on LOW for 4-5 hours.
8. Top with Parmesan cheese and serve!

I am putting mine in the fridge -still in the crock pot- to cool and get a lil harder so it'll be easier to put into freezer containers. I'm so glad to have gotten 3 meals out of this! All for 30 minutes of work and about $10! How I have missed the magic of my crock pot, I will never know! But I've found it now and I will spread it like fairy dust! Enjoy!

Day 9: I am thankful that if you hold strong and have trust and faith in the Lord, He will provide for His children. I am in total shock of how everything went from on edge of disaster to falling back into working order, but am thankful that He gave me peace through the valley that all would be ok. What would have normally been a horrible stressful week for me, was not and I was able to enjoy my daughter, husband and these amazing meals. 

God is good, all the time.

All the time, God is good.