Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup
This slow cooker lasagna soup is so wonderful and perfect for fall and winter, as the weather is getting cooler, I will be making this recipe a bunch of times!
My friend, Gina’s new cookbook was recently released called Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes.
It’s gorgeous!! It’s a great resource: Gina shares 140 recipes that are quick and easy to make as well as slow cooker meals. I love slow cooker meals!
She has tons of tips on how to stock your pantry for fast and slow cooking as well as secrets for using your slow cooker! 🙂
Recipes in the Skinnytaste Fast and Slow cookbook that I want to make: Avocado Toast: 5 Ways, Pasta E Fagiloi, Cold Peanut-Sesame Chicken & Sprialized Cucumber Noodle Salad, Egg Roll Bowls (an egg roll in a bowl!), Pizza-Stuffed Chicken Roll-Ups, Perfect Medium-Rare Roast Beef in the Slow Cooker, Baked Fish and Chips, Banana Pudding Cups and Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Shooters. (Yes, this list is huge!)
Cook the chicken sausage along with onion and garlic.
Add the chicken, broth, water, marinara (I used store bought so I could make prep super easy), parsley, bay leaves and pepper.
Mix up ricotta and parmesan cheeses and the fresh parsley.
Refrigerate and this will be the topping for your soup!
Once the soup is mostly cooked up, you’re going to add the spinach and the broken up lasagna noodles.
Let it cook for another 30 minutes.
Top with the cheese topping, more mozzarella cheese and freshly chopped basil!
This soup is soooo good! You will love it. It’s so easy to make and the flavor, it’s loaded. One of my new favorite soups, you guys!!!
Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 3 Tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- Cooking spray or oil mister
- 14 ounces sweet Italian chicken sausage, casings removed
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups marinara sauce, homemade (see Skinny Scoop) or store-bought
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 bay leaves
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cups baby spinach, chopped
- 6 ounces lasagna noodles, broken into small pieces
- 6 Tablespoons shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
- For the topping: In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, Parmesan, and parsley. Refrigerate until the soup is ready.
- For the soup: Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and coat with cooking spray. Add the sausage and cook, using a wooden spoon to bread the meat into small pieces as it browns, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker and add the broth, 2 1/4 cups water, the marinara sauce, parsley, bay leaves, and pepper to taste.
- Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.
- About 30 minutes before the soup is ready, remove the bay leaves and add the spinach and broken pasta. Cover and cook on high until the pasta is cooked, about 30 minutes.
- Divide the soup among 6 bowls and top each with 2 tablespoons of the ricotta mixture, and sprinkle with the mozzarella, basil, and pepper to taste.
from Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes by Gina Homolka with Heather K. Jones, R.D.
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YES. I’m so excited for this cookbook–I’m all about easy recipes right now. 🙂 The soup looks awesome!
Looks amazing Julie!! Thank you for sharing this!
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This is so clever, Julie. And delicious. It’s like soup and lasagna all at once…like whoa. Garfield would love it.
This soup is AMAZING!!!!!!
I love this twist of lasagne! Sometimes I just want something a little bit different. Also, it is perfect for those days where you want something warm and cozy like soup, but also want cheese and pasta. I will definitely be trying it this winter when it gets super cold outside!
I have some in my slow cooker right now! Can’t wait to get home from work to try it. Love this cookbook and my family does too!