📋Healthy Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup Recipe

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📋Healthy Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup Recipe

This easy and Healthy Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup is like eating lasagna in healthy soup form. It's a hearty soup that's easy to make and requires no precooking; just dump all the ingredients in the recipe, set it and forget it!

Course dinner, lunch

Cuisine Italian

Keyword beef lasagna, lasagna, soup

Special Diet weight watchers

Prep Time 10

4 30

Total Time 4 40

Servings servings

Calories 191kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pound extra lean ground beef * do not precook
2 10 oz cans mushrooms (with water) - do not drain
1 onion chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
28 oz canned diced tomatoes (with tomato juice) - do not drain
22 oz can of tomato sauce
¾ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
½ teaspoons dried basil
4 cups beef broth or vegetable broth
10 oz pkg frozen spinach (or 10 frozen spinach nuggets) - do not defrost
2 cups dry curd cottage cheese *aka Farmer's cheese
1 ½ cup light or fat-free grated parmesan cheese
10 oven ready lasagna noodles (also called 'express'), cut into smaller pieces (about ⅓ - ½ box) broken into pieces or bow tie noodles

Garnish

1 cup low-fat shredded mozzarella cheese a little on top
more grated parmesan

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Instructions

Add all ingredients, except lasagna noodles and mozzarella cheese, to slow cooker *DO NOT DRAIN TOMATOES OR MUSHROOMS
Stir to break up ground beef and make sure ingredients are combined
1 pound extra lean ground beef, 2 10 oz cans mushrooms (with water), 1 onion, 4 cloves garlic, 28 oz canned diced tomatoes (with tomato juice), 22 oz can of tomato sauce, ¾ teaspoon red pepper flakes, 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, ½ teaspoons dried basil, 4 cups beef broth, 10 oz pkg frozen spinach (or 10 frozen spinach nuggets), 1 ½ cup light or fat-free grated parmesan cheese, 2 cups dry curd cottage cheese
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours
Optional: Soak lasagna noodles in hot water for about 7 minutes.
* You don't have to do this step. Alternatively, if you don't care how they look, you can break them up before cooking OR you can put them in whole and cut them after, if you prefer. Finally, you can use a fresh noodle that's easier to cut OR a different type of pasta (such as bowtie)
10 oven ready lasagna noodles (also called 'express'), cut into smaller pieces
Remove and place on paper towel. Pat dry.
Then remove and slice into even pieces
Add lasagna noodles and cook for 30 minutes longer (after the lasagna has cooked for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low). *Make sure you turn it up to high if you were cooking on low
Melt mozzarella on top, then mix in. Or simply ladle the hot soup into bowls, and dollop a scoop of mozzarella cheese top.
1 cup low-fat shredded mozzarella cheese a little on top

Garnish

Add more parmesan cheese if desired. You could also garnish with fresh basil, if desired.
more grated parmesan

Notes

Storage:

Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. It freezes well for up to 3 months in an airtight container or freeze-safe bags and can be reheated in the microwave.

This crockpot lasagna soup recipe will thicken even more to the point of being stewy when it sits in the fridge, as the noodles absorb the liquid. You can simply add a little more beef stock if you like it thinner.

Top tips

I also love to use a meal mug (affiliate link) to take this soup to work. I freeze it in the same mug, then pop it in the microwave and have it for lunch!

You will have leftover dry cottage cheese, but it does freeze well for up to 3 months, if you place the container in a large ziplock freezer bag.

You can also use up leftover dry cottage cheese (aka farmer's cheese) in one of these 15 recipes with Farmers Cheese !

Variations & Substitutions

Spinach - you can use fresh spinach instead of frozen

Cottage cheese- you can use regular cottage cheese instead of dry cottage cheese but it's important you drain it and cook the soup on the LOW setting (see ingredient notes above).

Vegetarian - the beef hamburger can be replaced with a plant-based burger to make this vegetarian lasagna soup or skip the meat altogether

Lasagna Noodles- you can use a fresh noodle that's easier to cut OR a different kind of pasta (such as bowtie). Or you can use whole wheat regular lasagna noodles (you'll need to add them earlier)

Meat - you can make this lasagna soup with ground turkey or ground chicken instead of ground beef

Tomato sauce - you can substitute marinara sauce

Canned Diced Tomatoes - you can use crushed tomatoes instead

Herbs - you can use fresh herbs instead of dried, but you'll need to double the amount

Add-ins - add in green peppers and a bay leaf, if you like

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