Low Maintenance Lasagna

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients:

Nonstick cooking spray

1 26-ounce jar pasta sauce

¾ cup water

1 15-ounce carton part-skim ricotta cheese

½ cup shredded carrots

6 regular lasagna noodles

1½ cups part-skim shredded mozzarella cheese (6 ounces)

Method:

1 Coat a 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In a large microwavesafe bowl, stir together the pasta sauce and the water. Cover with wax paper and microwave on high for about 3 minutes. In the meantime, in a medium bowl, stir together ricotta cheese and carrots; set aside.

2 Spoon ½ cup of the sauce mixture in the bottom of the slow cooker. Break half of the noodles and arrange over the sauce. Spoon half of the ricotta mixture over the noodles.

3 Continue layering in the following order: ½ cup mozzarella, half of the remaining sauce, remaining noodles (breaking them to fit), the remaining ricotta mixture, ½ cup mozzarella, the rest of the sauce, and the rest of the mozzarella.

4 Cover; cook on low-heat setting for about 3 hours, until the noodles are tender. Remove liner from slow cooker; let cool, covered, for about 20 minutes so lasagna will be easier to slice.

Nutrition per serving: 286 calories; 18g protein; 10g fat (5g saturated fat); 31g carbohydrate; 3g fiber; 397mg calcium; 1mg iron; 646mg sodium.

Low Maintenance Lasagna