Slow Cooker Lasagne Soup

This recipe and accompanying photos first appeared on the much-missed Paper Turtle blog and has been tweaked by me. 🙂

Ingredients:

500g beef mince (I used 5% fat)

1 onion, chopped

1-2 courgettes (zucchinis), diced into small pieces – optional (I didn’t have any)

400g can of tomato soup, condensed (I used Heinz Cream of Tomato, because that’s what was in the store cupboard)

400g passata (I subbed this for a largish portion of hidden veg in tomato sauce, which I had in the freezer)

1 beef Oxo cube, crumbled

large sprinkle of Italian Seasoning

4 cups of water

1 teaspoon garlic salt

salt and pepper, to taste

8 lasagne sheets, broken into small pieces, uncooked

Method:

Combine the ingredients in the slow cooker (apart from the beef mince).

Add the mince to the top of the mixture (I browned the mince first).

Cover, cook on low heat for 7-8 hours, or on high for 4-5 hours. (I gave my 7 hours)

Serve in a bowl with a generous dollop of ricotta cheese and a handful of grated mozzarella. I added garlic bread as a side, but I think that beer bread would also work well with this. 🙂

Serves 5 (three portions for supper and two portions for the freezer.)

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