Cooking Nice

Cooking is something we do daily in one way or the other. Whether we are making breakfast, lunch or dinner, making a sandwich or baking a pie, we need a recipe to follow. At times we may not follow a written recipe because the food is one that is very simple and we have it memorized, like making a sandwich, but in actual fact we are still following a recipe even if it is one that is in our subconscious. People are also more health conscious nowadays. A large number of people are on a healthy diet and they want to cook healthy diet food. They know that a complete meal should have every food group including meat, carbohydrates, vegetables, fruits, and so no. The healthy diet pyramid shows you what should be in your ingredients.

Here is a great crockpot recipe for a pasta dish main course that has ingredients from many food groups. This pasta dish is chicken lasagna. The name may sound like a simple dish but it is wonderfully tasty. It serves 4 people and takes about 5 hours to prepare. It is not hard to make but not too easy either. However, the resulting dish is so tasty that it is well worth the effort.

Chicken Lasagna Ingredients

You will need about 1 pound of cooked, shredded chicken breasts or more if you like more protein than an average person. Then, you need 1 large onion, finely chopped, 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped, 2 jars (17 oz.) of spaghetti sauce, 1 package (18 ounce) “no-cook” lasagna noodles, 1 package (9 oz.) of shredded mozzarella cheese, 1 container (9 oz.) of ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 1/4 cup milk, and 1 egg. Now, if you have a type of vegetables that you really like, such as eggplants, you can add some in your ingredients too but make sure they are finely chopped.

Let the process begin..

First you want to brown the onions, any other vegetables, and garlic in a non-stick pan. Then you will add the spaghetti sauce and mix everything together very well. In a separate bowl, you can mix the cheeses, milk and egg. It is best to grease the crockpot a little. Place 1/4 of the meat sauce mixture in the bottom of the crockpot then, 1/3 of a layer of noodles. You can break the noodles so that they fit into your crockpot. After that, you can place approximately 1/3 of the cheese mixture on top. Then, repeat the process of: sauce, noodles, cheese for two more layers. Put the remaining meat sauce on top. Cook in the crockpot on low setting for about 6 hours until the noodles are soft.