Crock Pot Lasagna

Wheat germ can also be added to a meatloaf. Yum!

Sorry you have the celiac thing, Lisa…. How sad. My friend in NJ has a husband who has that too. He was so sick for the longest time until he found out. They make special pasta and such for that. He also ate cheeze curls and things that had only corn or rice in them. Rice crackers too. I even eat those… yummy!

Strange as it may sound, I’m happy to have learned about the celiac thing!! Life got soooooo much better in just a few days!! It was like being let out of a cage that I didn’t know I was in! And, since I wasn’t a bread person to start with, but a natural carnivore, the only thing I really miss is cookies. And rice crackers were my favorite crackers already.

Hate to say this but….anyone looking for a Crockpot should try estate sales. I go to estate sales every Saturday to buy Bibles/Korans/Books of Morman/Whatevers for the homeless outreach at my church (Episcopalian, we don’t care what you are, if you need it, we’ll get it for you). And at every sale there’s at least one Crock-Pot, sometimes two.

I still have the old cookbook that came with my CrockPot!! If you could see the book, you’d know how old I really am!! EEEEEEKKKKK!

liseylau, thank you I am going to try that receipe….love meatloaf but have never been able to make it come out right and I hate to ‘beg’ my best friend to make hers, lol.

Azdebra, I hope this meatloaf works for you! That’s why I mentioned it…I’ve never made it and had it come out nice before, either….it’s always fallen short of….I don’t know…something. I really will try it again in the next week or so and confirm it wasn’t a fluke. Or, if you do it, let me know. Remember, these measures are guesses, because when I made it, I was just watching American Idol and slinging bottles!

Anyone checking back on the meatloaf recipe? I tried it again, and it re-created almost to a T. Of course, use it as a starting point and play with adding/subtracting your own favorite stuff.

I’ve done the crockpot lasagna on low, all day, and it was absolute heaven when I got home.

You might want to try AllRecipes.com for some other crockpot recipes; someone told me they put a special section in there for crockpots, and I am dying to see a good brownie recipe for crock pots. They use very little electricity, they never seem to break down, and the kitchen stays cool.

As soon as you figure out brownies in a slow cooker, pleasepleaseplease post it. The combination of brownies with vanilla ice cream is the ultimate guilty pleasure for me. And thanks!

Here’s a site about calculating the energy of different cooking appliances:

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cooking.html

The AllRecipes site for slow cookers is here:

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Collection.aspx?WithTerm=crockpot

Emma this is as close as I can get:

Crockpot Raspberry Fudgey Brownies in a Jar

1/2 cup margarine or butter

2 ounces unsweetened chocolate

2 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

vanilla ice cream — optional

chocolate ice cream topping — optional

fresh raspberries — optional

Generously grease two 1-pint straight-sided, wide mouth canning jars. Flour the greased jars; set aside.

In a saucepan melt margarine or butter and chocolate over low heat. Remove from heat, Stir in eggs, sugar, jam , and vanilla. Using a spoon, beat lightly just until combines. Stir in flour and baking powder.

Pour batter into prepared jars. Cover jars tightly with greased foil, greased side down. Place jars in crockpot. Pour 1 cup water around jars.

Cover; cook on high for 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted near centers of brownie rolls comes out clean. Remove jars from crockpot; cool for 10 minutes.

Using a metal spatula, loosen brownies from sides of jars. Carefully remove rolls from jars. Place rolls on their sides on a wire rack; cool completely. To serve, cut each roll into 6 slices. If desired, serve with ice cream, ice cream topping, and fresh raspberries.

Oh my Lord, I just gained 16 pounds while reading three recipes and drinking one cup of coffee!

Thanks so much, these recipes are FABULOUS, and I will be trying them out this summer. Every Christmas I throw a Ladies’ Christmas Tea and invite around 50 dear friends. Somehow, I think these batches of brownies are going to be the centerpiece of the event, and I can imagine 50 pairs of ravenous eyes gazing at those chocolate confections on the dining room table!

Wow you guys did find the recipe..That great…I’m not surprised though, if anyone can, a TDKer will!!