Crockpot Lasagna Soup
The BEST Crockpot Lasagna Soup recipe!
My Mexican Lasagna is a great example of ways to switch it up. (FYI..it’s to die for, just sayin’)
Anywho, the other night while I was making my lasagna sauce, it HIT me! This would make an awesome soup! And what better way to cook a soup, then in the crockpot. Score! This one pot meal will be in our winter menu rotation, for sure!
Crockpot Lasagna Soup
- First mix together the can of tomatoes, and tomato paste in crockpot.
- Next add broth, beef, garlic, parsley, basil, onion, V8 and salt/pepper.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 7-8 hours or on HIGH for 4-5 hours.
- When 30 minutes are left of cook time, add in the 1 cup of water and noodles. Stir to combine. Put lid back on and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
- NOTE: If you like your soup to have more liquid, feel free to add some extra broth and or water when you add the noodles.
- I served our soup with some shredded cheese. YUM!
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Crockpot Lasagna Soup
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Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef, lean or vegetarian crumble
- 3 cups of beef broth or vegetable broth to make vegetarian
- 4-5 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 TB dried parsley
- 1 TB dried basil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1, 28 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 1, 6 oz can of tomato paste
- 1 cup V8 or any vegetable drink
- 2 cups uncooked shell pasta
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup of water
- Optional topping- shredded cheese
Instructions
- NOTE about beef: The pictured meet is the vegetarian crumble... that is why it looks browned. You do NOT have to brown the beef before putting into the crock pot. I did not pre-cook the meat first. If you are using a higher fat ground beef (like an 80/20) you might want to precook to drain off some of the fat. But if you don’t mind the extra fat…that isn’t even necessary, just a suggestion.
- First mix together the can of tomatoes, and tomato paste in crockpot.
- Next add broth, beef, garlic, parsley, basil, onion, V8 and salt/pepper.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 7-8 hours or on HIGH for 4-5 hours.
- When 30 minutes are left of cooking time, add in the 1 cup of water and noodles. Stir to combine. Put lid back on and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
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I saw this on Pinterest and made it last night for our family. SO GOOD. I love lasagna but it is is a time consuming process to make, esp. with a 3 year old and 9 month old running around. I was drawn to this recipe because it was in the crock pot and all the ingredients (or substitutions) were in my cupboard. Here’s a few changes I made solely based on my pantry and extra ease: Rotini noodles (in pantry), didn’t have V8 so I used a can of diced tomatoes with garlic and green peppers as well as a half cup of leftover pasta sauce that was nearing its end in our fridge :), I used a packet of onion soup mix because I didn’t feel like chopping an onion and I do love the flavor it gives to soup, I used ground turkey, 3 beef boullion cubes (in pantry), and italian seasoning instead of just the two spices mentioned. SO GOOD. We served it with shredded moz. cheese. Next time, I may stir in a little ricotta at the end with the pasta to make it extra creamy/lasagna like!
I have book-marked this site and hope to make a bunch more of your things. I love the photos and the healthy, simple, “ingredients on hand” philosophy! THANK YOU!
YAY Heather, I am so glad you liked it! These are great substitutions 🙂 I do love the idea of stirring in ricotta at the end. Thank you so much for stopping by. XO 🙂
My wife made this the other day and it’s awful. Although she’s not much of a cook, this was the worst meal EVER. Why You wouldn’t brown the meat and season, I don’t know. Why not cook the pasta al dente then add at service, over cooked pasta ruins a dish. Fresh herbs migut help, maybe sugar to cut the acid in the tomatoes. Salt? Pepper? 1/4 tsp for a huge crock, take pride in what you do, or don’t do it.
Thank you so much for stopping by. I am so sorry you didn’t enjoy these meal as much as everyone else. As I said in the comments, you can brown the meat if you are using a higher fat beef, but otherwise, I don’t think it is needed. Yes, you can cook the pasta separate, so it would have the texture you like, but that defeats the purpose of a crockpot meal 🙂 My goal with the crockpot meals is to save time in the kitchen. I think that is a fantastic idea to add some fresh herbs. It sounds like this recipe would suite you better as a stove-top meal. Season and cook meat until brown, and then add to sauce mixture and simmer for on a low heat for an hour. Cook pasta separate, and mix together when ready to serve. Hope that helps!
Hey, disappointed (spell it right), your comment “take pride in what you do, or don’t do it.” was unnecessary! If you don’t like the recipe, just state why. Clearly Corey takes GREAT pride in what she does…her posts include thorough photos and details. Pride is all I see on this blog. Corey, don’t listen to this hater. You rock! And your grace in your response is commendable! Bravo.
🙂 Thank you Heather. XOXO
Hey, disappointed (spell it right), your comment “take pride in what you do, or don’t do it.” was unnecessary! If you don’t like the recipe, just state why. Clearly Corey takes GREAT pride in what she does…her posts include thorough photos and details. Pride is all I see on this blog. Corey, don’t listen to this hater. You rock!
Sorry you were disappointed! You said your wife is not much of a cook, so maybe she didn’t follow the recipe right. The soup is actually delicious! We ate it tonight, had company over, & they even asked for some more to take home! If you follow the recipe correctly, the soup is absolutely wonderful! Thank you, again, for sharing your recipe Corey! Not only do you have fabulous recipes, but you are a total classy lady! Bravo to you!
found this on Pinterest a few weeks ago, I’m going to finally make it today
I can’t wait to hear how you like it Angela! XO
Found this on Pinterest the other day and it is cold and rainy, perfect to make it for this type of weather. Family LOVED it and I will be making this again and again and again. I used ground turkey instead of beef also I added maybe a teaspoon of crush red chili flake in there to give it a little kick of heat. So delicious and easy.
I love your idea using the chili flakes with turkey 🙂 I am totally doing to try that with our next batch!
Just put this in crockpot, but didn’t read carefully and threw in the pasta, crap!!!! I did elboy macoroni, so maybe it is smaller and wont taste so horrible!!!
Oh no! Is there anyway you can scoop it out? Or did you already mix it in? The noodles will get pretty mushy if you are cooking them the whole time. I hope it turns out ok 🙂
So, I really excited about making this dish but I completely forgot to pick up tomato paste while I was at the store 🙁
is there anything I can substitute in for it instead?
Here I found a recipe on how to make a substitute. I hope that helps! http://southernfood.about.com/od/tomatoes/qt/how-to-make-tomato-paste.htm