Low Maintenance Lasagna

I tried this recipe because it was so easy to prepare. Since it's baked in a slow cooker, there wasn't much to do. Here's all you need:

Nonstick cooking spray
26oz jar pasta sauce
3/4c water
15oz carton part-skim ricotta cheese cottage cheese*
1/2c shredded carrot
6 regular lasagna noodles
1 1/2c shredded mozzarella cheese
*1/2-1lb cooked ground beef/turkey *Note: If you add meat make sure it's cooked aaaall the way before putting it in the slow cooker.

Coat a 4qt slow cooker with cooking spray. In a large microwave-safe bowl, stir together the pasta sauce and water. Cover with wax paper and microwave on high ~3minutes. In the meantime, in a medium bowl stir together cottage cheese and carrots; set aside. Spoon 1/2c 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 cottage cheese mixture over the noodles. Continue layering in the following order: 1/2c mozzarella, the beef, half the remaining sauce, remaining noodles, the remaining cottage cheese mixture, 1/2c mozzarella, the rest of the sauce, and the rest of the mozzarella. Cover and cook on low heat ~3 hours, until the noodles are tender. Remove slow cooker from liner; let stand covered ~20minutes so lasagna is easier to slice.

*This lasagna was pretty darn tasty, but as you can see it needed a few adjustments. This recipe called for no meat and lasagna just isn't the same without it. The ricotta just didn't do it for me either, so next time I'm using cottage cheese instead!