Crockpotvegetablepasta Recipes

CROCKPOT SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add onions, bell peppers, shallot, carrot, celery and garlic and cook until tender and onion is translucent. Transfer to slow cooker.
• Brown sausage and ground beef in the same skillet, drain fat, and transfer to slow cooker.
• Add tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, salt and pepper, sugar, and Italian seasoning.
• Add one cup of water and stir. Liquids do not evaporate in the slow cooker so if the sauce is still too thick, add water, 1/4 cup at a time, until sauce reaches desired consistency.
• Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
• Serve over hot cooked spaghetti.

CROCK POT VEGETABLE PASTA

Steps:

• Rub 2 Tablespoons of butter or margarine in liner of crock pot.
• Place zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, onions, garlic and seasonings in bottom of crock pot.
• Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top of vegetables.
• Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.
• Cook fettucini according to package directions; drain. Add cooked fettucine, mozzarella cheese, cream and egg yolks. Stir ingredients into crock pot.
• Place lid back onto crock pot and cook for 15 to 30 minutes until heated.
• Can turn to LOW up to 30 minutes before serving.

SLOW-COOKER VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and carrots; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender. Stir in mushrooms and bell pepper.
• In 4- to 5-quart slow cooker, place vegetables. Stir in remaining ingredients except spaghetti and cheese.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 hours.
• Uncover; stir well. Increase heat setting to High; cook uncovered about 1 hour longer or until sauce is desired consistency.
• Cook and drain spaghetti as directed on package. Serve sauce over spaghetti; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.