Healthy Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup (2024)

This easy and healthy Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup is my favorite kind of crock pot dump recipe. There is no precooking -just dump all the ingredients in the recipe, set it and forget it! Using frozen and pantry ingredients, it's delicious and economical.

Lasagna soup is popular any time of the year, but it's the perfect comfort food during cooler weather. It's also ideal for busy days when you want to come home to a delicious meal. This was inspired by my Make-Ahead Lasagna on this site, and pairs well with crusty garlic bread or Bread Machine Italian Breadsticks. It's also Weight Watchers friendly (see ww points below).

🥘Ingredients

You will need the following ingredients for this creamy lasagna soup.

• 1poundextra lean ground beef* do not precook
• 210 oz cans mushrooms (with water)- do not drain
• 1 onionchopped
• 4clovesgarlicminced
• 28ozcanned tomatoes (with tomato juice)- do not drain
• 22ozcan of tomato sauce
• ¾teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1teaspoondried oregano leaves
• ½teaspoonsdried basil
• 4cups beef broth or vegetable broth
• 10ozpkg frozen spinach (or 10 frozen spinach nuggets)
• 2cupsdry curd cottage cheese (also known as Farmer's cheese)
• 1 ½cuplight or fat-free grated parmesan cheese
• 10oven ready lasagna noodles, cut into smaller piecesbroken into pieces or bow tie noodles

🔪Instructions

Add all ingredients to slow cooker, except lasagna noodles and mozzarella cheese.

*Make sure you don't drain the tomatoes, or mushrooms

Stir to break up ground beef and make sure ingredients are combined

COOK ON HIGH FOR 4 HOURS OR LOW FOR 8 HOURS

Soak oven ready noodles in boiling water for about 7 minutes.

* You don't have to do this with the noodles. Alternatively, if you don't care how they look, you can break them up before cooking OR you can put them in whole and cut them after, if you prefer. Finally, you can use a fresh noodle that's easier to cut OR a different type of pasta (such as bowtie)

Remove onto a paper towel and pat dry

Slice into even bite-sized pieces

Add lasagna noodles and cook for 30 minutes longer, after the lasagna has cooked for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low (or until al dente).

*Make sure you turn it up to high if you were cooking on low heat.

Melt mozzarella on top, then mix in. Or simply ladle the hot soup into bowls, and dollop a scoop of mozzarella cheese top.

📖Variations & Substitutions

• Spinach - you can use fresh spinach instead of frozen
• Cottage cheese- you can use regular cottage cheese instead of dry cottage cheese but it's imporant you drain it and cook the soup on the LOW setting, as the regular cottage cheese contains milk. When milk is overheated or has an acid added to it, it can curdle. When milk curdles, it separates in curds and whey. The whey, or liquid, is separated from the curds, or the solids.
• Vegetarian - the beef hamburger can be replaced with a plant-based burger to make this vegetarian lasagna soup or skip the meat altogether
• Lasagna Noodles- you can use a fresh noodle that's easier to cut OR a different kind of pasta (such as bowtie). Or you can use whole wheat noodles
• Meat - you can make this lasagna soup with ground turkey or ground chicken instead of ground beef
• Tomato sauce - you can substitute marinara sauce
• Herbs - you can use fresh herbs instead of dried, but you'll need to double the amount
• Add-ins - add in green peppers and a bay leaf, if you like

🥗 Side Dishes Pairing

These are my favorite breads to serve with this slow cooker lasagna soup with cottage cheese:

🍽Equipment

You will need a 6-quart slow cooker for this easy lasagna soup recipe, a cutting board, and a sharp knife, as well as a cheese grater. *See recipe card for equipment links and photos

I also love to use a meal mug (affiliate link) to take this soup to work. I freeze it in the same mug, then pop it in the microwave and have it for lunch!

🌡️Storage

Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. It freezes well for up to 3 months in an airtight container or freeze-safe bags and can be reheated in the microwave.

This crockpot lasagna soup recipe will thicken even more to the point of being stewy when it sits in the fridge, as the noodles absorb the liquid. You can simply add a little more beef stock if you like it thinner

👪 Serving Size

This Lazy Lasagna soup recipe makes 16 servings @ 1 ½ cups. However, you can half, double, or triple the recipe by clicking on theblueserving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust. If you are increasing the amount, you'll need a larger slow cooker or additional slow cookers.

🔢WW Points

This recipe is Weight Watchers friendly @ 4 WW points for 1 serving (1.5 cups) using fat-free parmesan cheese and partly skimmed mozzarella. If you add less mozzarella when serving, it will reduce the points. To reduce points to 3 ww points, make this lasagna soup with ground turkey.

Try it with my 0 point Cloud bread!

💭Top tip

You will have leftover dry cottage cheese, but it does freeze well for up to 3 months, if you place the container in a large ziplock freezer bag.

You can also use up leftover dry cottage cheese (aka farmer's cheese) in one of these 15 recipes with Farmers Cheese !

🦺Food safety

• Make sure ground beef is cooked to an internal minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
• Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
• Wash hands after touching raw meat
• Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
• Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
• Never leave cooking food unattended

  See more guidelines at USDA.gov

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So, if you're looking for a healthy, delicious and weight watchers lasagna soup, give this one a try! It's a recipe the whole family will love (mine did!)

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