Slow Cooker Penne Pasta
Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef, cooked/browned and drained
1 lb. (16. oz.) Penne Pasta, uncooked
2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided
Easy Spaghetti Sauce
2 (29 oz.) cans tomato sauce
2 (14.5 oz.) cans, beef broth
2 tbsp white sugar
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tbsp garlic powder
2 tsp dried basil leaves
1 tsp ground oregano
1 tsp paprika
salt and pepper to taste
Creamy Cheesy Mixture
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
Directions
Mix all of the spaghetti sauce ingredients together in a large bowl. Add your browned/cooked ground beef or other meat to the sauce and mix well. Set aside.
In another medium sized bowl, mix all of the Creamy Cheesy Mixture ingredients together-don’t forget the salt and garlic powder! Set aside.
In the bottom of your slow cooker, pour half of the spaghetti sauce with meat. Then take half of the box of pasta and add it to the spaghetti sauce in the slow cooker. Stir the uncooked pasta into the meaty sauce to make sure the noodles aren’t clumped together in one spot.
Take half of your creamy cheesy mixture and drop small amounts of the mixture all over the pasta and spaghetti sauce. Top with half of your shredded mozzarella cheese.
Repeat again using the rest of the spaghetti sauce with meat, the uncooked pasta and the creamy cheesy mixture, ending with the last of the shredded mozzarella cheese.
Cook on high for 2-2 1/2 hours (check at the 2 hour mark) and on low for 3-4 hours (check at the 3 hour mark). Let it cook until the pasta is done to your liking.
