Beef / Pork

Slow Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce is for Dinner.

Slow Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Slow Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce takes 240 minutes to cook.

Slow Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Slow Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce are:

2 lbs of ground beef
Spices to taste - Salt, black pepper, garlic powder, italian seasoning
1 - 28 oz can of Petite Diced Tomatoes
2 - 26 oz jars of Spaghetti Sauce
2 - 12 oz boxes of Whole Wheat Rotini
3 tbsp of canola oil
1 large (5 quart at least) crock pot

Here is how you make Slow Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce:

1 - Turn the crock pot on high2 - Add the canola oil, ground beef and the spices and cover.3 - Brown the ground beef in the crock pot. Be sure to stir occasionally so the meat does not clump together. This will take a while, especially if the crock pot was cold when the meat was added. (possibly an hour)4 - After the ground beef is fully cooked, open the can of diced tomatoes and add the entire can to the crock pot.5 - Add both jars of spaghetti sauce and 1 cup of water.6 - Cover and let cook for at least an hour and a half. Stir occasionally.7 - Add both boxes of pasta to the crock pot and stir the mixture so the pasta is completely submerged in the sauce.8 - Cover and let cook for at least an hour and a half. Stir occasionally.Total cooking time will be somewhere around 4 hours depending on how hard or soft you like the pasta. I use wheat pasta for this recipe because it doesn't get as soft as regular pasta. Any type of pasta can be substituted.Make 12 - 16 servings.Number of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JRZYGRL75.

The nutritional information for Slow Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 397.0

• Total Fat: 18.0 g
• Cholesterol: 46.9 mg
• Sodium: 559.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 45.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.8 g
• Protein: 17.8 g

Slow Cooker Pasta with Meat Sauce is Italian cuisine.