Vegetable Pasta Sauce Crock Pot Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, spinach, carrot, onion, mushrooms, celery, water, butter, and milk powder in a blender and blend well.
• Pour into a crock pot and add seasonings, tomato paste, and cheese.
• Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 5 hours.
• Serve over your favourite pasta.

Steps:

• Cook onions and carrots in oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Stir and cook for 4-5 minutes until tender. Add mushrooms and bell pepper and stir. Place vegetables into bottom of 4-5 quart crock pot and add remaining ingredients except spaghetti pasta and cheese.
• Cover crock pot and cook on low for 7-8 hours.
• Uncover, stir thoroughly, then leave cover off crock pot and turn heat to high.
• Cook, uncovered, for 1 more hour to thicken sauce.
• At this point the sauce can be frozen. Divide into smaller portions and cool in refrigerator.
• Wrap, label, and freeze the sauce up to 3 months.
• To thaw and reheat, thaw sauce overnight in refrigerator.
• Pour into skillet and heat over medium heat, stirring frequently, about 15-20 minutes or until sauce bubbles and is thoroughly heated.
• You can even cook the pasta until almost tender and combine it with the cooled sauce. Freeze as directed, and thaw as directed. You may need to add 1/4-1/3 cup water when reheating if freezing the pasta in the sauce.
• Or you can go ahead and serve sauce with cooked spaghetti and grated Parmesan cheese. 6 servings.

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.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, or Dutch oven, cook the ground beef, onion, green pepper, celery, carrot and garlic over medium heat until veggies are tender and meat is no longer pink; drain fat.
• Add in water, undrained tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, sugar and seasonings; bring the mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer covered for about 45 minutes (can simmer less time or longer if desired).
• Add in the the Parmesan cheese the last 20 minutes of cooking.
• Add in the cooked pasta before serving and heat through.
• Ladle into serving bowls and sprinkle with more Parmesan cheese if desired).

Steps:

• In large pot saute the onion in olive oil until translucent then add garlic.
• Run the chickpeas and tomatoes through a blender or food processor until they are finely chopped, but not smooth.
• Add all the ingredients to the pot, and simmer uncovered for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• When I don't have fresh I exchange 1/4 cup fresh basil= 4 tsp dried. 1/4 cup fresh oregano = 1 tablespoon dried. 1/2 cup parsley = 2tsp dried.