Skinny Crock Pot Pizza Casserole
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I have two little girls that love Pizza. They could eat it for breakfast and dinner and still not get enough of it. Pizza, as you know, is not the most healthy thing for you so I have been looking for alternatives and found this recipe. My girls LOVED it! It is now called Noodle Pizza at our house.
Skinny Crock Pot Pizza Casserole
Ingredients
1 Box Spiral Pasta (uncooked but rinsed)- use whole wheat noodles to be even more healthy.
1 pound lean ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 cup pepperoni
1/2 can of olives
16 ounces pizza sauce or pasta sauce
1/2 cup water
1 cup shredded lowfat mozzarella cheese
Directions
Spray crockpot with non-stick spray In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, brown the ground turkey with the onion, garlic and green bell pepper. Drain excess fat. Rinse pasta and place in the crock-pot with drained ground beef mix. Stir in olives and pepperoni. Pour Pasta sauce and 1/2 cup water over noodle mix. Stir again and make sure it is mixed well. Top with shredded Mozzarella. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours (no peeking)
Adapted from Mom’s with Crockpots
Serve with a side salad
This sounds tasty! And being in a crock pit is even better!
Love this! Thanks for posting!
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Exactly what I was looking for today. Thank you!
This sounds so good, and easy to make! Thank you.
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I am so hungry now!
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I tried making this and it burnt!
I am so sure I set my slow cooker properly but the hubby-to-be says he thought it said 8 hours! YIKES! I am going to try it again but had a question…. my slow cooker says high over the 4 and 6 hour settings and low over the 8 and 10 hour settings with an auto-warm setting. If I cook it on high for 4 hours will it burn? I work an hour away from home so slow cooker meals are the way to go!
Directions state low 4-5 hours. Maybe you could make it the night before and put in the fridge and you or hubby could turn it on at lunch?? I am making it today and going to start it at lunch hopefully it will be done well before dinner. Hope that helps.
I made this yesterday and it turned out really well! I did have to add more water so that the liquid completely covered the pasta, but this might depend on the size of your slow cooker – ours is massive, so I always end up adding more liquid! I also added some chopped sundried tomatoes. I was short on time so I only browned the mince and just threw in the chopped pepper, onion and garlic and let them cook in the slow cooker, which worked fine. Good comfort food
Mine took 3 – 4 hours on low to cook.
I tried this and it was a disaster for me. The pasta must be cooked or it needs more liquid. I won’t make it again.
I’m with Courtney, I tried it and it was yucky. I had to throw the whole thing out because no one could bear to eat it.
I made this tonight, and based on some of the reviews I changed it up a little. I cooked the noodles beforehand, left the water out, and cooked the casserole in a dish in the oven for 30 min at 350 covered with foil. I also added mushrooms, red peppers, garlic salt, Italian seasoning, and crushed red pepper. It was absolutely delicious – thanks for a great recipe!
How many servings is this supposed to be? And the serving size? I am on Weight Watchers and plugged it into the recipe builder, and the whole thing is 93 points. Split 12 ways it is 8 points.
Just click on the “magic” button under the picture. Then click on “nutrition”. It will show you all the nutritional value. Scroll down to the bottom and it will show you the weight watcher points. This is our new sister blog – MyRecipeMagic.com. It has so many fun features!!