Vegetable Pasta Sauce Crock Pot Recipes

VEGETARIAN CROCK POT SPAGHETTI SAUCE

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.

VEGETABLE PASTA SAUCE (CROCK POT)

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.

PASTA SAUCE SPAGHETTI SOUP (CROCK POT OR STOVE TOP)

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).

CROCK POT VEGETABLE PASTA

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.