Slow cooker spinach and mozzarella is a flavorful hearty spinach cheese dish served over pasta.
- 2 cups Sweet Basil Sauce (see recipe) -- or you can use your favorite no-salt marinara sauce
- 8 oz cottage cheese
- 2 10-oz packages frozen spinach, thawed, drained and squeezed dry
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp sugar
- ⅛ tsp red pepper flakes
- 8 oz mozzarella, shredded and divided.
- 2 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
- 8 oz package pasta (penne, ziti, rigatoni, or macaroni)
- Lightly oil the inside of a slow cooker (4 to 6 quart) with cooking spray or olive oil.
- In the bowl of the slow cooker combine the sweet basil sauce, cottage cheese, spinach, garlic, olive oil, sugar, red pepper flakes, and 4 oz (1/2) of the mozzarella. Stir to thoroughly combine the ingredients.
- Cook covered on low for 3½ hours. Then Sprinkle remaining mozzarella and Parmesan over the top. Cover and cook on high until cheese is melted, 15 to 20 minutes.
- While you are waiting for the cheese to melt in the slow cooker, cook the pasta according to the package directions, omitting the salt.
According to our estimates, one serving from this recipe will contain 135 mg of sodium.
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. 135 mg of sodium per serving implies that this recipe provides:
– 6% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 9% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 13% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
