Sweet Strawberry Sauce for Shortcake

We went and picked a bunch of Strawberries and that made me want a Strawberry Shortcake.  I realized that I had never used fresh strawberries-I always used the frozen kind bought at the store and that is expensive.  So making my own sauce is tastier and cheaper!

Strawberry Sauce

• 2 Quarts fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar

Hull and slice the strawberries and then mix them with the sugar in a bowl.  Let it stand for 10 minutes, then stick in the refrigerator until ready.  The sugar mixes with the strawberry juice and it just gets yummier and yummier the more you let it sit.

I used angel food cake and cool whip to make my shortcakes...

You probably want to use this within 3 days.  I made a bunch up and put it in the freezer for later too.

Easy Crockpot Lasagna

This lasagna is so easy to make and it doesn't take all day to cook.

You will need:

• Pam cooking spray
• 26 oz Pasta Sauce
• 3/4 cup water
• 15 oz Ricotta Cheese
• 1/2 - 1 cup of shredded carrots
• 6 Regular Lasagna Noodles
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese

You spray some Pam in your crock pot.  I use the smaller 4 quart pot.

In a microwave safe bowl, mix the jar of sauce and the water together and microwave on high for 3 minutes.  Cover with a paper towel, as it might splatter.

While that is heating up, mix together the ricotta and the carrots (I used carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower).

Spoon 1/2 cup of the sauce in the crock pot.  Break 3 of the noodles and arrange them over the sauce.

Spoon half of the ricotta mixture over the noodles.

 

Continue layering in the following order:

• 1/2 cup mozzarella
• half the remaining sauce
• remaining noodles (breaking them to fit)
• remaining ricotta mixture
• 1/2 mozzarella
• rest of the sauce
• rest of the mozzarella

Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours, or until the noodles are how you like them.  For easier serving, you can pull the crock part out of the liner and let it sit covered for about 20 minutes.