Slow Cooker Pizza Pasta Recipe

Easy dinner alert!! Naturally I'm not a food person. I eat like a five year old, and my cooking skills are about equivalent. I have friends that are excellent cooks, and have tried to teach me their ways, share their dinner secrets, and even bring me meals because otherwise they know my poor family would be eating tacos Monday through Friday.

Not that there is anything wrong with tacos. Because...well, tacos.

But, long time readers know I love a good slow cooker recipe. Carrie Beth and I both do. As busy moms who play mom taxi from 2-9p.m. respectively each nice, it's nice to just take a handful of ingredients, throw them in a pot and call it a day. Or in this case dinner.

A few weeks ago, I was looking for a recipe on Pinterest to shake things up in my slow cooker repertoire, and I found a recipe called "Pizza Pasta". I screen shot the recipe on my phone or else I would go back and give the creator a huge shout out. 

The Slow Cooker Pizza Pasta was a huge hit amongst the entire family. Even Mr. Magnolia. And he's a tough sell when it comes to all things involving a crockpot. 

It is really really simple (see those five year old cooking skills) and easy to adjust to your own tastes. 

And it tastes like pizza. Which everyone knows is the second major food group behind tacos. 

Here's the quick and easy recipe...

SLOW COOKER PIZZA PASTA

Prep Time - 10 mins

Total Time - 1.5 hours

INGREDIENTS

• 1 jar of pizza sauce
• 1 box of penne pasta
• 1 pound of ground meat (I used a mixture of ground sausage and ground turkey.)  
• 3 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
• Optional: sliced pepperoni 

INSTRUCTIONS

• Cook pasta according to instructions.
• Brown meat(s).  

• Mix pasta, meats, and sauce in a large bowl. 

• Layer pasta mixture with cheese in slow cooker.  

• Cook on low for 1 - 1.5 hours.  

• Serve and enjoy! 

Have any slow cooker recipes that even a five year old can make? If so, share with me! It's always good to have a little something up my sleeve to really "wow" the fam. ;) 

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