Slow Cooker Italian Bake

Tasty and quick to prepare.

Prep Time:  15 minutes   |    Cook Time:  3 hours, 10 minutes   |    Total Time:  3 hours, 25 minutes   |    Servings:  6

Ingredients:

• 1 pound 80% Lean Ground Beef
• ½ onion, chopped
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 cup chopped mushrooms
• 2 cups  Reggano  Traditional Pasta Sauce
• Carlini  Canola Cooking Spray
• 1 cup  liveGfree  Gluten Free Baking Mix
• 2  Goldhen  Large Eggs
• 1 cup  Friendly Farms  2% Milk
• ½ cup  Happy Farms  Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• ½ cup  Happy Farms  Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• ¼ teaspoon  Stonemill  Iodized Salt
• 7 slices  Mama Cozzi’s Pizza Kitchen  Sliced Pepperoni, chopped
• 4 slices  Lunch Mate  Hard Salami, chopped

Directions:                                  

1. In a skillet, brown the ground beef. Drain and reserve. In the same skillet, combine the onion, red pepper, garlic and mushrooms. Cook until vegetables are soft.
2. Return the meat to the skillet and add the pasta sauce. Stir until combined.
3. Spray the slow cooker with cooking spray and add the meat mixture.
4. In a medium bowl, combine baking mix, eggs, milk, cheeses and salt. Pour over meat mixture. Sprinkle the pepperoni and salami over the cheese mixture. Cook on high for 3 hours.

Recipe Courtesy of Chef Stacey, ALDI Test Kitchen