Slow Cooker Eggplant Lasagna

Slow Cooker Eggplant Lasagna – good easy gluten free keto lasagna right from the slow cooker – this eggplant lasagna tastes like lasagna without all the carbs!

At Avdaye, we add lots of tips in all of our recipes – because we are a home cook without any formal training, and we find we are more confident making dishes when we understand why it works, and what each ingredient means to the flavor of a recipe. Our goal is for even the most beginner home cook to feel empowered in the kitchen.

Slow Cooker Eggplant Lasagna

A while ago, we made a good, savory and completely grain and gluten free lasagne by using eggplant noodles.

We went to make it again recently- when we realized we needed to be somewhere before we normally eat dinner and we didn't have time to make anything right before we'd be sitting down to eat.

We've been trying to bump up our vegetable intake a lot lately, and still wanted to serve something good that fit into our healthier eating- but we didn't have more than 10 minutes to toss it in a crockpot.

Luckily, this Slow Cooker Eggplant Lasagna is the fastest, easiest, and cheesiest dish ever- you won't realize there are no classic noodles, and the eggplant gives the dish a rich, meaty flavor while still being vegetarian.

It's a winner that your whole family will love!

We love the meaty flavor eggplant gives this lasagne and how rich the sauce tastes.

And this is the EASIEST lasagna ever, because you don't have to boil noodles- assemble and go! Sure, there are the no-boil lasagna noodles you can buy in stores, but they never work right for us.

These eggplant “noodles” come out good every time!

How To Make Eggplant Noodles

To get our noodles solid, we used an OXO mandoline.

We always had troubles with mandolines until we found a heavy duty oxo model when buying gifts with wedding cards years ago.

We'd had ours over 5 years and never had any issues- and it is still perfectly sharp and efficient!

With a sharp mandoline and a steady hand, use these tips to make thin sliced eggplant noodles:

Set your mandoline for the thinnest setting possible.

Cut the ends off of the eggplant – the mandoline will slice a lot more efficiently when it can push faster through the eggplant – and cutting off the ends makes this much easier.

Rotate the eggplant as you slice for best hand placement.

Slice noodles right before cooking to prevent browning.

Skin can be left on eggplant, and can be helpful to grip eggplant, but trim ends off.

Other Low Carb Dishes You'll Love:

If you love this easy slow cooker eggplant lasagna, check out some of our other favorite low carb keto dishes:

Also try our favorites like Creamy Keto Tuscan Soup RecipeEasy Keto Everything Bagels RecipeEasy Keto Low Carb Cheesy Pizza ChickenLow Carb Keto Buttery Crackle Chicken Thighs One Pot Low Carb Paleo Keto Asian Chicken Stir Fry Recipeand 4 Ingredient Keto Jalapeno Cheese Bread.

Slow Cooker Eggplant Lasagna Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 eggplant, sliced into long thing noodles with a mandoline
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 8 oz mozzarella cheese, with 1 oz set aside
• 12 oz pasta sauce

Method

1. In a slow cooker dish, lay eggplant noodles down flat.
2. Layer a little sauce, peppers and onions, cottage cheese and mozzarella.
3. Repeat to make 3 layers with sauce, veggies, cottage cheese and mozzarella.
4. Add a final fourth layer of eggplant, top with sauce.
5. Cover and cook on high 2 1/2 hours, or until eggplant is softened.
6. Add 1 oz of cheese that was set aside to top, cover.
7. Let cook additional 10 minutes, until cheese is melted.
8. Garnish with red pepper flakes and parsley if desired.
9. Serve hot- makes fabulous leftovers.