First, I brown my meat in a pot, adding half an onion, a few dashes of minced garlic, a few snips of basil. These ingredients are all to taste. We love basil so I probably wind up snipping off more than norm. Make sure meat is brown.

Coat the bottom of the crock pot with sauce. I used the crushed tomatoe sauce as mentioned in the ingredients., However, you can use any sauce you like. Jarred will do as well.

Layer with noodles. You can break a few to make them fit, it won't matter what it looks like as far as neatness goes.

Spread a layer of meat, a layer of ricotta cheese, sprinkle with cheese, layer with sauce

Repeat. I used all but 5 noodles in the box. At the end I added more sauce and a few bay leaves, added a half cup of water.

Turn on low setting and let simmer for about 6 hours. If you see your noodles are getting dry, add more sauce and a dribble of water here and there.

Add some more shredded cheese the last 5 minutes and turn off crock pot. Before cutting let stand for 10 minutes. I simmered some sauce on the side to top the lasagna.