Instead of calling for pizza serve this amazing slow-cooker pizza. The pasta substitutes for the crust.

Recipe I

Ingredients

• 1 batch marinara sauce (or 26 ounce jar of marinara sauce)
• 1 cup pepperoni, diced
• 2 cups white mushrooms, sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 2 shallots, sliced thin
• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp dried rosemary
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried parsley
• 1 cup rotini pasta, uncooked
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients, except the mozzarella cheese, in your crock-pot.
2. Cover the crock-pot, cover, and cook on low for 5-6 hours.
3. Ladle into bowls and top with 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese.

Recipe II

Ingredients

• 1 batch marinara sauce (or 26 ounce jar of marinara sauce)
• 1 pound ground beef, browned
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 pound rigatoni pasta, uncooked
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese
• 1 can sliced mushrooms, with water from mushrooms
• 1/2 cup black olives, sliced
• 1 tsp dried rosemary
• 1 tsp dried oregano

Directions

1. In the crock-pot layer the browned ground beef, onion, pasta, marinara sauce, mushrooms, rosemary, oregano, and olives. Add the mozzarella cheese last.
2. Cover and cook for 5 hours on low.

   Note: If you want to go low-carb leave out the pasta. This variation also makes a great pizza dip recipe.
   It's not necessary to cook the ground beef for the meat to be cooked, but it will tend to cook into one large clump.