Three Ingredient Dinners: Slow Cooker Baked Pasta & Bagel Pizza

Dinner time can be so hectic and when you forgot to plan it becomes even more stressful. However, if you keep a few key ingredients in your pantry as staple items, you can make either of these three ingredient dinners in no time.

Well the slow cooker baked pasta takes 3 hours but that is much less than a traditional crock pot meal and it comes together so easily you can do it after lunch and have it ready for dinner time. The bagel pizzas are even easier, just pop them in the oven and in 10 minutes you have dinner. You just need to have a few items on hand for these Three ingredient Dinners 

Three Ingredient Dinners

  • Homestyle Thick and Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce ( any of their new Homestyle Thick and Hearty Flavors)
  • 16 oz pasta or thin bagels 
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • Fresh Basil (optional)

easy three ingredient Dinners make weeknight dinners a breeze

Slow Cooker Baked Pasta

Told you these were simple. For the Slow cooker baked Pasta Easy three ingredient dinner, you simply need to spray your crock pot or use a liner. (I prefer the liner for easy clean up).

easy 3 ingredient Dinners make weeknight dinners a breeze

Rinse your pasta and add it to your Homestyle Thick and Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce  These new Ragu Flavors are their  thickest sauce– you can tell because it hugs the pasta  

The flavors are bold  because we peel, chop and simmer our ingredients and use a special blend of herbs (basil, fennel, oregano and black pepper) to layer and build the flavor. Just like homemade pasta sauce. Also important is Rago does not  use artificial flavors, artificial colors or high fructose corn syrup

easy three ingredient Dinners make weeknight dinners a breeze

Add your cheese and and additional water that you swirled in your jar Ragu Homestyle Thick and Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce and pour it over the pasta. 

easy 3 ingredient Dinners make weeknight dinners a breeze

Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until pasta is right tenderness. Serve with some more grated cheese. DO NOT Make this more than 4 hours ahead of time. I put mine on warm and then served it to the family after I took this photo and it turned into more of a lasagna. All the noodles sort of jelled together. 

easy three ingredient Dinners make weeknight dinners a breeze

EASY PIZZA BAGELS

For the Pizza Bagel, simply layer some  Homestyle Thick and Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce onto a thin bagel. Add your mozzarella cheese, I used fresh for this recipe.

easy three ingredient Dinners make weeknight dinners a breeze

Top with some fresh basil if desired and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

 

easy three ingredient Dinners make weeknight dinners a breeze

Ten minutes and these three ingredient dinners or after school snack is done. 

easy three ingredient Dinners make weeknight dinners a breeze

Now when the kids ask what is for dinner, you have two easy three ingredient dinners on hand.

 

 

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80 Comments

  1. I would love to try the SPICY VEGGIE QUESADILLAS recipe.

  2. The Thick and Hearty Four Cheese sauce looks really good!!

  3. Thick and Hearty Roasted Garlic for sure! My family loves garlic!

  4. I’d try out the Caprese Farfalle.

  5. I’d like to try the four cheese.

  6. I would make the Grilled Chicken Parmesan.

  7. I would try the RAGÚ® Homestyle Thick & Hearty Traditional Sauce.

  8. The HOMESTYLE THICK & HEARTY FOUR CHEESE SAUCE sounds delicious.

  9. The Roasted Garlic sauce looks and sounds divine! (Plus I happen to be a big fan of garlic sauces.)

  10. I would like to try the Grilled Chicken Parmesan.
    thank you

  11. thanks for letting me know I will check it out myself.

  12. All the links close instantly when I open them to get entries.

  13. I would love to try their homestyle thick and hearty meat sauce!

  14. I would love to try their recipe for the GRILLED CHICKEN PARMESAN!

  15. I would like to try the rustic Italian bowls.

  16. Heartful would love to try the Thick and Hearty Mushroom sauce.

  17. I want to try the Chili Mac & Cheese recipe.

  18. I would love to try Caprese Farfalle.

  19. I would like to try Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo with Fettuccine .

  20. The sauce I want to try is the HOMESTYLE THICK & HEARTY FOUR CHEESE SAUCE.

  21. I want to make the recipe called-GRILLED CHICKEN PARMESAN. It sounds delicious!

  22. I want to try the chili mac and cheese

  23. I would like the Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce.

  24. the 4 cheese sauce

  25. homestyle Ragu thick & hearty meat sauce

  26. I would love to try the PENNE PRIMAVERA recipe.

  27. Spicy Veggie Quesadillas looks like my kind of thing!

  28. I’d love to try the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce!

  29. Slow Cooker Beef with Rigatoni looks like a tasty easy meal

  30. Chili mac and cheese

  31. I would try the Light Parmesan Alfredo sauce!

  32. i’d like to make the rustic italian bowl

  33. I am thinking I will try the four cheese sauce.

  34. I would try the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce

  35. My favorite is the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Traditional Sauce.

  36. I love cheese, so I’m going to be trying the four cheese sauce.

  37. The Skillet Lasagna recipe looks good.

  38. I would try the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce

  39. I would try the homestyle thick and hearty roasted garlic sauce.

  40. My choice would be the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce.

  41. Thick and Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce would be great

  42. the spaghetti and turkey sauce looks yummy

  43. Roasted Garlic! Yummy 😀

  44. Homestyle Thick & Hearty Traditional Sauce sounds really good!

  45. I’d like to try the roasted garlic

  46. I would like to try the Skillet Lasagna recipe.

  47. I’d try spicy veggie quesadillas.

  48. The Homestyle Thick and Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce.

  49. I’d like to try the CHICKEN & BROCCOLI ALFREDO WITH FETTUCCINE recipe!

  50. The Homestyle Thick and Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce sounds good to me!

  51. I would like to try the CHICKEN & BROCCOLI ALFREDO WITH FETTUCCINE recipe.

  52. The Spaghetti & Turkey Meatballs sounds good to me.

  53. I would like to try the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Traditional Sauce .

  54. I’d love to try the Spicy Veggie Quesadillas recipe

  55. I would like to try the Skillet Lasagna recipe.

  56. I would love to try the SLOW COOKER BEEF WITH RIGATONI recipe.

  57. I would LOVE to try the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce.

  58. i would like to try the TUSCAN-STYLE SAUSAGE SANDWICHES

  59. i would like to try the HOMESTYLE SAUCES
    HOMESTYLE THICK & HEARTY ROASTED GARLIC SAUCE

  60. The thick and hearty roasted garlic sauce looks delicious!

  61. I would try chili Mac and cheese

  62. The Penne Primavera looks good to me!

  63. I would like to try the Thicky & Hearty Four Cheese Sauce.

  64. I would try the Rustic Italian Bowl. I like having lots of veggies to encourage us all to eat healthy meals.

  65. The RAGÚ Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce looks pretty good.

  66. I would try Penne Primavera with the Homestyle Thick & Hearty four cheese sauce

  67. Mama’s best spagetti and meatballs looked good

  68. I would try the creamy mozzarella white pizza!

  69. I would try chili mac and cheese

  70. I definitely want to try their new homestyle Ragu thick & hearty meat sauce. I love meat sauces and the flavors of homestyle would be amazing!

  71. Mama’s best spagetti and meatballs looked good

  72. I’ve never eaten sauce from a store. I grow my own tomatoes from seeds that I have saved fromt he previous years tomatoes and I make and jar my own sauce. Growing up my mom and grandma did the same. I once tried store sauce and didn’t like it. I wouldn’t try any ragu . Sorry.

  73. I’d like to try Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo with Fettuccine.

  74. I’d like to try RAGÚ Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce.

  75. Loving all these ideas! Each looks absolutely delicious…Ragu is great to have on hand for those quick weeknight dinners. xo, Catherine

  76. I’ve done english muffin pizzas and leftover tortilla pizzas, but somehow I missed the bagel pizza. I pretty much like any pizza, so I’m off to buy bagels!

  77. I just love how easy these are. Will definitely try the pasta!

  78. I only recently had my first kid, and I’ve been quickly learning the value of something quick, easy, and tasty like this! Thanks for sharing – these look so good!