Easy Tortellini and Meatballs | Slow Cooker Recipe

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

Ground turkey is lower in fat while ground chicken is often cheaper.

Add 1/4 to 1/3 cup of tomato basil sauce to the bottom of a slow cooker and spread it out.

Add half of a package of frozen cheese tortellini on top of the sauce.

Add half of a package of Italian style meatballs on top of the tortellini.

Spread the remaining tomato basil sauce evenly over the top.

Add the rest of the tortellini, breaking apart any that are bunched up.

Add the remaining meatballs on top of the second layer of tortellini.

Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 2 hours, noting that it may cook faster depending on the slow cooker.

Add a little salt and pepper on top to season.

After cooking, remove the lid and stir in half of a packet of Boursin cheese until melted and combined.

Grate whole milk mozzarella cheese on top and cover to let it melt before serving.

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