European Recipe # Verenike Casserole for the Slow Cooker

Being Russian Mennonite, I grew up eating Verenike (Cheese Pockets). I recently was given this great recipe for the slow cooker so I don't have to spend the time to make the yummy goodness.

Ingredients

• 1 (24 ounce) carton cottage cheese
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups evaporated milk
• 2 cups cubed cooked ham
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 7 uncooked lasagna noodles, or as needed

Cooking Directions

1. Mix together the cottage cheese, eggs, sour cream, evaporated milk, ham, salt, and pepper in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Pour about half of the mixture into the bottom of a slow cooker. Layer the noodles over the cottage cheese mixture, breaking as needed to fit; top with the remaining cottage cheese mixture.
2. Cook on Low until the noodles are cooked through, 5 to 6 hours.

Nutrition Facts

• calories419.2
• carbohydrateContent25.4 g
• cholesterolContent132.4 mg
• fatContent23.2 g
• fiberContent0.7 g
• proteinContent27.3 g
• saturatedFatContent12 g
• sodiumContent1178.7 mg
• sugarContent7.5 g