In a crockpot or slow cooker (whichever term you prefer) place your ground beef. Add the jar of spaghetti sauce, bay leaves, dried oregano, garlic powder, pepper, onion and 3 whole cloves of garlic.
Mix all the ingredients together and set the timer to cook for 4-6 hours. Stir every hour or so if you are home. The garlic will start to soften and just permeate the sauce.
Garlic Breadcrumb Topping
Melt 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the garlic and bring it to a sizzle about 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat, add the breadcrumbs and combine, coating all of the breadcrumbs.
Faux Lasagna Assembly
Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions.
Layer the bottom of an oven safe baking dish with enough noodles to cover the bottom.
Layer a cup or so of the crockpot spaghetti sauce over the noodles.
Add half of the mozzarella cheese and spread to cover the sauce.
Add half of the garlic breadcrumb topping, spread out over the mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle this layer with some parmesan cheese.
REPEAT the layers and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and a little olive oil over the top to add a golden color when baking.
Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let stand 5 minutes before serving.
