take 10 to 12 minutes.
although you may be in the habit of adding salt to boiling noodles, you may want to avoid doing so here. it's very easy to add too much salt to the meatballs.
drain and mix the noodles with your meatballs. place a colander/strainer in a clean sink. remove your noodles from the stove top, then pour them into the colander to drain the water. transfer the noodles to the crock pot and mix everything together.
you may want to give your colander a few sharp, back-and-forth shakes to knock loose any water sticking to the noodles.
you might also want to serve the noodles on a plate to form 