I was shopping at the local Target store and saw at the check out stand a food magazine called " Italian cooking"
On the cover was a picture of this lasagna that just looks so yummmy I just had to get it. I looked through the whole magazine at home. It was full of wonderfull looking dishes with the most mouth-watering descriptions. Finally I found the lasanga - it was on the last page. The heading was "just as we promished the best lasanga you have ever had."
It looked so good. I just had to make it. Now I probably hadn't hand made a lasanga for several years as the frozen family size ones do just fine for a busy working mom. But I had a stay at home vacation and time to do it.
Off I headed to the grocery store. Execept for salt and pepper I had to buy all the ingredients. The price at check out was $69. Yikes. that should have been a clue. I did splerge for a $12 bottle of wine as it was called for in the reciepe even though I am not a wine drinker.
Started on the lasagna at 4:30pm, about 5:15 realized I forgot to get fresh basil but luckily (?) I had a 10yr old bottle of dried basil in the spice rack. I finally got the lasanaga assembled and in the oven around 6:30. While cleaning up it dawned on me that it did not call for mozarrella cheese. 2nd clue - 69$, no gouey melty cheese. hmmmm. Finally after baking and setting it was done and guess what- Not even close to the best lasagna ever. The picture looked good but you can't eat the picture.
Here's mine

I had some string cheese that I tore up and put on it at the end. All in all about the 18th best lasagna ever