Lasagna with Eliza

Last night we had Eliza over for lasagna, garlic bread and salad. The lasagna is Barefoot Contessa's tried and true recipe with hot Italian sausage and ricotta, goat and Parmesan cheeses. The goat cheese is a nice addition. This time around we had enough basil to use it all from our garden, which was fun! For the garlic bread, we bought a regular loaf of French bread at Albertsons, and then put some garlic spread that we buy at the farmer's market between the slices before heating in the oven. The garlic spread is the same stuff they use at Alladin (a favorite San Diego restuarant) and it's very good on garlic bread. This photo is before we baked the lasagna - so imagine it 400 degrees and 35 minutes later - all melty and golden brown and bubbly: