Lasagna and Mike's (almost) Famous Garlic Bread

Liz's Famous (Okay, only to Gina) Lasagna

Ingredients:

1 box of lasagna noodles (I used the kind you have to cook, but San Gorgio makes ready-to-eat stuff)
8 ounces ricotta cheese
2 eggs
1 lb. mozzarella cheese, grated
2 c. Parmesan cheese, grated
2- 24 oz jars of pasta sauce (I use Fransico Rinalldi sauce, in the tomato and garlic. If you like a drier lasagna, I recommend only using 1 jar)
1 lb ground beef (or turkey, that's low cal/fat)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp basil
1 tsp oregano
salt & pepper

Instructions:
-Boil lasagna noodles 10 minutes in 4 quarts water. 

-Drain and rinse with cold water, place individually on parchment paper (or foil works well too - just so it doesn't stick and can dry while you make the other stuff!) 

 -Brown hamburger - drain and rinse. 

-Put hamburger in a bowl and pour sauce over - mix well.

-Add basil, oregano and garlic to sauce mixture, set aside.

-In a separate bowl, combine ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, eggs and 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese; mix well.

-In  a greased13x9-inch baking dish, spread 1 cup pasta/meat mixture.
-On top of the sauce, place noodles so they overlap just slighltly (I can do about four across length wise and on on the end tall ways) 

-Spread about half of cheese mixture over the noodles.

-Top with hamburger/sauce and repeat layering.

-Top layer should be sauce and topped with ridiculous quanities of cheese so it's bubbly and delicious.

 

Bake uncovered 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before serving

Mike's (almost) Famous Garlic Bread:
Ingredients:
1 loaf of Italian bread
2-2 1/2 cups of butter
3 heaping tablespoons of fresh garlic (we prefer Dellalo, but that's hard to come by if you don't live in Jenette, PA or use the dellalo.com website!!)
1 cup of shredded mozzerella cheese


Directions:
-Cup bread in half lengthwise
-Mix together butter, garlic and cheese
-Spread onto insides on bread.
-Lay bread with cheesey-garlicy goodness facing up.
-Place in oven on broil until cheese is brown, gooey and ridiculously delicious.

(I know it sounds easy, but seriously, I've never had better garlic bread than this, minus my mom's!)

Enjoy!