Scott and Jay were both over for dinner. Scott is staying with us for a week, taking care of our house and Coco while we’re off in San Antonio running the San Antonio Rock & Roll Half Marathon. When Scott comes to stay, I always make Polish Lasagna, because we’ve known each other forever and my mom would make it for us when he came over for dinner in high school.

It may sound weird, but this is so good, especially leftover. It’s comforting. Layers of shell pasta, ground turkey with mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic, onion and marinara sauce, cheddar and mozzarella cheese, and sour cream (which comes out sort of like ricotta).

• Polish Lasagna (Sheri’s Recipe Box)
• Sourdough bread with Sauteed Garlic Butter (Fine Cooking #43, March 2001, p. 49)
• Butter Lettuce and Radiccio with Tomatoes & Lemon Poppyseed Dressing (Fine Cooking #51, July 2002, p. 48)

Wine: La Cassacia 2002 Chianti (Italy). One of the wines we bought in Siena last year. Good but not outstanding.