"This is an excellent, forgiving recipe. A friend made this 2 years ago for Thanksgiving and it was fabulous. I remember amaretti cookies in the recipe and have never seen them at the store so figured I wouldn't make it. Well, 2 cookies were in a holiday gift basket and I decided to make a version on the spot with what I had at home...and it was still great. Didn't have basil and skipped it. Used only 2 cookies. Had lots of cooked pumpkin in the fridge so substituted that for the squash. Took 3 mostly used boxes of lasagna noodles...both no-boil and boil and cooked them all. Used part-skim mozz cheese. Still great!
PS...My sauce didn't thicken much on the stove and I was concerned when I poured it all over my lasagna that it seemed impossibly soupy. It all worked magically!

"This is an excellent, forgiving recipe. A friend made this 2 years ago for Thanksgiving and it was fabulous. I remember amaretti cookies in the recipe and have never seen them at the store so figured I wouldn't make it. Well, 2 cookies were in a holiday gift basket and I decided to make a version on the spot with what I had at home...and it was still great. Didn't have basil and skipped it. Used only 2 cookies. Had lots of cooked pumpkin in the fridge so substituted that for the squash. Took 3 mostly used boxes of lasagna noodles...both no-boil and boil and cooked them all. Used part-skim mozz cheese. Still great!