What surprising flavor! I had to substitute a can of Hunt's Italian Seasoning tomato sauce for the marinara and regular Italian sweet sausage as I didn't have the called for ingredients on hand. I only had 1/4 c white wine on hand, so I sub'd in some more chicken broth and added a little tomato paste (I like mine a little thicker). I also only used 6 wheat lasagna noodles and prepared them as directed and baked in an 8 x 8-inch dish (it's only me and my husband and I hate lots of leftovers), cutting the noodles to fit the dish. I ended up having a little sauce left over and topped the lasagna off with that, baked uncovered as directed but omitting the water. At 40 minutes, I placed 4 slices of mozzarella cheese on top and baked for another 5 minutes. I would've never thought to put pumpkin in a lasagna, but this is truely a keeper and will be making again!!!

Reviewed On: Nov. 3, 2009

Absolutely fabulous! Best pot pie I've ever made. I didn't have any red potatoes on hand, so I substituted a small sweet potato and substitued red cooking wine for the Marsala wine, as I did not have that on hand. Also sub'd canned mushrooms for fresh and made a Bisquick topping, again, not having fresh mushrooms or puff pastry on hand. Based on other reviews, I added 2 tbsp of butter, 1/2 c water with a beef bouillon cube and added cornstarch at the end to thicken the liquid. We didn't have any leftovers last night! My husband went back for 3rds!!! A DEFINATE KEEPER!!!!!

Reviewed On: Nov. 2, 2009

This came out wonderful! I used a 3 lbs bone-in sirloin roast. I took the advice of some of previous reviews and tripled the recipe (except for the sugar and water, I cut the water in half). I also added about a tbsp of minced garlic, used apple cider vinegar in lieu of red and used brown sugar in lieu of the white. I marinated the roast over night and only added the water to the mix right before cooking and pouring it over the roast in the crockpot. I cooked it on low for 8 hours (precaution because it was bone-in). It turned out so tender it fell of the bone as we were serving it out of the crockpot! The juice was a perfect finishing touch to drizzle over the meat. A definate keeper!!!

Reviewed On: Nov. 1, 2009