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Old 08-27-2008, 08:59 AM
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haha looks like we're all into fish of late.

last night, i made broiled salmon with potatoes and squash on the side.

didn't follow any recipes, just winged it. for the salmon, i used olive oil, black salt, and fresh ground black pepper. marinated for about an hour - then broiled it after slightly frying on all sides. the squash i just diced into cubes and sauted for about 7-10 minutes using a spoon of butter, and salt/pepper. and for the potatoes..lightly browned some onions in olive oil. diced some red potatoes (with the peel still on) - tossed them in. threw in some red pepper, salt, oregano, basil, and thyme. 20 minutes of alternate stirring/covering..and you're good to go.
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Old 08-27-2008, 09:15 AM
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also. i heard a fun segment on NPR yesterday. they were interviewing rozanne gold - who is famous for her 3 ingredient recipes. and they'd have callers call in with three ingredients that they had to work with, and she'd come up with a recipe on the spot. i enjoyed it cause so often, we check our stash in the fridge/cupboards and are like 'dammit i don't have ANYTHING!!' - not realizing that we don't necessarily need a bazillion ingredients to put a meal together.
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Old 08-27-2008, 08:38 PM
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Still on my veggie in everything rush- tonight I made like the most awesomest bestest tasting eggplant parmesan over garlic & herbed linguine like ever. I'm at my rents house and I've been trying to help my mom out with random stuff, so I decided to make dinner tonight. Had some garden grown tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, and herbs [parsley & oregano]. I homegrown food.





Thinly slicing [almost deli meat style] the eggplant was also a huge improvement to the taste. Yeah it took much longer for both prep steps but is totally worth it.


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hey shadha, can you post the recipe for the eggplant? i've had eggplant in the fridge for days, and was going to do something desi with it, but eggplant parmesan with pasta sounds so gooooood.
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Old 08-27-2008, 10:12 PM
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I kinda free-handed it since I've been making it for years, but I can give you approximates and ingredients eh?

Coat bottom of baking dish with a small amount of tomato sauce of your choice.
I diced about 4 medium sized tomatoes, 2 small zucchinis & 1 medium onion and mixed it into the tomato sauce [about 26oz of sauce]. This will make the sauce chunky, which you totally want. Mix about 1/3c. grated parmesan cheese into the sauce.

*You can also purchase canned diced tomatoes to save on time*

Set aside.

Peel skin of eggplant and thinly slice.

Slice or shred a large packet of mozzarella. I prefer to slice it. Though, I have even mixed it before, while for the layers I used sliced mozzarella and on top I used shredded. Your choice.

Have a bowl of Italian-seasoned bread crumbs and another bowl of whisked eggs & milk. Start off with small bowls of both, then add more as you need it.

*You always want more egg than milk for mixture*

Piece by piece, dunk into the egg & milk mixture, then into the bread crumb mixture. Repeat this step twice. You want a thick coat. Lay finished pieces on a platter.

Preheat oven to 350F.

Heat up a small amount of oil [just enough to fill up to the sides of the eggplant] in a skillet at about 300F. Fry the eggplant until just golden [about 2-3mins per side]. You might have to add additional oil during frying.

Once fried, immediately place upon a toweled plate and pat off excess oil.

Place one layer of eggplant in the baking dish. Scoop enough sauce onto each individual piece of sliced eggplant to have a nice even spread. Put mozzarella on top of each individual piece of sliced eggplant. Sprinkle with grated parmesan.

Repeat until all the eggplant is used. Use more sauce & mozzarella on the top level. Sprinkle some Italian seasoning on top.

Cover with aluminum foil and cook for about 25-30mins. The last 10mins take off the aluminum foil. Remove from oven when the cheese & sauce becomes bubbly. I personally do not like my baked pasta dishes browned.

Meanwhile, while the eggplant is cooking, boil up some linguine pasta and cook according to package. I like to add salt and olive oil to the water.

Mince cloves of garlic [to your taste] and fresh parsley. The fresh parsley made ALL the difference in taste. I have always used dried and I was so stunned at the immense taste difference.

Drain pasta and return pot to stove. Melt butter [to taste] and add garlic & parsley. Heat until garlic becomes tender. Stirring constantly as to avoid burning. If need be, remove from heated burner and continue stirring. Fold in cooked pasta. Top with freshly crushed black pepper.

Put two together, sprinkle on some fresh oregano with more parmesan and you're set. Really quick and easy to make.


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^^ that looks pretty good..I made it a few weeks ago and used this recipe Eggplant Parmesan: Parmigiana di Melanzane

I had two problems when making this recipe though. 1- my breadcrumbs never "stayed put" when I fried the eggplant and as a result they went all over in the oil and it looked gross 2- the eggplant soaks up soo much oil that I didn't want to make it again because its so unhealthy [but it tastes so good ]

onetspvanilla- if you want to try the recipe that I made, a lot of people posted comments with their modifications because they had the same problems I had.
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:20 PM
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caramelcandy: I had two problems when making this recipe though. 1- my breadcrumbs never "stayed put" when I fried the eggplant and as a result they went all over in the oil and it looked gross 2

Awww. Well, the egg & milk mixture keeps the bread crumbs on [just as if you were making chicken cutlets, which also requires the same egg & milk mixture]. I don't know why your posted recipe didn't call for it.


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Still on my veggie in everything rush- tonight I made like the most awesomest bestest tasting eggplant parmesan over garlic & herbed linguine like ever. I'm at my rents house and I've been trying to help my mom out with random stuff, so I decided to make dinner tonight. Had some garden grown tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, and herbs [parsley & oregano]. I homegrown food.





Thinly slicing [almost deli meat style] the eggplant was also a huge improvement to the taste. Yeah it took much longer for both prep steps but is totally worth it.


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totally making this tomrrow. but ill make the linguine with lemon/butter sauce and shrimp.

looks goood
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The chicken I made today got attacked.

Basically I defrosted some chicken I had marinated with worchestershire sauce and some other stuff, heated the oven to 425, melted butter in a 13x9 pan in the oven, coated the chicken in bisquick, baked for 25 minutes, turned over and baked for 15 more minutes.
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I made chicken parmesan yesterday, but it didnt taste as good as it has in the past.
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Old 08-29-2008, 03:30 PM
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I forgot I bought myself an eggplant, so I'll probably be making baked ricotta eggplant rolls tomorrow. Never made it and I had it only once at a restaurant and loved it. So I got my recipe all together, so we'll see how it goes.


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Old 08-29-2008, 05:18 PM
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...how do you guys get away with having so many cheese-centric dinners and still look that good? i hate you all. really.
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I made chicken parmesan yesterday, but it didnt taste as good as it has in the past.
i love chicken parmigiana! i haven't made it in a while. how do you make yours?
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made general tso's chicken today. my husband calls it "the communist chicken."

twas yummy.
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