Eggplant Pizza

I sliced an eggplant and grilled the slices on top of the stove on a lightly oiled "grill pan"....about three minutes each side.  Then put on a foil lined cookie sheet.  I put a large dab of spag. sauce on each one, then some shredded mozzerella cheese, a slice of tomato and some small pieces pepperoni.  Then some garlic pepper and then I drizzled some olive oil on the top of each.

 Into the oven (400 degrees for about 17 minutes).

Delicious

You can't pick them up and eat them like regular pizza. A fork and knife are necessary.

White Spaghetti/Eggplant Casserole

one eggplant sliced and dipped in olive oil, sprinkled with
garlic pepper and
roasted at 400 degrees until tender, then cut into bite sized
pieces.

1/3 lb spaghetti cooked

one can of mushrooms

grated parmesan/romano cheese

sliced tomato( 2)

croutons

a white sauce (I used a packaged garlic cheese sauce from D'Avolios)

three eggs/milk/italian seasoning blended up in the blender

mozzerella cheese cut into chunks

pepperoni (ten slices cut in half)

ham (couple of ounces cut into small pieces)


I put a very thin layer of spaghetti sauce on the bottom of a
9 by 13 pan.  Then a later of spaghetti and then layered the other
ingredients (making sure to have three layers of spaghetti)
I then poured the egg/milk mixture over it all, and then poured
the white sauce over that.  Sliced the tomatoes and put on top,
and tucked the croutons around the tomatoes

covered pan with foil and baked at 375 degrees for 30 minutes,
then removed foil and put under broiler for a couple of minutes
let it sit for five minutes before serving.

Roasted Cabbage and Onions with Tomatoes and Keilbasa

I cut up some cabbage and onion(bite size piece)s and put on foil in a flat pan in oven.  400 degrees for about 35 minutes, stirring occasionally .  I put the keilbasa on another pan to heat up on the top shelf of the oven. I sliced a tomato and put it on  top of the cabbage and put some pieces of chedder/mozerrella cheese on top.  Cooked another twenty minutes or so.  Placed the keilbasa on top for the last few minutes in the oven.

It was REALLY good!

BBQ Smoked Pork Chops with Onions

I sliced an onion and a half and put in  the bottom of a square pan, added a couple tbsp of butter and some crushed garlic and baked in the oven for abut 20 minutes.  Then I browned the pork chops in butter on top of the stove and then put on top of the onions.  I put some Trader Joes BBQ sauce on top and back into the oven for about 20 minutes.

Luscious!!!!

Creamy Baked Asparagus

I cut one lb of asparagus into 1 and 1/2 inch pieces and steamed it and put into casserole....stirred in 1/2 cup of Buttermilk Ranch Dressing.  Crumbled 12 saltines and put on top, and then two tablespoons of grated Romano cheese.  Baked at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes.

Gnocchi in Cream Sauce with Vegetables and Oven Baked Zucchini Rounds

3/4 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley (I could not find my parsley so I used a little bit of oregano
1/3 cup grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese(I used Pecorino-Romano)
directions
In an 8-inch skillet, combine 3/4 cup heavy cream, 2 tablespoons
 butter and 1/2 teaspoon salt over medium-high heat. Bring to a
simmer and cook, stirring, until thick enough to coat a spoon,
about 4 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
 and remove from the heat. Add 1/3 cup grated parmigiano-reggiano
cheese when tossing with pasta. Makes 2/3 cup.
I had some leftover already cooked broccoli and small pieces of butternut squash,
so I threw these and some gnocchi into the sauce..... DELICIOUS


Crusty parm zucchini- slice Zucchini sprinkle with shredded parm cheese.
 Season with thyme, rosemary, salt pepper and a little olive oil. Bake at 350
I sliced the zucchini into rounds, sprayed a pan with  PAM, put the slices down
then spooned on a bit of spaghetti sauce (PREGO) then put on some parmigiano-
romano cheese and drizzled with olive oil and baked until soft.  I had a bit of
leftover pepperoni, so I put that on some.  I left the sauce off of some of the
rounds and they were very tasty, too.

Pasta Fagiole in the crockpot (similar to Olive Gardens)

2 lbs ground beef
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped
2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
1 (16 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained
3 (10 ounce) cans beef stock
3 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons pepper
5 teaspoons parsley
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional)
1 (20 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
8 ounces pasta

Brown beef in a skillet.
Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.
Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours. Add pasta the last 30 minutes.

I only used about a lb and a quarter of meat and did not use the full amount of the spices.
I added some garlic and some brown sugar.
I cooked the pasta separately since it would not fit into my crockpot

It is delicious!