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Delicate white eggplant—the one that has the fewest seeds—takes beautifully to grilling indoors or outdoors, doused with your best olive oil and sherry vinegar, and showered with bright fresh herbs and then marinated.

Ingredients:

1½ pounds white eggplants

1 tablespoon coarsely chopped garlic (about 2 large cloves)

Salt and pepper to taste

¼ cup olive oil2 tablespoons finely shredded mint

1 ½ tablespoons sherry or balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon finely shredded basil

1 tablespoon coarsely chopped parsley

How to cook:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Trim the green stems of the eggplants. Peel and slice them into 1-inch-thick rounds. Line a 12 x 18-inch jelly roll pan with aluminum foil and coat the surface with an olive oil spray. Spread the eggplant rounds on the foil and coat the slices with the olive oil spray. Season with salt and pepper, and bake for 20 minutes. Turn the slices over and bake about 15 to 20 minutes more, until the eggplant is cooked through and golden brown.

Transfer to a flat serving dish with sides. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, vine gar, and garlic. Spoon the mixture over the eggplant. Scatter the mint, basil, and parsley over all and let stand for at least 4 hours at room temperature, tilting the dish and spooning the sauce over the eggplant occasionally. Serve at room temperature.

Note: You can grill the eggplant outdoors over wood or charcoal on a rack that is about 6 inches from the source of heat. Turn occasionally so they cook through slowly without burning.

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• Healthy Tools: The Foreman Grill and the Olive Oil Sprayer I was fortunate enough to be given a couple of great gifts recently. Each of them should help us live easier and healthier than before. This George Foreman Grill really does knock out the fat as it says. It's amazing how much fat can end up in that drip tray.......
• Shrimp Marinara and Linguini Recipe   With Lent being here and Easter right around the corner this time of year every Friday we have fish or seafood. This Shrimp Marinara Recipe has a little bit of heat and it is delicious. You could use your choice of raw or cooked shrimp; I used cooked......
• About Olive Oil For Italian cooking olive oil is considered a very important ingredient. So if you want to cook authentic Italian try always to use a good extra virgin oil. On this page of the main site i wrote something about it, that hopefully you will enjoy. Today to many Italian restaurants......
• Marinated Grilled Steak Recipe This has to be the greatest grilled steak Marinade ever. My son said he could eat this everyday of the week. It is good for any cut of steak. During this cook out we grilled New York Strip. I Marinated it for 24 hours. I doubled the recipe and......

Ingredients:

2 lbs. boneless beef chuck (1 ½ inch chunks)
1 ½ cups plain yogurt
¾ cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 small dried hot chili pepper (chopped)
¾ teaspoon ground cumin seed
½ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Procedure:

Toss beef chunks with all remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate overnight. String beef on skewers. Barbecue over hot coals about 15 minutes, turning every 5 minutes. (Serves 4)

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Ingredients:

4 Turkey Wings
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons oil
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
¼ cup vinegar
1 teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 (8 oz.) can pineapple slices

Procedure:

Sprinkle wings with salt. Brown slowly on all sides in heated oil, Pour off any fat in pan. Combine tomato sauce, vinegar, chili powder, pepper, garlic powder and 1/4 cup syrup drained from pineapple slices. Pour over browned wings, and heat to boiling. Cover pan. Bake in a 350 F oven for 1 1/4 hours, basting once or twice. Uncover, skim off any fat on sauce. Top each wing with pineapple slice. Bake, uncovered, for 15 more minutes.

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• Chili Recipe What a crazy winter; here in Upper Michigan we hardly have any snow which is highly unusual for us, however the cold is really hanging in there. It has been quite awhile since I made chili and with this cold weather I wanted a chili recipe with a little......
• How to Make a Healthy Pizza From the brick ovens of New York where the hard water problems give the crust its one-of-a kind-taste, to the deep-dish monsters of Chicago, to the culinary adventurous toppings adorning California pies, pizza is a mainstay in the diets of most Americans. While almost every food group is included in......
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• Venison Pot Roast Recipe It has been years since I Deer hunted. Through my friends some venison always seems to come my way. This is an excellent Venison Pot Roast recipe. The meat is so tender you can cut it with a fork. The gravy over mashed potatoes is as good as it......

Ingredients;

4 lamb shanks
Slivers of garlic
1 tablespoon oil
Salt and Pepper
1 medium onion (chopped)
1 cup Chablis (or dry Sauternes)
Water

Procedure:

Insert sliver of garlic near bone in meaty part of shanks. Brown on all sides in oil in large pot. Season with salt and pepper during cooking. When browned, add onion and wine. Cover and simmer slowly 1 ½  hours (or till meat is tender). Make gravy by adding water and wine mixed half and half. Serve shanks on platter with vegetables; serve gravy separately.

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Ingredients:

4 to 5 lbs. lean beef brisket
4 medium onions
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons minced garlic
½ teaspoon pepper
½ cup WATER (broth or wine)

Procedure:

Trim off outside fat from beef brisket. Grate enough onion, catching juice, to get a measure of 1/3 cup. Slice remaining onions. Make a paste with grated onion, paprika, salt, minced garlic and pepper. Put brisket flat in broiler or baking pan. Spread with half of paprika paste. Roast in 500 F oven 15 minutes. Turn beef, spread with remaining paprika paste and return to 500 F oven 15 minutes longer. Cover beef with onion slices. Add water, cover pan tightly with foil. Return to oven and reset temperature control to 325 F. Bake 2 1/2 hours longer.

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• Slow Cooker Beef Barley Soup Recipe   It has been a long time since I cooked anything with barley in it. This Beef Barley Soup Recipe caught my eye, it sounded really good, and with the cold temperatures we’ve been having here in upper Michigan this week. I have had a very busy schedule and......
• Beef Stew Recipe       Beef Stew is one of my Families favorites this time of the year. This Beef Stew recipe is a little time consuming but well worth it. It cooks slow witch blends the flavors very well. The meat is so tender it melts in you mouth. On the......
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Ingredients:

2 cups soft bread crumbs
¼ cup water
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1 small clove garlic (minced)
3 tablespoons minced parsley
1 egg
1 tablespoon soft butter
1 lb. ground raw lamb
3 tablespoons fat

Procedure:

Soak bread crumbs in water. Add egg, lamb, butter, salt, pepper, onion, garlic and parsley. Shape lightly into 8 patties. Dip in flour and simmer 15 minutes in hot fat. Turn to brown.

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups small White Beans

A Meaty Bone ( or bones)

2 quarts (qts) cold WATER

1 1/2 teaspoon Salt ( or better Garlic SALT)

1/4 teaspoon White Pepper

1/2 of  Bay Leaf

1/4 teaspoon each crumbled THYME and MARJORAM
1 cup chopped ONION  ( more can definitely be added according to taste)

1 cup chopped CELERY
1 CARROT (CHOPPED)

Put “bones(s)” into large pot , add cold water, heat to boiling temperature and skim before adding soaked beans , herbs and seasonings.  Cover and boil gently , very gently , for two ( 2) hours or until the beans are very tender and moist.  Take out bone and remove meat.  Cut up meat and add to soup, along with vegetables.  Cook 30 0r minutes or so , longer if required or preferred.  Add hot water ( or canned broth) ( or canned tomatoes) desired to taste.
Add hot water or canned broth ( or canned tomatoes) if desired to thin soup to right consistency.
Add salt and pepper to taste.

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• Nani's Turkey and Black Bean Chili I had some ground turkey that I wanted to use, so I searched my pantry to see what I might have to go with it. I found some black beans and tomatoes. It was a cool, fall day so I decided to make some chili. The chili was a huge......
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1 Onion ( chopped)
2 cloves Garlic  ( chopped)

2 tablespoons Parsley( chopped0

Cooking Oil

4 fresh California Tomatoes ( chopped)

2 lbs Rockfish  ( cut in bite sized pieces)

Lightly brown , onion , garlic and parsley in frypan  ( approximately 5 minutes).  Add tomato sauce and tomatoes and simmer about 15 minutes.  Add fish and simmer about 20 minutes ( stirring ocasionally).

Serve staming hot in soup bowls.

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4 to 5 lbs Lean Beef Brisket

4 medium Onions

1 tablespoon Paprika

2 teaspoons Salt

2 teaspoons minced Garlic

1/2 cup Water ( broth or wine)

Trim off outside fat from beef brisket.  Grate enough onion, catching juice to get a measure of 1/3 cup.  Slice remaining onions.  Make a paste with grated onion, paprika, salt, minced garlic and paprika, salt minced garlic and pepper.  Put brisket flat in broiler or baking pan.  Spread with half peprika paste.  Roast in 500 F oven 15 minutes.  Turn beef, spread with remaining paprika paste and return to 500 F oven 15 minutes longer.  Cover beef with onion slices.  Add water, cover pan lightly with foil.  Return to oven and reset temperature control to 325 F.  Bake 2 1/2 hours longer.

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