Sunday, June 28, 2009

Menu plan

Monday
Slow cooked Creamy Chicken with noodles and steamed broccoli

Tuesday
Leftover night. Use up corned beef along with noodles. Boiled edamame.

Wednesday
Steakems, steak fries, steamed veggies

Thursday
Butternut squash with salad

Friday
Use up leftover albondigas soup

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Eggplant Sandwiches

I tried this recipe last night and I just fell in love with it! These types of sandwiches are definetely not to be eaten with your hands. They're messy!



Ingredients:
1 large peeled eggplant
3 leafs of lettuce
1 medium tomato, sliced
3 slices ham
3 slices of mozzarella cheese (I used provolone as I couldn't find any mozzarella. Must've been a shortage here in Fairbanks)
1/4 tbs chicken boullion
2 tbs olive oil


Directions:

Cut off ends of eggplant and cut lengthwise into 6 slices. Sprinkle slice with chicken boullion and grill in hot skillet (I used a George Forman Grill) with olive oil for about 3 minutes on each side, until tender. Arrange 1 eggplant slice on 3 plates and top each slice with 1 slice ham, 1 slice of cheese, 1 leaf lettuce and tomato. Top with remaining slices of eggplant to make sandwiches. Top with grated parmesan cheese. Serve with side salad. Makes 3 sandwiches.


First I used a a teeny tiny eggplant and this still made a somewhat smaller "sandwich" for Nick and then two larger ones for myself. Also I grilled the ham along with the eggplant slices which gave the ham a nice smokey, barbequed flavor. The provolone I think added a nice touch.