Eggplant Parmesan

The eggplant continues. This week Chris wanted to give eggplant parmesan a try. I am not alway a huge fan of eggplant parmesan, at most restaurants it is never that good. Since Chris wanted it and I was uncertain about it, I put him in charge of cooking. He looked up a few recipes and then basically winged it. He breaded and fried the eggplant. From there he stacked layers of eggplant, marinara, and mozzarella and then baked the stacks. We were both very happy with the outcome. I ate until I could not eat anymore. It was so amazing. It lacked the sogginess that you tend to see with eggplant parmesan and it was just so good I am officially sold on all things eggplant.

Sausage Stuffed Eggplant

In another successful attempt at using what we had around the house, we made sausage stuffed eggplant. I will confess I had to stop to get mozzarella cheese but I picked that up on Monday with the other few things. Originally the idea was Chris' but with no real execution plan. I did some Google researching and found a few ideas and made a few improvisations. In the end along with the sausage and the eggplant, I added marinara, bread crumbs, an egg, onions and mushrooms, and the mozzarella. It was even better than I thought it was going to be. We got another eggplant from the CSA on Wednesday and in the end this was so delicious I am tempted to make it again. Next time I will pay better attention and not let the cheese get so brown.

Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken

This month's "Bon Appetit" magazine has a section on the top 10 chicken recipes at various restaurants around the country. This is one of the two that I decided sounded delicious and needed to make it on the dinner menu for this week. This particular one was a winner because 1. I love prosciutto 2. the chicken is stuffed with cheese 3. the chicken is wrapped with prosciutto 4. the side dish was eggplant panzanella 5. did I mention the prosciutto?

Also an added bonus I got Japanese eggplant in the CSA last Wednesday and needed something to cook them in. As you will see in the chicken picture I kept some of the eggplant out of the panzanella- they were so delicious on their own I could not resist.

Overall this meal was really amazing. I mean there is cheese inside that chicken and that chicken is wrapped in prosciutto how can it not be one of the most wonderful things you have ever put in your mouth. Delicious. We will definitely be cooking this meal again sometime. Chris and I also felt the panzanella would make an awesome appetizer.