FRIED EGGPLANT

1 Large Eggplant or 2 Small ones
1/4 Cup Canola Oil, or a little more
3 Eggs, beaten
2 Cups Flour or Bread Crumbs
1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese
Salt to taste

Cut the eggplant into 1/4 inch slices. Heat oil in a skillet. Dip eggplant slices in egg and then the flour or bread crumbs. Fry until golden brown on each side, adding more oil if necessary and then salt them and add the parmesan cheese. Set on paper towels to drain. You can add the parmesan cheese to the flour mixture or bread crumbs if you like.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SUB SANDWICHES

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Onions, Sliced Thin
3 Green Bell Peppers, Thickly Sliced
1 Red Bell Pepper, Thickly Sliced
2 Lbs. Sweet Italian Sausages, Links Pricked

6 Italian Sub Rolls


 Preheat the oven to 350. In a baking dish, add oil, onions, peppers and the sausages. Cover with foil and bake until the sausages are cooked through and the peppers are soft for around 1 to 11/2 hours, depending on the peppers. Serve on the sub rolls.

ANGINETTE COOKIES

These are so easy made but the orange extract is sort of expensive. They are so very good.
1/2 Cup Shortening or Butter (not marg.) softned
1/2 Cup Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1/2 Cup Orange Juice
1/2 Teaspoon Orange Extract
3 Cups Flour
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder

Frosting:
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Lemon Extract
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
2 Tablespoon Milk
Tri-Colored Sprinkles

Preheat oven to 350. Spray cookie sheets or line with parchment paper. In a medium bowl cream the shortening or butter with the sugar until this is fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time beating well after adding each egg. Add orange juice and the extract and mix. Sift the baking powder with the flour and add to the ings. Mix again until combined.  Drop by small spoonfuls on the cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes. Let get light brown on top do not let get dark brown as they will taste scorched. Cool.
For the frosting mix the powdered sugar with the lemon extract and vanilla in a small bowl. Add 2 tablespoons milk and if to thick add a little more milk you do not want it to runny. Dip the top of the cookies into the frosting and then put on wax paper until they have stopped dripping. Top with the sprinkles. Let stand until the frosting is set.

CHEESECAKE BARS

If the rasins are hard put them in some water and let them boil until they are plump. Pour off water and let cool.
1/3 Cup Butter, softened
1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup flour
1/2 Cup Raisins or can add coconut
1/2 Cup Chopped Walnuts
1 (8)oz. Box Cream Cheese
1/2 Cup Sugar not powdered sugar
1 Egg
2 Tablespoon Milk
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla

Preaheat oven to 350. Spray a 8 x 8 pan. In a bowl cream the brown sugar and butter until it is fluffy. Add the flour, raisins and nuts. Mix until this is crumbly. Take half of this mixture and press into the pan. Bake for 15 minutes. In another bowl mix the cream cheese and sugar. Add the egg, milk and lemon juice and vanilla and beat until smooth. Take the crust out of the oven and pour the filling over the crust. Sprinkle remaining crust on top and bake for 25 minutes. Let cool and chill.

SEVEN LAYER COOKIES

1 Stick Butter, not marg.
11/2 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 Cup Butterscotch Chips
1 Cup Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Walnuts
1 Cup Shredded Coconut
14oz. Can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Melt the butter and mix with the graham cracker crumbs. Press into the bottom of a sprayed 8x8 pan or for thiner cookies a 13 x 9 pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and walnuts over the crust. Sprinkle the coconut over the top. Pour the condensed milk evenly over everything. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until coconut gets brown and toast in spots. Cut into small squares.

ITALIAN CHICKEN AND POTATO DISH

1/4 Cup Olive Oil
1 Medium Onion, sliced thin
3 Chicken Breasts cut into strips or nugget size
2-3 Potatoes, cut into medium cubes
3 Cups Tomato Sauce
1 (15)oz. Peas
Salt and Pepper


Preheat the oven to 350. Take a 13 x 9 cake pan or glass baking dish and pour the oil all in it. Put the cut up onions over the oil and then add the chicken. Add the potatoes around the chicken and then add the peas. Add the salt and pepper and enough tomato sauce to cover the chicken. Bake for around two hours or until chicken is tender and potatoes are done. May need to add a little more tomato sauce as this bakes. Would also be good with some bread crumbs sprinkled on top when almost done for a crust. Let them brown. Can take the soup and dip bread in it to use as a dip. French bread it good for this.

BEST FOOD ON THE "HILL"

When talking to my son who was on his way back home from St. Lewis from a computer conf. he was telling me about where all he had ate. This restaurant was one of the noted Italian ones.
So here I go and look at the menu as I will never get to go there to eat. Being a Italian lover all the menu sure looked good to me. He was telling me about the toasted Ravioli which they serve.
 So what do I do, just go and start looking for a recipe for these. I found a lot and they all looked good so I will post one of the recipes later on.
We may not be able to travel but we can still sample different types of food just by finding recipes like it.
He also was telling me about the salad he ate there how good it was. As a matter of fact he said it was the best he had ever ate and believe me he has traveled a lot and ate at a lot of different places. He can make a mean salad. I always want him to fix mine when I go out to eat with him.
This salad had a cheese in it I have never heard of but you can buy in St. Lewis. It is called Provel cheese.
 Now back here in the country all we can get is cheddar or coby not nothing new. He said that is what makes the salad.
 So now I am trying to find where I can buy some online as I love any kind of new cheese.
 When we watch food tv they all have new types of cheese on the shows and don't you wish you could just reach in and grab a piece and eat it. lol. I am sure wanting to try to deep fry some of the ravioli but I say it will be tricky to keep the filling from falling out.
 I read where Sam's has it in bags that is frozen. May try to find some all ready made up.
I am also going to try to find some more Italian recipes to put on here. Being part Italian I guess it is just in my blood to love any type of Italian cooking.
 Enjoy any of the recipes I can find or make up. I love to hear about what he eats when traveling and then come up with a recipe like it. It may not be from a famous place but you can sure have something new on your own home menu...........