3 cups 1/2-inch cubes eggplant (about 1/2 pound)
1 cup 1/4-inch slices zucchini (1 small)
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, sliced
1/2 medium green bell pepper, cut into strips
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves
OR
1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 medium tomatoes, cut into eighths
Cook all ingredients except tomatoes in 10-inch skillet over medium heat until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in tomatoes. Cover and let stand 2 to 3 minutes.
Microwave Directions: Omit water. Mix all ingredients in 2-quart microwavable casserole. Cover tightly and microwave on High 5 minutes; stir. Cover and microwave until vegetables are tender, 2 to 5 minutes longer.
Serves: 8
Generally a chef’s book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work. ~ Sally Schneider
Phyllo Tartlets (recipe follows)
8 cups chopped onions (about 4 pounds)
1 cup beef broth
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 slices lean turkey bacon, cooked and chopped
6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
PHYLLO TARTLETS
1/4 cup apple juice
2 tablespoons reduced-fat margarine
4 frozen phyllo sheets (13 × 9 inches), thawed
Prepare Phyllo Tartlets. Cook remaining ingredients except cheese in 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat 20 minutes; reduce heat to medium-low. Cook uncovered 50 minutes, stirring occasionally, until all liquid is absorbed and onions are consistency of marmalade. Heat oven to 400º.
Fill each tartlet with 2 teaspoons onion mixture. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle each tartlet with 1/2 teaspoon cheese. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until cheese is light brown. Serve hot.
PHYLLO TARTLETS:
Heat oven to 400º. Heat apple juice and margarine over low heat until margarine is melted. Cover phyllo sheets with waxed paper, then with damp towel to prevent them from drying out as you work. Brush 1 phyllo sheet at a time with apple juice mixture. Fold sheet crosswise into thirds, overlapping the sides; cut into 10 pieces.
Place pieces in ungreased small muffin cups, 1 3/4 × 1 inch, making pleats as necessary to fit into cups. Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until brown. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool.
Serves: 10
A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef’s book about improvising but a real home cook’s book with a real home cook’s pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing. ~ Sally Schneider
2 green onions
5 cups bean sprouts (10 ounces)
10 cooked fresh crab legs (each about 2 inches long), shelled
OR
10 imitation whole crab legs (each about 2 inches long)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
10 leaf lettuce leaves
10 ready-to-eat spring roll skins (8 1/2 inches square)
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Honey Sichuan Sauce (recipe follows)
HONEY SICHUAN SAUCE
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup chili purée
Cut green onions into 2-inch pieces; cut pieces lengthwise into thin strips. Mix green onions and bean sprouts; divide mixture into 10 equal parts. Sprinkle crab-meat pieces with sesame oil. Tear each lettuce leaf into 3-inch squares.
Place 1 lettuce square on center of 1 spring roll skin. (Cover remaining skins with plastic wrap to keep them pliable.) Place 1 part bean sprout mixture on lettuce; top with 1 crab-meat piece and 1 1/2 teaspoons cilantro. Fold bottom corner of spring roll skin over filling, tucking the point under. Fold in and overlap the 2 opposite corners. Brush fourth corner generously with cold water; roll up to seal.
Repeat with remaining spring roll skins. (Cover filled spring rolls with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out.) Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 8 hours. Cut in half if desired. Serve with Honey Sichuan Sauce.
HONEY SICHUAN SAUCE:
Mix ingredients.
Refrigerate 2 hours
Serves: 10
First of all, I can’t really claim to be a great chef. ~ Martin Yan
… so it may not count. I am just sick over this, my vote may have been stolen from me. Over 10 years ago I changed parties from Demi to Republican. At the polls yesterday, I was informed that “I’ was a registered Democrat and would have to file a challenge to vote as a “Republican.” Thinking this was just some kind of clerical or computer error… that’s exactly what I did; I filled out the challenge page and voted.
I then, came home to call the Board of Elections, in which I did (twice) to have it fixed – only for them to claim that “I” had changed parties in 2008 back to Demi (news to me). So I said, “Show me!” No one on this planet would ever believe that I had voted for that empty suit, much less change parties to do it.
But somehow or somebody, my registration and/or vote was stolen from me. The woman that answered the phone at the Board was very nice and she proceeded to tell me that I wasn’t the only one to complain about this. I did vote in 2008 as a “Republican,” but I did think that my ballot seemed odd, but since I had been a registered Democrat in Montgomery County as of 1988 prior to the change to the Republican Party in 2000 and was familiar with the Democratic ballot, it just looked “regular”to me and it didn’t even register that it was a Demi ballot. I was standing under the Republican sign with an arrow pointing down, so I didn’t even question it.
Today, I received a signed computer print out from the Board of Elections (man was that fast, it must have been in the mail, even before I registered my complaint) showing me as a registered Democrat as of 1988. No where does it show that I had ever changed party afflictions, one way or the other.
The poll lady on my second trip down there to show them my driver’s license, since I didn’t have it with me the first time, I had given it to my husband the day before, since I didn’t take my purse to the hospital with me for my colonoscopy and failed to get it back from him. All I had to do was to tell them the last four digits of my Social Security Number to be allowed to vote. I was surprised too be honest. There went the “ID” theory. But I wanted my paperwork to show that I had shown them my ID, so I drove the the auction house to help Anthony move cars and to get my ID. She showed me her other book, book number three, it had pink pages and that book clearly showed me as a Registered Republican. So she knew I wasn’t lying.
Somebody, at either the poll in 2008 or at the Board of Election somehow, changed it and probably even stole my vote.
I am truly sickened over this whole mess. As many of you know, I’ve been ill for the past month, but am feeling somewhat better now. Well I was feeling better before this stress/mess. Two of my doctors told me that I’m “PERFECT!” ~ direct quote. I just want to see who signed the challenge paper in 2008 pretending to be me, switching my party back to Democrat and somehow track them down and find out exactly what they did do, as a result of “This Change.”
I’ll have it fixed by November if I have to camp out at the Board of Elections… I’m ready to demand a recount.
Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or a skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back. ~ John Barth
