eggplant and the dinner guest

Have I mentioned how much I love food? I love all kinds, no matter if it is dairy or meat, my husband on the other hand is a meat guy. Leave the potatoes, just give him the meat. So dinner in our house involves some kind of meat 99% of the time. I love having variety and could always enjoy cheese. The other day I was given a few eggplants and decided to make eggplant Parmesan! YUMMMMMMM. I asked my trusty helper to join me in the kitchen, and was ready to cook. (I love having my kids in the kitchen. My favorite memories as a kid is helping my mom. I remember sitting on the counter helping her making the mot delicious food).

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We sliced the eggplant, egg washed it, put it in some Jason's seasoned breadcrumbs mixed with a little Parmesan cheese and extra garlic powder. and in to the oil it went. OK, yes I fry the eggplant. It is just not the same when you bake it. Remember to fry in a hot pan and the food wont be so greasy.

Golden delicious eggplant. I could eat it just like that. All the kids came in to the kitchen to see what the yummy smell was and each one had a taste. They loved it.

So we layered marinara sauce and cheese with the eggplant and in to the oven it went. The house smelled so good. Like Italy (I've never been there but in my head that's what it smelled like).  We made a nice big salad and set the table. I was really looking forward to dinner but the kids were looking forward to dessert. Since we almost never have anything dairy for dinner, I decided to get a treat for dessert. We had Edy's slow churned mint cookie crunch.
We were waiting fr our friend to come over with paper work for our IRA (time to put money away for retirement), but he got delayed so we started dinner. Not more then 3 seconds after we started Brian knocked at the door. We invited him to join us! He was not an eggplant fan, but was happy to have a home cooked meal (no he is not homeless, just a bachelor). He confessed that he didn't like eggplant but mine was great and he had seconds. So I know it was good. Too bad he had to leave before dessert :-)

I love having company and love to feed people. Anytime you are hungry just pop in for dinner,