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Union Square Cafe: Roast Stuffed Eggplant with Tomato Sauce

“Union Square Cafe serves some of the most imaginative, interesting, and tasty food in America. Now its devoted fans from down the block and across the globe can savor the restaurant’s marvelous dishes, trademark hospitality, and warm decor at home. By Danny Meyer and Michael Romano” Source: Union Square The recipe for Roast Stuffed Eggplant with Tomato Sauce is in the Appetizer section of the book. To us, it was a whole meal. I added, instead of the anchovies listed below, vegetarian ground sausage. Serves 4 6 Baby eggplant (I used 2 large) 3 TBS olive oil 2 tsp minced [...]

By Joanne|2013-11-24T18:33:52-05:00November 24, 2013|Union Square Recipes|1 Comment

Worry Zone and Warm Eggplant Black Bean Salad

First of all, I want to know why I get SO MUCH JUNK email on my CA Raisin Bread post! It's so frustrating! Do you get more crap on one post than any others? Second, Ted had a race tonight in swim class. He said he beat those little kids. I said "REALLY? How old were they?" His response: "It was open [snicker, snicker, tee-hee-hee]. But the good news is that I won my age group." So that's what it's come to? ;) Now for my "Woe is me" rant... Back and forth from one web site to the next. [...]

By Joanne|2011-11-08T20:16:35-05:00November 9, 2011|Salads|4 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Eggplant Parm

This week, Fran posted a very loose recipe for Eggplant Parmesan. More specifically, on page 119 of our book, there is a recipe for Eggplant Parmesan that tells you the what and the how but not the how much. The following recipe shows the amounts Apple Crumbles used to make this all around meatless favorite. Gosh it smells so good! Always skin the eggplant as the skin is bitter. Have your sauce ready. Try one of these UTICA SAUCE recipes. Slice the eggplant ( I used 3 Japanese Eggplants (the small ones) but otherwise, 1 large standard eggplant is fine) [...]

By Joanne|2011-04-30T19:10:56-04:00May 1, 2011|Taste of Utica|3 Comments

Whiner and Vegetable Ensemble over Portabella Caps

All the weight workouts are completed this week. Sunday night was legs. Monday back and shoulders, and Tuesday was chest and arms. All weight and cable workouts took about 40 minutes. If you do any strength workouts, do you prefer bars, dumbbells, or cable machines? I like the cable machine the best but to get a well rounded workout, I use everything. Wednesday running day: Ran with Jenn and John today. The plan was to run a fast 5 or 6 with the two J’s and keep the miles in the teens for the long haul. I’m still shooting for [...]