LinKev's Eggplant Parmesan

1 large eggplant
3 eggs beaten
1 1/4 cup of seasoned bread crumbs
2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
8oz fresh mozzarella cheese cut in thin slices or shredded mozzarella
1 cup of sauce of you choice
salt to sprinkle
vegetable oil to fry add more if needed




Wash and slice eggplant to 1/8 inch thick circles.
Sprinkle with salt on one side and stack them up with the salt side up.
Let stand for about 10 minutes.
Heat enough oil in a skillet
Beat eggs in a small bowl in a flat dish mix bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Dip eggplant both sides in egg and then in bread crumbs mixture and place in hot oil, cook until both sides of eggplant is browned, once cooked place in a lined paper towels plate.
Preheat oven at 400 degrees.
In a big enough baking dish spread a little sauce all around, line the eggplant on top of the sauce then spread a spoonful of sauce on top of eggplant, add a slice of mozzarella cheese and bake for about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.


Serve on sandwich rolls, or over spaghetti with sauce

Fried Stuffed Rice Balls Video Recipe

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Spaghetti with ketchup sauce

I got this recipe from one of my clients' daugther a good idea if you don't have sauce in hand..thank you Mrs. V. 
I did add a few more ingredients to it and also added the grated cheese, I didn't add any meat and I used wheat spaghetti instead..It's a quick dish to make. 

Ingredients


1/2 lb wheat spaghetti
1 small onion chopped
2 small tomatoes chopped
2 garlic cloves minced
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon paprika (optional)
pinch of salt to taste
pinch of sugar to taste
2/3 cup ketchup
grated cheese (optional)


Directions

               Saute' onion for 3 minute stirring occasionally

                 add the garlic and saute' for another minute 

add tomatoes, oregano and paprika(optional) stir well and for     and additional 3 minutes. 

Add ketchup, salt and sugar. Simmer for about 3 minutes or so.

         then add the spaghetti mix all together.

                     Add grated cheese (optional) and serve while it's hot.

You can add meats of your choice. But first cook or sautee' the meat.

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Mom's Fried egg with Tomato Sauce

                                   ~~~~~ Recipe is been revised by me~~~~
This is one of my favorite dish that my mom used to make a lot for us, you can make it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 

(Mom only topped it with grated cheese, but I added the mozzarella to it. Her original recipe is without the mozzarella.)

2 eggs

2 - 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 cup already made sauce (heated)

romano or parmesan grated cheese 

1 slice fresh mozzarella (optional)

In a nonstick skillet on low to medium heat, heat the oil, crack the eggs in the hot oil add salt and pepper to taste, cover and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes, make sure the eggs are not too runny then add the sauce and grated cheese, top and mozzarella (optional), cover and cook for about another 2 to 4 minutes or until mozzarella is melted .

Serve with italian bread or toast.

Chicken Parmigiana

One of my family favorite food. I make my mom's chicken cutlets then I throw them in the oven with sauce and mozzarella. 

4 chicken breasts cut in half lengthwise
2 eggs 
2 teaspoons water
salt and black pepper to taste
1 1/4 cup of italian seasoned bread crumbs
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
8 oz shredded mozzarella
vegetable oil to fry
sauce of your choice
spaghetti cooked according to directions


In a shallow bowl beat the eggs, water and salt and pepper to taste, in another shallow bowl combine the bread crumbs and parmesan cheese, mix it well.
Dip both sides of the chicken in the eggs mixture then coat with the bread crumbs mixture, pressing it so it sticks to the chicken, coat it twice with the bread crumbs. 

In a large skillet heat oil over meadium to high heat and cook chicken in batches until golden brown on both sides, place on a plate lined with paper towels, in a baking pan pour enough sauce to coat the bottom of the pan add the chicken then pour sauce on top of each chicken, top with mozzarella and bake at 350 degrees for about 2o to 25 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown.. 

Serve with spaghetti. Sprinkle with grated cheese.

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Rustics Penne

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Marinara sauce

From 1-minute recipe link below

https://www.facebook.com/pages/1-minute-recipe/189850927715612

Start to finish : 40 min.


Ingredients
3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
4 cups diced roma tomatoes
¼ tsp. sea salt
3 tbsp. fresh basil leaves, chopped
1 pinch of pepper


Method
1.Heat the oil in a sauce pan over medium heat.


2. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until soft, about 1 minute.


3. Add the tomatoes, the salt and the pepper and cook for 25 minutes.


4. Remove from heat and add the basil.


Serve with : pasta, lasagna, pasta with shrimps or crabs.

Variants
For those who like it spicier, add crushed red chile flakes or spiracha.

The serious version : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVBW62GowBk

The video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewy8fFMkAvA

Baked Italian meatballs

My mom used to make the best meatball recipe ever.I have tried to make her recipe but no success I always fail.  My husband finally told me to just give it up. Well he loved her meatball recipe so much I couldn't give up.  So I kept searching on line for at least something closer, I did find one on Kraftfoods.com and it was a little close to my mom's I did change the amount on the grated cheese and instead of the garlic cloves I use garlic powder. So now I can make spaghetti and meatballs without my family complaining that the meatballs don't taste good.. I make this recipe now all the time.   
Here's the link for original Kraftfoods meatball recipe http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/baked-italian-style-meatballs-66196.aspx

My revised recipe


1 pkg. (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Chicken

2 lb.  ground beef

1-1/4 cups water

2   eggs, beaten

1 1/2 tablespoons garlic powder

1 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
Preheat oven at 400 degrees.In a large enough bowl mix all ingredients.Shape meatballs size of a golf ball.Place in a foil lined cookie sheet.Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until they are done.

Chicken Margherita

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Filet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce

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Linkev's Pizza Frittata

This pizza frittata can be for any meal, you can substitute any toppings for the pizza frittata, like pepperoni, mushrooms, black olives,peppers, hamburg, chicken, and so on. I personally like the ricotta cheese with the spinach and tomatoes combination.
Make sure if it's hamburg or chicken you cook them before you add them to the eggs or if it's onions, peppers, mushrooms you saute' them.

Ingredients for frittata

12 eggs
2 tablespoons water or milk
salt and black pepper to taste
1/4 cup of ricotta cheese 
6-8 slices of fresh mozzarella or
1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup of chopped fresh baby spinach
1 tomato thinly sliced
2 teaspoons plus one tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion thinly sliced

Ingredients for sauce
1 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes drained
2 teaspoons olive oil
3 garlic cloves thinly sliced
6 to 8 large basil leaves chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar

Preheat oven at 350°


In a ovenproof 12-inch nonstick (If you don't have a ovenproof skillet, cover the handle very well with alluminum foil). heat 2 teaspoons olive oil over medium heat and saute' onions remove and set aside. In a large enough bowl beat the eggs add water or milk, salt and pepper to taste. add one tablespoon of olive oil to the same skillet and heat over medium heat add the eggs, reduce heat to low, cook for about 3 minutes then add the ricotta in teaspoonfuls all around the eggs, add the chopped spinach and tomatoes, once you see that the eggs are set around the edges,(make sure you are not burning the bottom) then tranfer in the oven and bake for about 12 minutes or until eggs are cooked.

Meanwhile in another nonstick skillet heat the olive oil saute' garlic
until soft add the can of tomatoes, basil, salt and sugar, simmer for about 5 minutes, break up tomatoes with a fork.
Spoon sauce over the frittata and top with mozzarella cheese, return to oven and cook until mozzarella cheese is melted.

LinKev's Brasciole

Ingredients:                                           Serves 4


4 thin slices of sirloin or flank steak pounded
4 slices of prosciutto
Grated cheese, Parmesan or Romano 
Fresh chopped parsley
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Salt and black pepper
Olive oil 
Prepared sauce, enough for about 2 to 3 inches in the skillet.
Butcher's twine to tie the braciole.
If you like, you can add extra cheese  like provolone, swiss cheese, mozzarella cheese, etc.....

Directions:


Pound the steak and sprinkle with grated cheese, pepper, parsley,garlic powder, onion powder and salt. 

Top each Steak with prosciutto and roll each steak like a jelly roll. 

Tie off the ends first then the middle with the twine. 

Pour  olive oil in large deep skillet enough to cover the bottom, heat over medium high heat. 

Add the steak and sear only. Just enough to lock in the juices. 

Remove steaks from the skillet. Leave oil in the skillet.

Add the sauce to the skillet, lower heat to medium-low and cover, when sauce starts to boil add the steak and set to low heat, simmer and cook for 2 hours or more, turn the steak every so often. 

The longer you cook the steaks the more tender. 

Asiago Apple Chicken Marzetti

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Another twist on the old fashioned Midwest Johnny Marzetti, or a variation on my Johnny Orecchiette this is a quick dish feeds 2-3 and is scalable for larger servings. Only requires one pot and a skillet for preparation.

Ingredients
• 12 Oz. Asiago Apple Chicken Sausage, ground
• 8-9 Oz. Large Shell Macaroni
• 5 Green Onions, diced
• ½ Fresh Large Green Pepper, diced
• 1 Tbsp. Minced Garlic
• 1½ Cups, Finely shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 1 14.5 Oz. Stewed Tomatoes
• 1 – 8 Oz. Can Tomato Sauce
• EVOO

Directions
1. Fire up the Egg to Full Flame with Grid in place
2. Boil water and add macaroni, stir frequently until tender
 (approximately 10 minutes); remove from heat and drain 
in colander then set aside.
3. Drizzle EVOO into pot and add sausage and brown.
4. Add green onions, green pepper and garlic 
and finish cooking sausage.
5. Add tomatoes and tomato sauce and bring ingredients 
up to temperature and then add back the Macaroni and stir.
6. Immediately add cheese and stir until melted, 
remove from heat and serve.

Mom's Tomato Sauce

Mom's sauce, this sauce was everyone's favorite,

even when mom used to be at the hospital

her nurses wanted her sauce recipe.

She was the best cook ever.




3 Cans of Tomato Puree
6 Tablespoons of sugar
6 leaves of fresh basil
1 medium onion sliced
3 tablespoons of vegetable oil or olive oil
3- 3/4 cans of Water


In a big pot heat up oil, once oil is heated

add onions,saute till onion is translucent but don't burn

Pour tomato puree,use one of the tomato puree and

fill it 3/4 of the way with water and add to the sauce

3 times (3- 3/4 cans of water) stir all together.

if you like thicker sauce use a 1/2 can of water.

Let sauce cook in medium heat for 10 minutes or so

then add the sugar and basil stir and simmer on low to medium heat

for another 30 minutes stirring occasionally....

Enjoy...

                                                                   

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