Acadias Eggplant Casserole Food

ACADIA'S EGGPLANT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Pre-Heat oven at 350 degrees F.
• Chop onion into 1/4" pieces.
• In skillet add 1 tablespoon of margarine.
• On medium-low heat saute onion until translucent (not brown).
• Stir frequently.
• Add bell pepper and eggplant pieces with onion.
• Sprinkle salt over mixture.
• Saute until tender.
• Spray PAM in 2-quart baking dish.
• Add eggplant, pepper and onion mixture into baking dish.
• Mix cheeses together.
• Sprinkle cheese mixture on top of eggplant mixture.
• Bake in oven for 15-minutes or until cheese has melted.
• Serve and enjoy.

ACADIA'S BAKED EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Slice eggplant so you have round 1/4" slices.
• Place slices on a cooling rack and salt both sides.
• Let sit for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• Take each slice of eggplant and dab them with a paper towel to remove moisture.
• Spray cookie sheet with PAM and place eggplants on it.
• Bake each side of the eggplant slices for 5 minutes on each side.
• Remove from oven.
• Top each slice with spaghetti sauce.
• Then sprinkle each slice with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese melts.
• Enjoy.

ACADIA'S CRUSTLESS QUICHE WITH EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In skillet saute onion until translucent with 1 tablespoon of margarine.
• Added eggplant and bell pepper in with onion and saute until tender.
• Set onion, eggplant and pepper mixture aside in a bowl.
• Remove sausage from casings and brown in same skillet and then cook thoroughly.
• (I placed my skillet with metal handle in the oven for 15 minutes).
• While sausage is cooking, use a 2-quart bowl to whisk together eggs, cream, nutmeg, chives, parsley, black pepper, & salt.
• Then add eggplant, onion and bell pepper mixture.
• Stir.
• Remove skillet from oven with sausage (Remember the handle is HOT!).
• Drain sausage on paper towels and blot dry.
• Chop up sausage into bite size pieces.
• Add 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese, 1/2 cup cheddar and sausage to the egg mixture.
• Use 1 teaspoon of margarine or PAM cooking spray to grease a 5-quart oblong baking dish.
• Pour mixture into greased baking dish.
• Place on middle rack of oven.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until the quiche isn't jiggly anymore and toothpick comes out of middle clean.
• Let cool for 15 minutes.
• Enjoy!

ACADIA'S STUFFED EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut eggplant top off, and cut eggplant in half length wise. Scoop out flesh and seeds. (Discard seedy areas.) Chop flesh into bite sized pieces.
• Sprinkle kosher salt & pepper into the two eggplant halves.
• Line a baking dish/pan with a sheet of baker's parchment paper and bake the eggplant halves with a teaspoon of butter in each half for 20 minutes.
• Chop onion, pepper & eggplant into 1/4" pieces (does not have to be precise).
• In skillet add 1 tablespoon of margarine.
• On medium low heat saute onion, bell pepper, eggplant pieces and mushrooms until tender. About 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle garlic salt over mixture.
• Stir.
• Add Velveeta cheese by placing cheese on top of mixture.
• When the cheese melts, stir the whole mixture together so cheese coats vegetables.
• Remove eggplant from oven and stuff the two halves with the vegetable & cheese mixture.
• Bake combination another 20 minutes or until eggplant halves are tender.
• Enjoy!

ACADIA'S EGGPLANT PARMESAN

Steps:

• Slice eggplant cross wise into desired thickness. (I cut it in 1/8 am inch slices / not critical).
• Place slices on paper towels and sprinkle with salt to help remove the extra moisture for about 15 minutes.
• Use more paper towels and press each slice to remove moisture.
• In a skillet, saute eggplant slices for 2-3 minutes on each side.
• Add a layer of sauteed eggplant slices to the baking dish, and
• place a dollop of marinara sauce over each slice.
• Then top each slice with a tablespoon worth of mozzarella.
• Repeat these steps until the whole eggplant is sauteed and layered in the dish.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake in a 350 degree F oven for 15 minutes.
• Enjoy!