Thursday, December 15, 2011

Beef and Eggplant Casserole Family Dinner Recipe

!±8± Beef and Eggplant Casserole Family Dinner Recipe

During the mid to late summer, our eggplant from our garden comes into season. One of our favorite eggplant recipes is this easy to make casserole dish with the addition of lean ground beef.

This recipe does take some time to make, so I would recommend it for a weekend dinner, however, your efforts to make it will be rewarded as it is very delicious.

Beef and Eggplant Casserole

2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/3 cup onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
3 cans (8 ounce) tomato sauce
1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon parsley
1/8 teaspoon anise seed
1 eggplant (about 1 1/4 pounds in size)
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup seasoned dried bread crumbs
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1-2 packages Mozzarella cheese, sliced

In a large skillet, melt the butter and then saute the onions, garlic and ground beef until the beef is no longer pink. Stir in the tomato sauce, oregano, basil, parsley and anise seed, mix well. Simmer the mixture for 7 minutes over low heat, then set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9 x 13" baking dish with nonstick vegetable spray. Wash eggplant and slice down to 1/4" thick pieces.

Combine eggs and 1 tablespoon water in a medium-sized bowl, mix well. In a large pie plate, combine the bread crumbs and a 1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese. Dip the eggplant slices in egg mixture and then into the bread crumbs mixture, until they are coated in crumbs.

In a frying pan with a little bit of vegetable oil, saute the eggplant slices until they are golden brown on both sides, drain on paper towels.

Place a single layer of eggplant in the bottom of your baking dish. Sprinkle with some of the remaining Parmesan cheese, top with a few slices of Mozzarella cheese and then cover with some of the sauce. Repeat layering until all ingredients are used, making sure to cover the top with Mozzarella cheese.

Bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Makes 4-6 servings.


Beef and Eggplant Casserole Family Dinner Recipe

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

(P90X) Dinner - High Protein Low Carb

Check out my blog at www.roccocozzafitness.com This is a dinner I prepared that is high in protein, low in carbs and tastes great. It also falls within the P90X diet plan guidelines

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Easy Recipes For Ground Beef - Considerations For a Healthy Diet Plan

!±8± Easy Recipes For Ground Beef - Considerations For a Healthy Diet Plan

When you define a healthy diet plan, you must consider the foods that are more comfortable with then do more "body friendly".

Minced meat is popular because it is relatively inexpensive, readily available, easy to prepare and versatile.

Recipe preparation begins in a supermarket

Good meat more expensive. This is not a surprise.

Grass fed beef is much better fed beef field, if you want to stick to a healthy diet.

Why isGrass-fed beef is best for you?

And 'better for you, because the cattle grazing in nature to consume and digest grass growing naturally. They eat the grass continues to lose weight. Grass-fed cattle to roam freely, the attributes of the nature of their lean meat.

Grass fed beef against Stockyard

Feed grain for livestock fence, the amount of fat to increase that lead. Fortunately, the majority of ground beef that are sold today, the percentage of fat listed on the label. It 'a nibble at your fingertipsInformation.

Stockyard fed beef have added huge amounts of antibiotics to feed. This is necessary because the opportunity is great for a sick animal to other animals in a crowded warehouse space to infect.

Antibiotics in food may be many problems if taken without a medical reason.

This secondary use of antibiotics is blamed for creating antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria that can be cured if they get sick to do much more difficult.The unintended antibiotic ingestion also kills beneficial bacteria in your gut. This makes you more susceptible to infections.

Both of these situations can lead to serious health consequences for you and your family.

Easy Recipes For Ground Beef

While you are at the supermarket you may as well buy the other items you will need to make your ground beef dish. The hard part comes in when you have to decide how healthy you want your meal to be.

A raw vegetable diet is fairly healthy. A meal that contains bottled or packaged items will be less healthy but this is a tradeoff you have to make. All packaged foods have higher amounts of salt, sugar, or trans-fats present, which make them less desirable.

For a recipe to be "easy" or "quick" you will have to resolve yourself to using packaged or bottled foods on occasion. It's the tradeoff you have to make for convenience.

Let's look at a taco salad recipe that contains a small amount of packaged foods but is based upon a raw vegetable diet. This is a great recipe to prepare in the summertime when you are short on food preparation time yet want a healthy and filling meal for your family or guests.

Organic salad makings are best. However, you may have to compromise to save time and buy a ready-made salad in a cellophane bag. Remember the tradeoffs we discussed? This may have to be one of them.

Taco Salad

Brown ½ cup chopped onions and 1 teaspoon chopped garlic in olive oil.
Remove onions and garlic from heat when onions become soft. Set aside.
Brown ground beef. Drain the fat off the meat.
Add cooked onions and garlic to browned ground beef.
Add Taco Seasoning to beef according to package instructions.
When heated through spoon the seasoned beef over salad greens.
Garnish with grated low-fat cheddar cheese and bottled salsa.

You can serve your taco salad with crusty whole grain bread from the grocery store bakery and a hearty red wine. This adds depth to a simple meal. Both the whole grain bread and red wine are good foods that are good for you.

These are all healthful food choices.

Good health foods are the basis of a natural healthy diet. Healthful food choices are easy to make when you have a good food recipe close at hand. Easy recipes for ground beef are convenient, tasty, and satisfying.

Even guests who are not particularly health conscious about their diet will not feel deprived after feasting on this festive but easy ground beef recipe.


Easy Recipes For Ground Beef - Considerations For a Healthy Diet Plan

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Knorr Pasta Sauces, Parma Rosa Sauce Mix, 1.3-Ounce Packages (Pack of 24)

!±8±Knorr Pasta Sauces, Parma Rosa Sauce Mix, 1.3-Ounce Packages (Pack of 24)

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The perfect pink sauce - rich and creamy with a hint of tomatoes.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Loma Linda Vege-Burger, 19-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)

!±8± Loma Linda Vege-Burger, 19-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)


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Made with grain protein. Low fat. Completely meatless; and 96% less fat than cooked ground beef. Exchange: 2 Very Lean Meat. The dietary exchanges are based on the Exchange Lists or Meal Planning, 2003 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc. and The American Dietetic Association.

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