Good Dinner Mrs. Mellen

Eggplant a versatile vegetable who like a chameleon changes assuming the characteristic of the  spices and ingredients used by the cook. Eggplant parmesan, beautiful stacked eggplant, tomato, mozzarella towers, baked stuffed eggplant and more I could continue adding to the variety of the eggplant recipes; all equally delicious. I was moved to create this recipe one day when I was at a farmer's market and saw a beautiful array of eggplant glistening with fresh picked dew beaconing me to purchase. Once home I started thinking about how to cook the beautiful eggplant and I just decided to leave the eggplant whole hollowing out the center using the meat as stuffing and the shell as a baking dish. As a filler to substance to  the ingredients I use La Casa de Grano Fregolo Sarda a traditional Sardinian Pasta that is toasted available at Italian markets such as Eataly or on line. I loved the texture and resulting taste all the flavors marrying to create a delicious bake...

Egg salad doesn't have to boring. I love to combine different flavors to create innovative recipes that is how I came up with Greek Egg Salad. One of my favorite Greek dips is Tzatiki a luscious combination of yogurt, garlic and cucumbers which I used as the base for this egg salad. Adding Kalamati olives boast the flavor reminiscent of the Mediterranean where olive trees fill the country side with luscious plants bearing the beautiful bountiful olive fruits. Greek Egg Salad   4 hard boiled eggs 3/4 cup Tzatiki 1/4 cup plan Greek yogurt 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup Kalamati olives, chopped 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2 cups spring greens 1 cucumber, sliced  1 large tomato sliced kalamata olives Combine first five ingredients. Place spring greens on plate. Top with egg salad. Arrange sliced tomatoes and cucumber around the egg salad. Decorate with olives. So simply delicious and easy for a wonderfully flavorful lunch or light dinner. Se...