Grits

Garlic Grits

Ingredients (all amounts according to number of servings):

• Grits made according to package and number of servings needed
• garlic pepper
• garlic salt
• 3 Italian Cheeses
• butter. 

If you think you don't like Grits alone - try them this way and you might be surprised. The garlic really adds to them.

Onion Soup

Onion Soup -- I will give the ingredients, but the amounts are dependent on how much you need. I use at least one of every kind of onion I can find - white, yellow, red, Vidalia, then add at least one fresh leek cut in thick slices. The liquid I use is beef broth.

Just let it cook for several hours so the flavors of the onions and leek combine with each other - the longer you cook it, the better it will be. No seasoning is necessary. You can't get much easier for a tasty soup than this.

Chicken Rockefeller

Ingredients:

• 9-10 oz. fresh baby spinach
• one egg
• 1 tsp. grated Parmesan Cheese
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
• 1 cup Italian breadcrumbs
• 6 chicken breasts
• sea salt to your taste
• black pepper to your taste
• crushed garlic to your taste

Directions:

1. cook 9-10 oz spinach, drain, cool, combine with one beat egg and 1 tsp grated Parmesan and set aside 
2. mix 1 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs and 1/4 cup Parmesan 
3. season 6 chicken breasts to taste
4. roll in breadcrumbs 
5. place in a greased 13x9x2 baking dish 
6. spread spinach mixture on top of each piece of chicken
7. add chopped garlic 
8. bake at 350 for 40 mins.

Pastitio

Pastitio --

Step 1 - the bechamel: bring 1 1/8 cups mile to a simmer & set aside; melt 5 tbsp. butter; put 6 tbsp flour in blender and start it - add melted butter and 1 cup of the milk thru lid slot; blend until smooth; stir this mix in with remainder of milk; simmer until thick; season with salt/pepper as desired; set aside - in fridge if making ahead

Step 2 - melt 2 tbsp butter in large saute pan on med.high; add one large chopped onion and saute; add 1 1/2 lbs ground lamb; saute until browned; season with garlic salt, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste; stir in 1/2 cup tomato sauce; salt and pepper to taste; set aside - can be made up in advance and save in refrigerator

Step 3 - preheat oven to 300; cook 1/2 lb macaroni to al dente; drain and return to the warm pan; stir in 2 tbsp melted butterand 2 beaten eggs; lightly butter 9x11 baking dish; put in 1/2 pasta mix; layer 1/8 cup grated parmesan cheese; layer all the meat mix; layer another 1/8 cup of cheese; layer 2 1/4 cup bechamel; poke top with fork to allow sauce to seep into the lower layers; add 1/2 cup chicken broth; cover with 3/4 cup parmesan; bake 1 hour; serve immediately, cut in squares

Parmesan Crusted Tilapia

Roll the fresh fish in beaten egg
Coat with grated Parmesan cheese
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Bake in oven to your desired wellness with a touch of olive oil.

Simple and it came out quite good.

Variation I have tried - add some bread crumbs with the Parmesan cheese and fry in Canola oil.