EGGPLANT BALLS

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/calabrese-fried-eggplant-recipe.html


LINK ABOVE IS THE RECIPE I USED.

WHEN YOU ROAST YOUR EGGPLANT, I WOULD ROAST AT 375, NOT 400. MY OVEN RAN TO HOT FOR 400.

BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE NEXT PIC. IT LOOKS GROSSSSSS...

YOU CAN SCOOP OUT ALL EGGPLANT FROM SKIN REAL EASY AFTER ITS COOLED A BIT

GIADA HAS YOU PUREE THE SHIT OUT OF EVERYTHING, WHICH I DID HERE BUT NEXT TIME I WILL PUREE HALF EGGPLANT AND HAND CHOP THE OTHER HALF FOR MORE EGGPLANT TEXTURE AND TASTE.

THESE GUYS ARE MY FAV GO TO'S FOR ALL MY COOKING. I USE PARM, NOT PECARINO.

FORGOT TO TAKE MORE PICS UGH.

ANNA LOVES THESE AND SO DO I!!!

MY AUNT PRU'S ARE THE BESTTTT!!! :}

YOU CAN FRY THESE UP A COUPLE OF DAYS AHEAD OF WHEN YOU NEED THEM AND THEN BAKE THE DAY OF SERVING WITH THE SAUCE. DON'T DROWN THEM IN SAUCE EITHER. YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD MORE AFTER BAKING IF YOU LIKE.

GONNA GO DO SOME GARDENING NOW BEFORE THE RAIN COMES,GRRRRR.

BUT FIRST...

"DON'T I LOOK REGAL" :}

I TRIED TO CUT HIS NAILS THE OTHER DAY AND HE WAS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BITE MY FACE OFF, SO I STOPPED. HENCE HIS UNEVEN MANICURE :{.

ALSO, I LEFT THE HOUSE YESTERDAY FOR A BIT AND HAD A WINDOW OPEN A CRACK FOR HIM BY HIS CHAIR. WHEN I GOT HOME THE WINDOW WAS WIDE OPEN, THE SCREEN OUTSIDE ON THE GROUND AND REX WAS HALF HANGING OUT THE OPEN WINDOW BARKING HIS HEAD OFF.

NO ONE WAS THERE ACCEPT A SQUIRREL. :/

MAYBE NEXT TIME HE'LL JUMP OUT AND RUN AWAY, HEHEHEEEE (JUST KIDDING???).

HAVE A GRRRREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!! :}