Finally, I have run across something that the babies will eat that isn't a hot dog or macaroni and cheese made from a packet!
I happened upon it on accident, actually. Brookshires had eggplant on sale for a $1 each, and I wanted to make some eggplant parmigiana just for fun.
I ran an Internet search, and ran across one of those copy-cat recipe's for Olive Garden's version of the dish.
The ingredients list looked okay, until I noticed that it included Prego meat sauce from the jar and grape jelly.
All I could think of at the time was why anyone in their right mind would want to put grape jelly in their spaghetti sauce.
I have put sugar in it to sweeten it before, but never grape jelly! But, I decided to give it a try, and hit the grocery store armed with the short list from the recipe.
I even managed to snag some eggplant that was in one piece and looked decent for once, too! I made the dish on Sunday afternoon.
By Monday, we had realized that the babies kept hanging out around the table any time anyone tried to have any left-overs.
For dinner that night, I very cautiously made them their own little bowl of it, chopping everything up very tiny to try and do damage control before a mess could happen!
Kai didn't even scream at me. He didn't toss his carrots at us in protest of the new food. He actually smiled and took every bit offered.
Vivie tried shaking her head at first at the new food, but when she accidentally got a tiny bit on her lip, and licked it off, she decided that it was good and wanted her bites too.
Of course Kian, our little goldfish who will eat ANYTHING, ate it without any questions asked. They liked it!
There was no retaliation, no food fight, and no closed, clinched little lips this night! I had finally found something that they liked!
Here is the recipe should you like to give it a try for your own family!
Eggplant Parmigiana
Ingredients:
1 Eggplant, peeled, sliced
1/4" Flour
Oil
Seasoned salt
1 pound Spaghetti sauce, meat flavored
1/4 cup Grape jelly
1 14 ounces Can Stewed tomatoes, sliced
4 slices mozzarella cheese
Directions:
1. Eggplant
Moisten eggplant and coat lightly in flour.
Quickly brown slices in hot oil, dusting each side generously with seasoned salt.
When fork tender and golden brown transfer to jelly roll pan.
Cover loosely with foil and bake at 375~ about 20 to 25 minutes or until tender.
Use 8 slices for this amount of sauce.
2. Sauce
Combine sauce, jelly and tomatoes that have been broken up with a fork.
Heat on medium until piping hot.
Do not boil
Be sure jelly is melted.
Arrange 2 slices eggplant on each of 4 plates.
Cover each with 1 slices of mozzarella.
Ladle sauce over all, not to cover completely.
Place plates in 375~ oven just to melt cheese and serve promptly.
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