Once you discover how easy it is to make homemade Chicken Parmesan, it will be a regular favorite on your dinner table! This recipe is from my cookbook and served at our famous Italian restaurant In Lake Tahoe! Then – English Trifle two ways! First up, the traditional trifle with fruit and cream. But to make it even easier, check out the second method, using store bought chocolate éclairs!
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Bracciole & Pasta All’Assassina
Stuffed with cheese, rolled up and served with a delicious red sauce, Bracciole is the favorite beef tenderloin dish! And have you heard of Assassin’s Pasta? Also called, Burnt Pasta, this meal comes together in one skillet starting with raw pasta. Incredible!
Shrimp Burger Sliders with Curry Aioli and Slaw
Old recipes like the ones featured in this column each week would slowly fade away if not for a new generation of home cooks. So when I heard about C-CAP, the Careers through Culinary Arts Program in Arizona, and when I tasted the award-winning recipe at their competition this year, I had to share both the program and the dish with you. C-Cap is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 by well-known culinary educator and author Richard Grausman to teach youth about the satisfaction and value of home cooking. C-CAP works with public schools in Arizona and across the country to prepare underserved high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality industry. So far, C-CAP has awarded students more than $37 million in scholarships and donated $2.8 million worth of supplies and equipment to classrooms. At C-CAP’s Heavy Metal Culinary Competition in years past, the students brought back a past winner, T-Cook’s at the Royal Palms Executive Chef Lee Hillson to defend his title. Indeed he did, winning again with his Shrimp Burger Sliders with Curry Aioli and Slaw. Chef Hillson’s advice to students this year was “to have a little fun! Make food and cooking exciting and different. Think of foods you like and model a dish on them.” Thank you Chef, for doing all of the above with your sensational Shrimp Burger Sliders!
For more info about C-CAP, visit www.ccapinc.org.
Zucchini Balls with Dipping Sauce
We are right in the middle of Greek Carnival Season known as Apokries. Greek street foods are, of course, a big part of the celebrations. So this week I wanted to feature one of my favorite Greek appetizers, Kolokithokeftedes. Ok, that may seem Greek to you, but really, they are just delicious deep fried zucchini balls paired here with a fantastic dipping sauce, and pronouncing the word correctly is not part of the recipe, so don’t worry about a thing! (For the record, it’s pronounced Kolo-Keetho- Kef-ted-es.) You’ll love the crunch and the fabulous flavor combination of zucchini, cheese, onion, garlic and a hint of white truffle oil, made even more delicious by dipping them in a zesty red sauce. There’s only one more thing to say about this delightful Mediterranean treat, “Nostimótatos!” ( Delicious!)
Cheesy French Onion Meatballs
Here is a One Skillet Wonder that is so delicious, so savory, so cheesy, and so satisfying that it’s become one of my favorite family meals, and I hope it becomes the same for you! Here, the Italian meatball is smothered in a classic French onion soup gravy, and the result is nothing short of delicioso and magnifique!
