Ever since I discovered the cooking Blog, Under The Tuscan Gun, I have had Parmigiana of some sort on my mind. Lenny loves eggplant parmigiana, I love them all. After all, who does not love gooey cheese and tomato sauce? Since we are doing a big ride on Saturday (today, which was tomorrow when we ate this) we also wanted to load up on carbs, so …. that is where the kind of comes in.
I took a chicken breast, thinly sliced it and then cooked it with some olive oil and chili peppers. It was ultra moist and juicy because we like to use organic or free ranging chickens. Then I cheated …. I added a jar of premade Italian tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese and cooked pasta (we like little ears), tossed it all together, put it into a baking dish and baked until bubbly. We served it with a big loaf of garlic bread. Even though I did not take the time to make my sauce and I used premade garlic bread, the meal was still really great; well, you could really tell that the bread was premade, not so great. The pasta dish tasted like Chicken Parmigiana which is what I was after!
Next time … we will be making the eggplant parmigiana.
Saturday night, I will tell you how we are going “local”!
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We all cheat a little sometimes. I’m not above using a good quality jar sauce when pressed for time, and I’m Italian! Your creation sounds great!