Thursday, June 3, 2010

Lunch With A Difference In A Thermos Nissan

Sending a tasty hot lunch or a cold lunch that is actually still cold when they eat it, needs two appliances to make it easy.

First, of course, you must have a wide mouth Thermos Nissan to send it in and then to help with all the chopping you need a food processor such as the Cuisinart DLC5BC Food Processor to save you time.

To give you and idea of what you can do, here is a recipe for Layered Eggplant Lunch Recipe:

Layered Eggplant Lunch Recipe:

What You Need:

  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 small eggplant, sliced
  • 2 potatoes, skin left on and sliced
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 large tomato, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 tsp parsley
  • 1/2 tsp basil
How to Make It:

  1. Place the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
  2. Heat the oil to hot but not smoking.
  3. Add the eggplant and potatoes.
  4. Layer on the onions.
  5. Layer in the pepper strips.
  6. Last lay the tomatoes on the top.
  7. Sprinkle with the garlic, parsley and basil.
  8. Allow the layers to simmer in the hot oil for 20 minutes.
  9. If the mixture seems to be cooking to quickly lower the heat to medium low.
  10. Mixture may seem slightly dry but do not add water.
  11. Continue cooking 15 minutes or until vegetables is fork tender.
  12. Use a spatula to remove in sections and layer into a wide mouth thermos.
Serves 4

This dish is great out of a thermos. Sprinkle a little parmesan cheese over the top before eating.

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