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Chicken with Eggplant and Basil

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Chicken is one of the most versatile meats you can buy. It goes with just about everything and most dishes are so simple and easy to prepare. The Chicken with Eggplant and Basil is one such dish.

This dish requires 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 1 baby eggplant cut in half, salt, 1 tablespoon pine nuts, 4 thin chicken cutlets, Freshly ground pepper, All-purpose flour, cloves garlic, chopped, 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, drained, rinsed and chopped, 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, 1/2 cup chicken broth, 1/4 cup ricotta cheese, and bread.

To prepare, first season the chicken with salt and pepper and roll in the flour. After shaking off the excess put aside. Next drizzle a little olive oil over the eggplants and add salt; place in an oven and cook for a few minutes. Toast the pine nuts over a saucepan over a high flame and then place in a bowl and drizzle the remaining olive oil.

Place the chicken in a saucepan and brown for a few minutes add the garlic and cook a few more minutes. Slice the eggplant into chunks and add tomatoes, eggplant, basil, nuts, and broth to cooking chicken. Simmer. Allow to cook and top with ricotta cheese and eggplant. Serve with bread.

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Portuguese soup, ethnic warmth

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Soup isn’t always just soup. In Portugal it is a tradition that is passed on from generation to generation.

The traditional Portuguese soup recipe calls for 1 cup vegetable oil, 2 cups chopped onion, 2 bay leaves, 1 pound smoked sausage, sliced, 1 medium head cabbage, chopped, 6 potatoes, peeled and cubed, 2 cans kidney beans, 1 can beef consommé, 2 2/3 quarts water, 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 2 teaspoons ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup vinegar, 1/4 pounds potatoes, scrubbed and diced, 3 tablespoons butter, and warm crusty bread.

To prepare, place a large pot over medium flame and cook onions and potatoes, until tender, then add sausage and cook for 5 minutes. Next add water, bay leaves, cabbage, beans, consommé, garlic, powder, pepper, and salt and bring to a boil. Lower flame and simmer for between 30 and 45 minutes.

Add vinegar and more continue to simmer for an hour. Serve soup with warm bread.

This recipe can be used with kale instead of cabbage, garbanzo beans or chick peas instead of kidney beans, and chourico instead of smoked sausage.

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A complete English breakfast, a meal that will keep you full

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Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day but for many persons it is often nothing more than a slice of toast, orange juice, or cereal and milk. The traditional English breakfast is a deviation from that.

The meal is extremely popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland appeals to middle and upper classes and is designed to keep you full.

The breakfast is considered a staple of English cuisine and is served in hotels, airports, and restaurants during the week or weekends at bed and breakfasts and is also often served in pubs as an all-day breakfast.

Breakfast suggests early morning but the meal is also popular at other times of the day.

The breakfast consists of grilled sausages, bacon, tomatoes, eggs which can be done in a variety of ways including poached, scrambled or fried, baked beans, bread, and hash browns. Some recipes include black pudding.

Start by grilling or frying the sausages. While the sausages are being prepared put the bacon and tomatoes on the grill cooking at medium heat. The tomatoes should be cut lengthways and sprinkled with salt.

Cook mushrooms in a separate pan in chicken stock for 10-15 minutes. Leave the eggs until last. Leave the other items in a warm oven in the meantime.

Arrange everything on a plate. Serve and eat. The breakfast can be taken with a cup of tea or coffee.

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