Baked Eggplant Appetizer

1 large Eggplant
Olive oil
1 large Onion -- peeled & quartered
3 Garlic cloves -- unpeeled
1 Red bell pepper -- - halved and seeded
1 teaspoon Oregano -- chopped
2 teaspoons Lemon juice
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1/8 teaspoon Each salt and pepper
4 ounces Feta cheese -- crumbled
2 tablespoons Parsley -- chopped
Pita bread or crackers
Preheat oven to 350 F.

Halve eggplant lengthwise. Brush all sides with olive oil. Place
halves cut-side down on a baking sheet. Bake 25 minutes. Brush
onion, garlic and red pepper with oil; add to eggplant. Bake 25-30
minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.

Cool eggplant; scoop out flesh and place in a food processor or wooden
bowl.

Squeeze garlic pulp from skins, peel red pepper, and a
dd to eggplant along with onion, oregano, lemon juice, olive oil, salt
and pepper. Process or finely chop by hand. Do not puree. Mix in 3
oz. of the feta cheese.

Spoon mixture into a serving bowl. Sprinkle remaining feta cheese
around the edge of mixture; mound parsley in the center. Serve with
pita bread or crackers.

Fire Balls

Fire Balls

12 ounces jalapeno peppers, canned
1 cup buttermilk baking mix
6 ounces mozzarella cheese -- shredded
1 pound sausage
6 ounces seasoned bread crumbs

* Use a spicy breading mix made for pork or for less spicy dish use
unseasoned fine dry bread crumbs. A mixture of pork breading crumbs and
plain crumbs is good to use.

1. Cut off stem ends and remove seeds from the peppers. Rinse
peppers to remove seeds, but allow some seeds to remain if you like them hotter.

2. Stuff peppers lightly with cheese, then set aside.

3. Thoroughly mix sausage, biscuit mix, and remaining cheese. Make
small patties from the mixture. Place a pepper in the center of each
patty, then wrap and seal the dough around the pepper. Coat one or two
balls at a time by shaking them in a plastic bag with the pork breading
mix or seasoning of your choice.

4. Using a lightly greased skillet, brown sausage balls until the
sausage is thoroughly cooked, turning several times.

Italian Roasted Vegetables

Italian Roasted Vegetables

2 each Yellow Peppers -- Cut into Chunks
2 each Red Bell Peppers -- Cut into Chunks
2 each Green Peppers -- Cut into Chunks
3 each Zucchini -- Sliced Lengthwise
2 bunches Green Onions -- Trimmed
2 each Japanese Eggplant -- Sliced
24 spears Asparagus -- Whole, trimmed
1 pound Baby New Potatoes -- Sliced thin
8 ounces Mushrooms -- Halved or whole
1 bunch Fresh Rosemary -- Chopped
12 cloves Garlic -- Chopped
1/4 cup Extra Virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper -- To taste

Preheat oven to 500. Put vegies into open roasting pan. Toss with
rosemary, chopped garlic, salt and fresh ground black pepper and just
enough olive oil to coat. Roast for about 45 minutes, or until crisp
tender.