Roasting and freezing veggies

eggplants
peppers
tomatoes


Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cover cookie sheet with foil to make clean up easier. Place eggplants, peppers and tomatoes on a cookie sheet with the skins on. Roast them for 30 minutes or until the skins look burned. Take them out and place them in a grocery bag for a few minutes until they are cool enough to touch. Peel them and put them all mixed in a gallon or several quart size bags and freeze them. when ready to eat, heat them in a skillet with butter. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

You can make this and eat it before freezing, too. Just peel them and add butter while it's hot, salt and pepper and enjoy! You can also chop and add some Italian parsley, and or garlic.

Salmon and veggies in foil

2 4oz salmon fillets
1 cup carrots chopped
1 medium onion sliced
1 bell pepper chopped
1 yellow squash or zucchini chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
1 cup chopped green beans
1 cup chopped kale
2 TB lemon juice
2 TB fresh Italian parsley chopped
1 tsp. dried basil (or 1 TB fresh)
salt and pepper
2 TB olive oil
Foil



Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a cookie sheet arrange 2 big pieces of foil. Divide all of the veggies into 2 and arrange them on the foil, piling them on top of each other. Drizzle 2 TB olive oil on top of each veggie pile, salt and pepper and garlic. Put Salmon on top, drizzle just a bit of olive oil, lemon juice (1 TB) season with salt and pepper, parsley and basil. Bring the ends of the foil together and seal them tightly. Roast in the oven for 20 minutes. Put them on plates and serve.
Carefully open the foil as the steam will come out, and eat right off the foil.


Serves 2

Slow-Cooker Lentil and Kielbasa Stew

1 lb lentils, rinsed and drained
1 or 2 cups of sliced kielbasa
10 cups chicken or beef stock or broth
1 lb carrots sliced
2 cups zucchini coarsely chopped
1 cup bell pepper coarsely chopped
1 onion chopped
1 can corn
2 cups spinach (fresh or 10 oz bag frozen)
2 TB minced garlic
2 TB dried Italian parsley or 1/2 cup fresh chopped Italian parsley
1 bay leaf
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
Oil


In a big skillet heat oil and brown the kielbasa. Place lentils in slow-cooker, and add the stock or broth, and the rest of the ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours.

Makes 8 servings

Split Pea Soup

2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp marjoram
1 lb pork sausage
1 lb (2 1/4 cups) green split peas
3 quarts water
1/2 cup flour
1 cup diced onions
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced potatoes


Wash split peas and sort. In large saucepan combine water and seasonings (top 3 ingredients) and bring to boil. Add peas gradually so water doesn't stop boiling.
Cook sausage in the skillet, and add flour when the sausage is browned. Cook for a minute, and then add to the soup, cover, and simmer until peas are tender - 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Add veggies and cook for another half hour to an hour.