This is delicious bread pudding Grandma use to make when I was a child using simple pantry ingredients we always had in the house.
Bread, milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, just to name a few ingredients went into this comfortubg dessert casserole dish.
She then made her special sauce with vanilla (or bourbon sauce for the adults) to pour over the top while still warm, our family favorite..
Grandma lived with us when I was a child and made this often since dad worked at a bakery back then and we always had so much leftover bread in the house, this was a staple dessert in our home.
Here is the jackpot of New Year's Eve party recipes right here and a one-stop appetizer shop!
There is something for everyone here, and these can be anywhere from making them the whole menu for your party or just a quick bite before dinner.
We have a great assortment of elegant appetizers for that special occasion and even perfect for a wedding cocktail party.
We make a huge assortment of finger foods for all our parties and holiday functions, they're always a big hit, and most of the hot orderves freeze well to make ahead of time.
The hot assortment of appetizers can be kept on a warming tray or reheated in an air fryer for that fresh just made taste!
If I happen to serve many cold appetizers, I generally place them over a bowl of ice to keep them safe and cold all night.
Just scroll through our delightful assortment and check out what your family will like and maybe you would even like My Best Potato Side Dishesor Holiday Special Sides dishes to go along with these yummy finger foods for a large gathering.
I know you're saying who has leftover prime rib right? Well, we have so much after the Christmas holiday we love to repurpose it like this recipe in a stir fry.
This stir fry is a wonderful addition to that end piece that may be just a tad overcooked for you!
A whole new meal is created just by adding some of your leftover vegetables or chopping up a few fresh ones you love to create this healthy meal.
While shopping for prime rib I always pick up a bag of mixed julienned vegetables that have shredded cabbage, carrots, broccoli, and snow peas.
I have even used this recipe to make delicious air fried tacos, wraps, there are many ways to serve this filling.
Leftovers can get really boring if you don't come up with some clever ideas, like making my Leftover Prime Rib Pot Pie which is another family favorite!
Make sure you check out my suggestions for serving this delicious stir fry and you may also like my Bourbon Chicken Recipe.
Easy Cabbage Roll Soup is simple and deconstructed something like and this can be made on the stovetop, slow cooker or instant pot.
This one-pan meal takes on all the characteristics of stuffed cabbage rolls but so much easier and can be ready in an hour.
Perfect for any weekday meal and if you're a busy cook, just use the slow cooker adding the rice 30 minutes before it's completed.
We love this cabbage roll soup on a chilly day, and it really has all the same flavors as stuffing those cabbage rolls that take much more time to make and this is so simple.
Scroll down to the end to my printable instruction card for this delicious recipe.
Hummingbird Cake is a dense moist delicious cake made from scratch with spices, banana pineapple in this amazing rich cake with crunchy pecans that make it irresistible.
Truly a vintage classic yet easy recipe for this cake, very popular in the Southern states.
The cake is lavished with cream cheese frosting which makes this irresistible in every bite.
Many prideful bakers enter their prized recipe for this hummingbird cake as the best during the Kentucky State Fair competitions and people enjoy being a judge taste tester for sure.
This cake is sweet and moist and the nuts give it that crunchy roasted perfect bite.
This is one of my favorite recipes when I need to use up at least 4 bananas that are overripe, this is the perfect solution!
More often you will see this cake displayed with three layers with several layers of pillowy soft cream cheese frosting.
I take the easy way out and either pour the mixture into a 13 x 9 sheet cake pan or bundt to save time.
Either way, the flavors are a wonderful blend of spice, banana, and pineapple enjoyed by all.
If you want a more authentic recipe then try my original Torrone recipe which requires lots of time and a candy thermometer.
This easy fast candy is perfect for gift giving for anyone who loves nougat and with the wafer or rice paper on top keeps it fresh inside for the days to come. Check out my other gift ideas in mason jars here Mason Jar!
Here is an easy recipe for one of the best snacks any time of day called Hobo Snack Mix.
Just about anything can be used in this snack recipe leftover in the pantry of cereals and crackers and the best way to use it up.
This buttery snack is made in around 4 to 5 minutes in the microwave and totally addicting.
It is a little sweet and a little savory and sometimes even spicy depending on what you may want to add to it.
Once you grab a handful you just can't stop eating this.
Check out this simple coating and my several additions you can add to this recipe below.
This delicious irresistible snack is over 50 years old and we still make it often and it's perfect for parties and given as a gift when added to a Mason Jar!
Holiday projects are memories made and this Christmas Candy House will certainly give anyone that holiday spirit.
This is a fun tasty project I have been doing since I was 11 years old.
Back in the 1970s, I would save all my Halloween candy to make my candy house, and way back then, it was unwrapped toffee and tootsie rolls.
We usually made it different every year, and I will give you a list of suggestions on what to use that work perfectly waiting to eat this on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day if the kids let you wait that long.
As I got older I made them with my nieces and nephews, then my kids, and now my grandchildren.
These sweet baked acorn squash are the perfect side dish with any meat and so simple to make with just 3 ingredients!
The buttery filled cavity is so delicious and you can also add some other suggestions below to change them up, we love them with diced apples, raisins, and nuts!
Perfect for a side dish, drenched in a buttery cinnamon sugar sauce.
Acorn squash is in abundance all winter long, so if you haven't tried this sweet squash you're in for a real sweet treat!
This Pumpkin Pistachio Biscotti is a welcome addition to our holiday cookie tray, it's perfect bursting with fall flavors.
I still love the traditional Anisette Biscotti but these are a wonderful change to any recipe collection.
These cookies bring the spirit of Christmas with the spices, pumpkin and wonderful fall chill in the air while baking!
These biscotti are a must on our holiday baking list they are the comfort of old-fashioned years past.
Grandma made all kinds of biscotti and flavors but this one was a family favorite to look forward to especially with hot espresso and a little anisette in it to warm us up.
Scroll down to my printable recipe cared for these delicious Pumpkin Pistachio Biscotti.
Caprese Salad is made by using Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese, fresh basil a good grade balsamic vinegar, and of course vine ripe fresh tomatoes.
The Authentic way of course is to use fresh buffalo milk mozzarella when possible for the best results.
Our favorite salad is made with tomatoes from the garden in the summertime but during the winter and Christmas holidays this Caprese salad is a must make for our tables in either a wreath form or candy cane sometimes even both!
If you want a healthy side dish and a festive colorful salad look no further than this wonderful combination of flavors for me it's an addiction I can eat every day all year long.
Scroll down to my printable recipe card for complete instructions.
Italian Fried Calamari (aka calamad in our Italian home or calamari fritti) is one of our favorite family appetizers traditionally made every Christmas Eve as part of the 7 Fishes.
Fried calamari is in the squid family of seafood and can be found fresh or frozen.
As a little girl, I would watch my mom every year clean and cut up the squid for the holiday and usually prepare it stuffed simmered in tomato sauce which is another delicious recipe you may try called Stuffed Calamari.
Later on, in years we adapted the tradition by making this crunchy coating calamari which is fried, and we even made a sauteed in spicy butter version along with the stuffed calamari for the holiday.
Everyone loves this in our family dipped in a hot marinara sauce sprinkled with grated cheese and hot pepper flakes.
Fried calamari is a relatively recent addition to the American menu and only rose to prominence on American menus in the late 1970s.
For this delicious printable recipe scroll down to the bottom of this post.
Holiday Reindeer Christmas cupcakes are a must-make during the season.
The kids love them, young at heart, and they are so darn easy to make and fun too!
What's not to love, starting out with a cake mix but with added ingredients becomes a semi-homemade mayonnaise cake recipe included below in the printable recipe card.
Then using store-bought cookies and frosting with an artistic charm that everyone loves, you're on your way to Reindeer Christmas cupcake fun.
The office will love them, great to bring to a holiday party or just a fun project for the kids.
These even look fantastic on the Holiday table for a festive Christmas centerpiece since they are so cute and they taste so darn delicious.
Take a quick look at these printable easy instructions on the recipe card below and have some holiday cheer and fun with the family!
The cupcakes in the bottom right are decorated with colorful m & m's and tinted green slivered almonds.
Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
Well, Rudolph can be really easy to make like these chocolate frosted cupcakes, a cherry nose and broken antler pretzel ears.
The kids had such a blast with these and made everyone one these with google eyes just by piping a little white frosting with a dot of black in the center.
This was a great family fun experience anyone can do and get you in the holiday spirit.
You really can use just about anything to decorate these with, to make all kinds of different faces on your reindeer.
Ingredients You Will Need
cupcakes baked
frosting chocolate and vanilla
vanilla wafers
maraschino cherries or red hots cinnamon candy
marshmallow for eye or candy eyes already made or use piping frosting
As you can see to make these reindeer cupcakes, they are simple to follow.
Just look at the photos and how easy they are, each of them is a little different.
Whether you use the cookies, frost them with simple decorating ideas you can transform them and adapt them any way you want.
Try using colorful candies of any kind and have fun with this as a family traditional projects with the kids.
Fun to make and fun to eat!
Rudolph Cupcakes
Yield: 24
Author: Claudia Lamascolo
prep time: 10 Mcook time: 35 Mtotal time: 45 M
Easy festive holiday Rudolph the Reindeer cupcakes. He had a very shiny nose and all the kids love them even if they say it glows! Make some fun time for the holidays with these delicious easy cupcake ideas!
ingredients:
1 bag of large pretzels (leave the whole or broken in half to make antlers)
1 large bottle of maraschino cherries cut in four pieces and blotted dry with paper towels for the nose or see other options below
1 bag of miniature marshmallows cut into pieces
mini chocolate chips for the pupils or see below for other options
white frosting and chocolate frosting
vanilla wafers mini or regular depending on the size of your cupcakes
a piping bag (if using to decorate) or use a zip lock bag
1 box of your favorite chocolate cake mix
Note: see photos to choose what you would like to decorate your reindeer with
Optional: use candy eyes already made, M and M's for the nose, red hot candy or maraschino cherries, or make out of tinted frosting
Cake:
1 chocolate or white cake mix
3 eggs
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup of water
instructions:
How to cook Rudolph Cupcakes
Pour the cake mix into a bowl and add the eggs, mayonnaise, and water.
Beat with an electric mixer until well blended around 3 minutes.
Pour into paper-lined cupcake tins. Bake until middles are set and a toothpick comes out clean. Around 20 minutes.
Cool Completely.
Frost with canned chocolate frosting and pick out a method to decorate them.
To Decorate:
Either top them with Peanut butter reindeer cookies (as shown in the photo above) or add vanilla wafers, red hots for the nose, pretzels, and cut marshmallows and mini chocolate chips for eyes.
You can also make cupcakes frosted:
Use broken pretzel pieces for antlers.
Mini marshmallows cut up for the background of the eyes or white frosting.
Add the cherry pieces for the nose.
Place 1/3 cup frosting in a zip lock bag snip off the end slightly.
Use to pipe eyes onto marshmallows.
These freeze well and can be made ahead of time for all your party and entertainment needs!
These are simple Spice Bars with just the right spice blended into a cake cut into perfect squares for a fall tasting comfort dessert.
The bars are super simple with common pantry ingredients and can be left plain, dusted with powdered sugar or spread with cream cheese frosting.
Spice bars are just packed with flavor using cinnamon allspice cloves and there are even some other additions you can stir in below so dont miss our suggestions.
Peanut Butter Cookie dough is so versatile, and this recipe will make the best moldable peanut butter Reindeer for the holiday and Peanut Butter Blossoms ever!
Mom's peanut butter cookie recipe is easy plus the cookies are soft and buttery tasting.
But wait there's more, the recipe for all you baking addicts is from scratch but we included a recipe to use with prepacked cookie mixes! So no excuses here.
The best part is eating them, of course. The cookie is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside!
We do not ever recommend that desire to eat raw cookie dough, I know it's tempting but can be a health hazard so no eating raw cookie dough.
We also use this same dough to make thumbprints filling the middle with jam or Hershey's Kisses, which you will find in the recipe card.
The recipe was mom's go-to and is more than 50 years old and I still have this one written on an index card in her handwriting.
As the years pass this is the cookie my grandson still enjoys making every year with me and he looks forward to making these with me.
The best traditions are born in the kitchen, aren't they?
The recipe card below is printable with mom's recipe for peanut butter cookies and the instructions just scroll to the bottom.
Seafood Scampi is by far the best seafood pasta with lemon and buttery sauce you'll ever have the pleasure of eating!
This pasta-perfect dinner is perfect for the Christmas eve holiday, special occasions, or hosting a dinner party.
The best part is you can really add any kind of seafood you like the sauce is so delicious you'll want to drink it so have some soft breadsticks or garlic bread on the tables for dipping it in.
We never have leftovers no matter how much I make it's never enough because it's so delicious.
I just love the simplicity and it's full of flavor and so delicious.
This seafood pasta is the best ever and I am a huge fan of this dish and have printed this off for many family and friends.
Our family enjoys this dish often throughout the year but a must as part of the 7 Fishes on Christmas Eve for the holiday season.
If you're looking for the best combinations of seafood all in one pan bursting with a buttery flavor and wine, look no further this is a winner for sure.
These Irish Cream Truffles are a deliciously creamy chocolate confection and a perfect candy treat for the holiday plus they make great gifts.
Although I do make my own Copycat Irish Cream, you can use any flavored liquor with my several suggestions below.
The truffles are very smooth using heavy cream and good grade chocolate, everyone will think you purchased them in an expensive specialty candy shop.
Simple to make and they don't take much time or much cooking other than just using the microwave to melt the chocolate.
For gift-giving, store them in pretty festive tins, but they should only be left out up to 3 days unrefrigerated, these will stay fresh up to 3 weeks in the refrigerator so be sure to store them properly.
Just scroll down for these easy printable instructions.
These Almond Paste Butter Crescent Cookies are buttery crunchy cookies and can be molded into any shape, we like the crescent but also shaping the dough into candy canes are perfect for the holiday.
The baked cookies are dipped into the fudgy chocolate on both ends then into nuts just makes them look so festive.
Using some simple pantry ingredients, these cookies are super easy to mold and bake and also freeze well if you make them ahead of time.
If you have a hard time finding almond paste, I make my own Almond Paste Recipe you can try.
Scroll down to print out this easy recipe along with some tips to get these beautiful holiday cookies on your trays.
This vintage recipe for Jam filled bow tie cookies are so delicate and delicious, this will be your go-to recipe for any cookie tray.
Just a warning, they smell so good baking you can hardly wait to eat them off the hot cookie sheet!
These buttery colorful gems are filled with a delicious filling from jams to nuts and fruits with my many suggestiosn below.
One of the unique characteristics of this cookie is how pretty they are to serve to look like a little bow for presents around the holiday especially filled with red jams.
They really look so cute on a cookie tray besides tasting delicious.
Growing up in an Italian household, you never knew what creative ideas would come out of the oven next and mom was always trying a new filling the dough is so versatile.
Scroll down to the bottom of this post for the printable recipe card.
These Italian Amaretto Butter Cookies are a basic butter cookie that melts in your mouth with the first bite.
The popular butter cookie is also known as snowballs, pecan butterballs, Mexican wedding cakes, Mexican tea cakes, Russian teacakes, butterballs cookies, pecan sandies, viennese sugar butterballs, whatever alias you name them they are a delicious addition to any cookie collection!.
This easy recipe can be modified easily with flavoring and nuts of choice but always dusted at the end and rolled into a snowy powdered sugar.
They make the perfect addition to any cookie tray around the holiday season.
We love Christmas time for baking cookies and you may also like to try several other holiday cookies we love that add that spirit to the season of baking.
The additions and changes are pretty much endless when you get creative so don't miss my optional suggestions below
Scroll down to my printable recipe card for this melt in your mouth simple buttery cookie recipe.
The most wonderful time of the year, it really is especially to motivate baking cookies.
We just love the holiday season and usually start early, sometimes even as early as July, you heard of Christmas in July right?
Usually right after Thanksgiving or a few days before we start cookie baking day, and below you will find all are must-makes every year.
They all freeze great and I do have to keep an eye on them or they will all vanish before the holiday comes these cookies are all family favorites.
We have all the popular cookie jar cookies and some a little fancier, everyone has a different favorite cookie they enjoy and we usually make them all.
There are 24 kinds of cookies to choose from here for you today to choose from and if you don't see one you like check out my 25 Holiday Cookie Recipes.
It's like having your own cookie cookbook right here and that's why we call it our One Stop Cookie Shop!
Every year our family gets together to bake cookies.
My family in Utica, New York calls it their cookie bake day, and every year they set one day aside to make them all.
Here in Florida where I live sometimes, we have cookie exchanges but most of the time I usually pace myself for a whole month baking one at a time.
If you really get stuck for gift giving try my filled Mason Jars that have dried soups and other fun ideas to give to hard to buy folks.
If you don't see your favorite cookie chances are you will find it by searching my blog on here in the top right corner.
Enjoy! Happy baking and have a delicious holiday baking season there is something for everyone here do not miss my tips on mailing cookies, freezing cookies, and storing them!
Twice-baked sweet potatoes will be a bonus to your recipe collection especially around the holiday they just shout fall flavors and are absolutely festively delicious.
These sweet potatoes can be cooked several different ways and if you're in a hurry microwaved over baking is the way to go.
A versatile list of toppings below is provided from sweet cinnamon to savory sour cream and garlic filled or topped with coconut, cherries, and pecans for a colorful Christmas holiday sweet potato.
Twice-baked sweet potatoes are a compliment to any meat especially for holidays like Thanksgiving along with turkey or an Easter ham.
These can even be made in advance and just reheated so no problem making them two days before a big dinner is planned.
I love all the options here and can't pick just one I like the best so I make a little of all of them and let my company be the judge.
Stuffed Artichokes were always a favorite at any holiday meal.
Mom always made these for Thanksgiving or Easter if they looked good in the supermarket.
If the artichokes weren't very fresh she would skip the fresh ones and use canned and make Baked Artichokes.
Since artichokes are one of my favorite side dishes I also enjoy them all summer long with my Artichoke Stuffed on the Grill recipe.
If you haven't tried making stuffed artichokes they really are addicting and everyone loves eating this flower trying to get to the tastiest part, the heart inside.
The heart is soft and after removing the top part of the leaves, delicious delicate soft vegetables bursting with garlic and laced with breadcrumbs.
Scroll down for the recipe and see the easy instructions on how to clean, eat, cook, and buy perfect artichokes.
Honey Glazed Spiral Cut Ham is the most delicious almost candy-coated sweetness to complement this meat, it's over-the-top delicious and addicting.
The recipe is at the bottom of this post in a printable recipe card (if you scroll through, there is additional recipes for a complete meal) ham is the main course.
I really loved this recipe and wanted to share it with everyone. It is super easy, and the ingredients complement the ham perfectly.
Once you try this simple glaze for your ham, you'll be hooked like the rest of us. It's so darn delicious and don't miss our Holiday Side Dishes and 30 Appetizer Ideas!
Again, this recipe is in a printable recipe card below, and if you want print-off copies, I guarantee someone will ask you for this recipe after one bite.
Here is a fun family cookie for Thanksgiving for the kids to make and so easy, Thanksgiving Pilgrim Cookie Hats.
Not only are they easy to make they are sure delicious using these fudge striped cookies and peanut butter cups.
They will love making these candy topped cookies with decorative frosting, check out the video for some tips and see how easy these are to make.
The cookies even make a fun little centerpiece on the table with such a festive colorful look.
Have fun! They taste great and so easy! Thanksgiving Pilgrim Cookie Hats Tutorial such a fun cookie for the holiday and you may also like to try making Girl Scout Samoas and make them without caramel like fudge stripes.
Scroll down to the printable instructions for this fun family cookie project for the holiday.
A favorite copycat soft sugar loft cookie you'll find in the supermarkets for every holiday.
Sugar loft cookies are a soft delicious sugar cookie everyone loves.
We love to use holiday cookie cutters for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Patriotic holidays of course Halloween and Christmas.
This one dough will be perfect for any birthday or party by just changing the colors of the frosting and using with coordinating cookie cutter with pretty sprinkles.
These cookies aren't overly sweet and the frosting adds just the right blend of flavors!
These are also great for fund raisers and bake sale events wrapped and labeled.
Everyone loves these cookies and it's the first recipe I think of even when I want to decorate the top of the cake with a cookie form frosted.
Check out this copycat recipe, I am sure you will be excited about the outcome!
This recipe uses simple pantry ingredients and so easy the kids can help!
Scroll down to print this easy recipe, you will find after one taste you will never buy the supermarket brands again!
Holiday time, especially around Thanksgiving, our family always makes an assortment of pies for desserts and it was also the kick-off to our Christmas Cookie Baking Season!
The problem with holiday desserts is everyone in the family has a different favorite pie, so we fixed that here by giving you the most asked for pies!
Some of our family loves cream pie, others love fruit pies and there are those who adore no-bake cheese pies.
Through the years we have made the best-assorted pie recipes and always make at least five different kinds for the Thanksgiving Day menu.
There is something here for everyone in this delicious variety below to choose from.
If you have a favorite pie not listed just check in my search bar since not every pie recipe I make can be listed here but I will post the most popular pies we love.
Pumpkin Pie is always a must make for the fall season and not a piece is left of our homemade scratch pie even after a big meal it's so delicious.
Scroll through this collection of wonderful pies and just click the name links for these delicious recipes.
Stuffed Squid (Calamari) in delicious Italian Fresh Tomato Sauce is an Italian traditional meal served on Christmas Eve.
This has always been one of the 7 fishes served on our Italian tables.
We enjoy this traditional seafood banquet and absolutely love these gourmet treats during the holiday like baccala and make a fresh tomato sauce for this dish using Mom's Marinara Sauce Recipe.
I am truly blessed to have a family that kept the traditions from generation to generation and my children will do the same.
For this family, the traditional Christmas Eve recipe that printable, scroll down to the recipe card and print it off.
Spumoni Biscotti is a delicious Italian cookie that tastes just like the popular Italian Spumoni ice cream, all inside these Italian cookies.
The cookies are loaded with the same classic flavors of pistachio, cherry, chocolate, and almond extract.
These just shout holiday because they are vibrant in the colors of Christmas and perfect for gift-giving.
They are the perfect addition to any holiday tray, adding beautiful color that certainly creates a festive Christmas look.
For a professional store-bought appearance, the ends can be dipped in colorful tinted white chocolate or a deep dark chocolate,e then rolled in crushed nuts for perfect biscotti.
Here is a vintage Lemon Ricotta Cake which is a delicious cake Grandma used to make from scratch back in the 1960s .
Every time I make this it lemony rich cake it takes me on a delightful journey back in time to days when homemade treats were the heart and soul of most kitchens in that time period.
Now in this new era of convenience and busy lifestyles, we sometimes lose sight of the essence of simplicity from yesteryears past and have much less time to prepare those homemade treats.
Our easy cake uses simple pantry ingredients most folks always have on hand and with just a few extra minutes, you can enjoy a cake made from scratch and pure love.
This dessert brings me back to a real sense of nostalgia and a deeper connection to the culinary heritage of generations past and how my Grandmother grew up in Rome, Italy cooking with meager ingredients.
If you love lemon do try our other easy yet elegant favorite cake recipes and the first one is a no-bake, Lemon Lady Finger Cake
Scroll down pass all the ideas and entries to the printable card at the bottom then hit print for ads to disappear right to the recipe.
This Broccoli Cheese Casserole is a delicious side dish for the holiday table loaded with melted cheddar, broccoli and a flavorful bread topping.
All-in-one pan delight in every bite.
This has cheddar cheese inside and on top with lots of broccoli florets and topped with a crunchy buttery stuffing.
We even have a recipe for homemade cream of chicken soup instead of canned if you want all made-from-scratch ingredients just make this easy soup yourself!
You won't find a better side dish for any meal you make than this one.
To get kids to eat vegetables is like pulling teeth sometimes, but this is one they always gobbled up and now it's the most asked for during a holiday meal.
Every year no matter where we spend Thanksgiving, this is the casserole dish I am asked to make.
There are never any leftovers either!
Scroll down and print off the recipe and see how easy this Broccoli Cheese Casserole is and read my suggestions options if you're not a broccoli fan!
Chicken Eggplant Sorrento is a stacked gourmet chicken breast with eggplant and Italian sauce with cheeses.
We just love eggplant and this is pretty much all cooked and can be even done the day before and heated up when needed for a great family dinner.
Working long hours in retail, this is a win-win recipe for me to just pop in the oven during the holiday season or when we have unexpected guests, this meal freezes perfectly.
I love making this ahead of time because all the flavors are enhanced the next day.
This creative Italian dish was one grandma would throw together with leftover eggplant parmesan and Sunday Tomato Meat Sauce and I adapted it easily.
Mom back then in the 1960s worked in a supermarket so we were lucky to get all the ingredients we needed.
That is how I learned to make this meal easier by setting up a breading and coating station, cooking them on a cookie sheet then doing a quick assembly.
This chicken is then sliced in half, topped with eggplant, sauce, ricotta, and other cheeses, and voila the perfect all-in-one pan meal.
This sauce is so fresh tasting and the little bit of wine in it accents the chicken and eggplant while baking.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page for my printable easy recipe.
