Saturday, July 28, 2007

Gosh, I cant' believe I haven't entered a post since the 7th!

Daryl had his surgery yesterday and everything went like clock work. We left home at 5:15 am to be at Mercy Medical Center by 5:30 AM. He was in the pre-surgery room by six and his surgery started at 7 AM. It was all over at 8:30. The care at the hospital was top notch. Everyone that we came in contact with was very nice and helpful and the process went really smooth.

This morning he came home and has been getting along just wonderfully. I'm thinking at this rate he will be feeling much better in about a week. His first appointment with the doctor isn't until two weeks from now. In that time he isn't suppose to lift anything and he can't drive. He is suppose work up to a 20 minute walk. He is already been outside twice today walking about a 1/2 block at a time. I think it won't take him long and he will be walking the 4 block to Bever Park.





I made Daryl smile for this picture. I said, " remember how the morphine made you feel ?".


I went to the farmers market this morning and picked up an eggplant, zucchini and some sweet corn. Tonight I made this eggplant dish I found this recipe on Cooks.com. It turned out very well and was easy to make, so I thought I would put this on if anyone else likes trying new recipes as much as I do.

BAKED TOMATO AU GRATIN
Printed from COOKS.COM

1 sm. eggplant

2 med. size zucchinis

1/2 c. olive oil

2 lg. onions, sliced

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1/2 c. plain packed bread crumbs

4 thin slices Swiss cheese or provolone cheese

1/2 c. Parmesan cheese

2 lg. ripe yellow tomatoes, sliced Salt & pepper to taste

1/2 tsp. dried thyme

Preheat broiler. Trim ends off eggplant and zucchini; cut each vegetable lengthwise into 1/4 inch slices. Arrange slices on broiler rack; brush both sides of slices with olive oil. Broil vegetable slices until fork tender, turning once.
Meanwhile, in large skillet, heat remaining oil. Add onions and cook until soft and golden. Add garlic and cook a few seconds. Remove from heat and stir in bread crumbs.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In greased 10 inch square baking dish, arrange eggplant and zucchini slices. Place cheese slices over vegetables. Top with onion mixture and sprinkle with half of the grated cheese.
Arrange tomatoes over onion layer, alternating red and yellow slices. Sprinkle with remaining grated cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Bake vegetables 45 minutes. Sprinkle casserole with chopped thyme and serve warm or at room temperature. Serves 6 to 8 people.

2 Comments:

Blogger Scott in Iowa said...

Glad Daryl's surgery went well! That eggplant dish sounds good. I'm going to try that.

8:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HI TOM, glad all went well with Daryl's surgery. yes!yes! i have tried a similar recipe using all the summer fresh veggies. sooo good...farmers market, here i come! i have another awesome casserole i just tried, ill email it to you.

6:06 PM  

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