The New Addition to My Kitchen

When I shared my recipe for Onion Dip, I introduced you to Sir Mix A Lot – I love Sir Mix A Lot… A Lot.
Get it?

But I don’t think I’ve ever introduced you to my other counter top electric, “The Blender” which doesn’t have a nifty name like Sir Mix A Lot, because quite frankly, I’m just not that impressed with “The Blender”.  Oh sure, he’s pretty, but honestly?  I have to take him off the stand and bang him on the counter far too often to spend much time coming up with a  cute name.

I have to tell you how surprised I was… Sir Mix A Lot is so beautifully designed, so superbly engineered, that Blender was a huge shock and less than awe.   So disturbed was I by this disappointment that I had to rethink my obsession with the Kitchen Aid Food Processor.  Still, I continued to flirt with the idea of the Food Processor.  Specifically, the 9 cup bowl with the 4 cup mini bowl.  I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Every time I had to pull out my 13 year old food processor, who has never given me a moment’s trouble, I couldn’t help but feel guilty for the attraction, nay, lust I felt for the Kitchen Aid.

Last Sunday morning I woke up, made myself a cup of coffee, and turned on the television.  I was flipping through the guide when I noticed that QVC was doing a Kitchen Aid thang. I turned to it and saw that they were selling the Kitchen Aid 9 cup, with the 4 cup mini bowl, all the blades and the discs, but that they included a julienne disc that was exclusive to QVC.  The price was very good, but more than that, they had it on EZ pay for 32.00 a month and no shipping and handling charges.  I couldn’t believe my good fortune.  Even in this economy, I can come up with $30 for 5 months in a row and if I didn’t like it, they make it very easy to return.  Beyond that, there was a $15 rebate!  I picked up the phone and ordered my red, 9 Cup Processor, with the 4 Cup Mini Bowl, 3 disc package with free shipping and handling before I even finished my cup of coffee.  They said that I would receive my order by April 7th. I was a happy girl.

Today I received my order.  Five. Days. Early.  I ripped open the box, put all the parts (except the base, of course) into the dishwasher, which was almost full anyway and started it.  An hour later, I unloaded the dishwasher and put my beautiful machine together, hoping against hope that it would be worth the wait. I decided to make a vegetable tian this evening with the baby eggplant, zucchini, and summer squash that I had in the fridge.

Vegetable Tian

1 large sweet onion peeled
2 large garlic cloves
3 zucchini trimmed
3 yellow squash trimmed
3 baby eggplant peeled and trimmed
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dried Oregano
Salt
Pepper
Locatelli cheese

Preheat Oven to 425

use your Ultra Fabulous Kitchen Aid Food Processor with the slicing disc that you received this morning (or whatever processor you have on hand). I used mine and you can’t believe how I made these beautifully thin slices of all these vegetables in less than 5 minutes, even when you take into consideration the time it took to empty the bowl three times because I thought I was going to organize the vegetables, even though I didn’t and I wound up just jumbling them all together because they were so beautifully sliced. (It totally would have taken me at least an hour to slice all these vegetables!)

Pour all the vegetables into a large roasting pan, pour 1/4 c. of Olive Oil over the mixture, salt, pepper and oregano. Use clean hands to toss to coat everythingly evenly.  Cover roasting pan with foil and cook for 30 minutes.  Remove from oven, remove foil and return to oven checking every 20 minutes until slightly browned and fully cooked.

Plate and freshly grate locatelli cheese on top to taste.

This was so delicious, you can’t believe it… but I’ll never make it again.   My family ate it in one sitting.  That’s right.  All of it.  in. one. sitting.

Needless to say, I will not be returning the processor and we’re officially taking entries for names.

If you liked this, you might like:

• Super Easy Tuna Packet with Veggies and Rice
• Mango Cabbage Slaw
• Tomato Soup
• Roasted Potato Salad
• Incredible Chicken Salad (low carb)