Vegetarian Greek Disk

I need help. I was asked to do a vegetarian Greek dish for Sunday. Any ideas? So far I've come up spinach pie or stuffed peppers. Any suggestions will help! Thanks :)

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Clams Casino

These are Clams Casino!!  It is calms with a bread crumb mix with bacon, green bell peppers, and red bell peppers.  The hardest part of this dish was getting the darn clams open!  First, if they're already open and you tap them and they don't close, then they're bad.  So the ones that we're good, I had to try to pry them open with a clam knife.  This task proved to be near impossible, these clams just didn't want to die!  I got most of them open but then I gave up and put them in boiling water so they would open themselves up.  (Also, if the clams do not open in boiling water or a steamer, they're also bad.)  After the clams were opened, I filled them with the bread crumbs and baked them until crisp.  Clams are a little too rubbery for my taste, but the mix of the clams with the bread crumbs made for a pretty good dish.  If you love clams, you'll love this!

In sadder news, I also had to kill a lobster.  It was the worst thing I've ever had to do.  There are no pictures because I do not wish to remember this event.  I did not boil it, but I shoved a knife into its skull to kill it (because it was supposed to be more humane).  The creepiest part was that it was still moving several minutes after being killed.  Just overall horrible.

Black Forest Torte!

This is what I made for my baking final!  It's a black forest cake made up of creme chantilly and cherries between layers of chocolate chiffon cake.  It's covered with more creme chantilly, chocolate shavings and cherries on top.  I was dreading having to ice a cake for my final but it turned out better than I expected!  (And I got an A!) All in all, a good torte :)

Beer Can Chicken

Beer Can Chicken

Root Beer Can Chicken

  First off, sorry it's been so long since I've updated!! School is very time consuming! But I'm happy to report that I got on the dean's list this past semester so I must be doing something right!  

 Now, back to food.  Above is the beer can chicken I made for Labor Day.  It was incredibly easy to make and extremely delectable.  I used whole Amish chickens and they were amazing.  The top picture is regular beer can chicken.  I made it with a "beer can" rub that I bought from Kroger and a can of Budweiser.   The root beer can chicken was made with Jones Root Beer that was reduced down to a sauce.  The chicken was rubbed with salt and pepper and while grilling, it was basted with the root beer sauce.  Both chickens were moist and very tender.  I would definitely make them again.  Great for a party or just a good family dinner.  We served them with cheesy potatoes and potatoes salad.  It definitely was a hit!