Serve immediately.\r\n \r\nPrep Time: 15 min\r\nInactive Prep Time: 30 min\r\nCook Time: 1 hr 15 min\r\nLevel: Intermediate\r\n \r\nRecipe courtesy of Rachael Ray from Cooking Channel's Week in a Day. Place in oven 5 minutes to melt the mozzarella. Build stacks on cooling rack placed over baking sheet: eggplant, chard, tomato-onions, basil leaves, mozzarella and eggplant. Add the greens and wilt them, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. When all of the eggplant has been cooked, wipe the pan clean again and heat 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil in the skillet over medium heat, add the garlic and stir 1 minute. Sprinkle the hot eggplant with a little salt. Drain the eggplant on a cooling rack, wipe out the skillet and repeat. Heat a thin layer of frying oil in a large heavy-bottom skillet over medium to medium-high heat and cook the eggplant 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Coat the eggplant slices in order and arrange on a plate. While the sauce cooks, make a breading station (3 sections) for the eggplant: flour, beaten egg, and bread crumbs mixed with cheese, corn meal and fennel. The mixture should be very thick.\r\n \r\nPreheat the oven to 400☏. Add the roasted tomatoes and stir, then let the sauce thicken 15 minutes, uncovered over medium heat. Cover the pan with a lid and sweat the onions 10 to 15 minutes, until very soft and sweet. Add the onions, garlic, chili pepper, if using, marjoram, salt and pepper. Meanwhile, heat a little extra virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, over medium-high heat. Salt the eggplant and drain in colander, 30 minutes. Return to oven and bake another 5-7 minutes until the cheese is melted and breadcrumbs are golden-brown.Set aside or prepare the roasted tomatoes. Sprinkle each with breadcrumbs and spray with olive oil. Top with the remaining basil, tomato sauce and mozzarella. Place the next 4 largest eggplant rounds atop each stack and repeat the layers before adding the smallest eggplant rounds. Top with 1-1/2 tablespoons of tomato sauce. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, basil and mozzarella. Bake the eggplant rounds in a single layer until golden brown and fragrant, about 20-25 minutes.Īrrange the four largest eggplant rounds on the foil. Spray a foil-lined baking sheet with olive oil. Rinse off the salt and pat reach round dry with a paper towel. The salt will draw out the bitter juices. Optional: Heavily salt each round and place in a colander set over the sink or a plate for 30 minutes. Slice the eggplant into 12 approximately 3/4-inch rounds. 1 tbs breadcrumbs (substitute gluten-free if desired).4 oz mozzarella (substitute vegan if desired).Light, healthy, and easily made gluten-free and vegan, these Eggplant Parm stacks are now in the regular dinner rotation. I was planning to eat two with a Caesar salad for dinner and ended up packing up the second for lunch the next day. And surprisingly filling for just 100 calories a stack. That must mean it’s awesome, right? Right, actually. I was a genius! Surely no one’s ever thought of this!Ī Google search later I realized that everyone has thought of it from Mario Batali to Martha Stewart to a dozen of my favorite bloggers. Repeat this until you have 4 eggplant slices and 3 polenta slices. Place an eggplant slice in the center on top of the sauce, then add a polenta slice on top of that. Essentially a healthier version of Eggplant Parmesan. Assemble the stacks: On a large, round plate place a large spoonful of tomato sauce in the center and spread to form a circle about 6 inches in diameter. I finally landed on eggplant with tomatoes and mozzarella. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted besides eggplant… maybe ratatouille stacks with roasted zucchini, peppers, and goat cheese or mushrooms with a roasted pepper coulis or something Greek-inspired with sumac and feta (all of which will probably still come up on this blog). I’d been toying around for a few weeks with the idea of veggie stacks.
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It goes without saying that there are just way too many characters, and Duhamel doesn’t know what to do with them all, which goes back into what I was saying about how he doesn’t know how to manage the film’s chaos. She plays Duhamel’s character’s girlfriend, but other than that she has no real purpose in the film’s story. How do you do that to Johnny Drama and Shawn Spencer? Most heartbreaking of all is the almost total absence of Olivia Munn, who despite getting top billing, is only in the film for about 5 minutes. Shepard also gets this very odd dramatic arc that feels like it’s a part of a totally different film altogether, while Dillon and Roday get the Rosencrantz & Guildenstern treatment. What blows my mind the most about this film is just how little of a focus there is on Shepard, Dillon, and Roday. Nick Swardson is the real scene stealer in the film though, which should come as no surprise because he’s hilarious in anything that he’s in. While not a star making performance, he is very fun to watch, and he does have some of the better scenes. While he’s not a relative unknown or newcomer, it's admittedly an odd choice to have so much of the film focus on him, though I can’t say he isn’t good. some of the comedy falls flat, there are moments that made chuckle but other then that this movie has cast that couldve been used better and Id say that. Of all the people in this cast, Bakkedahl - whose name might not stand out the most - plays the biggest role. Besides Duhamel, the film features Nick Swardson, Dax Shepard, Kevin Dillon, James Roday, Dan Bakkedahl, and Olivia Munn! And while you might see some of those names and say to yourself, “Oh, they’re in this?” it doesn’t matter because mostly everyone is wasted. Even Josh Duhamel’s presence and performance is scaled back - and he’s the lead. Despite having so many familiar faces though, no one is ever utilized to their full potential. The only good thing I have to say about this film is that it’s well paced. Not only does it not try to do anything new, it has way too many stray and pointless plotlines that lead nowhere and add nothing to the overall story. What upset me the most about this film was just how boring it was. It absolutely borrows from so many other, better films, but that wasn’t my biggest problem with it. You don’t have to read the film’s plot to know that this film has been done before. Along the way, they discover new things about each other and rediscover the true meaning of friendship. After learning that that same friend has now fallen into a depression, the friends decide that making him compete in the games again might be the only way to help him get his groove back. The Buddy Games, as they’re referred to, used to be a yearly event where the main characters would each partake in a bunch of Jackass-influenced physical and mental challenges that is, until one of their own got into an accident. The film revolves around a group of friends who, after a five year hiatus, reunite to compete in their own version of the Olympics. Large map navigation: Makes browsing large maps a breeze! Dropbox(R) integration: Synchronise directly to Dropbox! In-context menu: Menu display at your fingertips to cut, paste and delete topics! Drag and drop functionality: Organising information is fast and easy! Finger slide topic creation: Just slide your finger to create a new topic! Separate applications for the iPhone and iPad are optimised for the form factors of each device. New Mindjet mobile software for iPad and iPhone includes advanced features more commonly found on desktop versions enhanced by touch screen functionality, which is ideal for the drag-and-drop creation of information maps. Key myMind team members also joined Mindjet to lead ongoing mobile development efforts. As part of its mobile plans, Mindjet acquired key intellectual property from myMind(TM), a mobile visual development firm that developed the most usable mapping software suite for the iPad and iPhone. Mindjet announced new iPad and iPhone apps as key components of its cross-platform delivery model. In related news, Mindjet announced MindManager version 9 for Mac. With these additional mobile applications, Mindjet reaffirms itself as the provider of the most powerful information mapping solution that is available across mobile, Web, Windows(R) and Mac(R) platforms. "We're especially excited about these mobile apps, because the touch screen interface is ideal for visual mapping purposes, like note taking, brainstorming and requirements gathering." "Because users see Mindjet information mapping as an essential complement to their core business applications, we're committed to delivering our solutions across all the devices our customers regularly use," said Blaine Mathieu, Mindjet's chief products officer. The new mobile applications will be available for GBP5.49 and GBP3.99 on the iTunes store beginning June 15. Mindjet(R), the leading provider of business productivity software and SaaS applications that visually connect ideas, information and people today announced the availability of Mindjet iPad(R) and Mindjet iPhone(R), visual mapping applications that can be used independently or in conjunction with Mindjet's popular MindManager(R) software, used by over 1.8 million paid users globally. Going forward, Mindjet promised to “aggressively” develop its mobile application platform, including increased functionality, integrations with Mindjet web services and “unsurpassed compatibility with the industry standard Mindjet map format.- Global Information Mapping Leader Acquires Unique Intellectual Property to Extend Cross-Platform Delivery Feature wise, MindManager for iOS will come with fast finger-slide topic creation, drag and drop functionality, in-context menu (cut, paste and delete topics), Dropbox integration and the ability to easily browse large maps. The new mobile apps will be launched alongside MindManager 9 for Mac and are made to help users make and manage their mind maps across multiple platforms (PC/Mac, Web and mobile). The two apps, set to be released on June 15th, will cost $6.99 and $8.99 respectively, allowing users to sketch ideas and connect the dots while on the go. The mind-mapping company Mindjet announced the upcoming availability of MindManager for iPhone and MindManager for iPad. Understandably, Disney will sell a lot more loot to the wee ones with its sugary version than with one true to its literary sources. His challenge is to become a brave warrior and avoid the pitfalls of celebrity while on a journey of self-discovery. Herc is kidnapped by agents of Hades, turned nearly mortal, and grows up as a klutzy teenager. In the Disney version, Zeus and Hera are a happily married pair who give birth to a bouncing baby god, Hercules. Uranus, by the way, was married to his mother. He married his sister and castrated his father, Uranus, before deposing him. His daddy, Zeus, got to be king of the gods after making his own royal father, Cronus, disgorge all of Zeus’ brothers and sisters, who then whipped their papa and put him in prison. Hercules may have been an Olympian blueblood, but his forebears were pure trash. Zeus’ jealous wife, Hera, tried to kill the baby Hercules and, failing that, later caused him to go mad, leading him to slaughter his wife, Megara, and their three children. In tales from antiquity, Hercules was the bastard son of the god Zeus and a human mistress. Gone from the Disney version, presumably down the same sinkhole that swallowed the grim, heart-rending tragedy of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” are the madness, murder, incest and cannibalism of the Greek gods. Say what you will about Michael Eisner, he’s a darn sight more family-friendly than the ancient Greeks. Woe to you, Southern Baptist parents, if the animated film “Hercules” inspires your impressionable youngster to investigate the classical roots of Disney’s contemporized and sanitized story. Starting with the Battle for Zendikar block in 2015, the default structure of a block was changed to large-small, with two blocks released per year and each block consisting of only two sets. With the Zendikar cycle in 2009, the traditional large-small-small block structure began to be varied, with some blocks including a second large set later in the cycle. In 2006, WotC retroactively dropped Homelands from the Ice Age cycle and added Coldsnap to it. Ice Age, Homelands, and Alliances were retroactively declared a block at some point, despite Homelands not being connected to the other two in any way. Beginning with Alliances, expansion sets were given codenames while in development the code names of the expansions of a block usually fit together to form a phrase or common theme. Like the base set, stand-alone expansion sets contain basic land cards other expansion sets do not. Blocks generally consisted of one large "stand-alone" expansion set of 250-380 cards, followed by one or two small expansion sets of 141-200 cards which continue the themes introduced in the large set. Blocks were cohesive products: they usually centered around one plane, followed a particular storyline, and contained cards and mechanics that supported both. Planeswalker symbol breaking through the horizonĮxpansion sets from Mirage to Rivals of Ixalan (with the exception of Homelands) came in groups called " blocks". The number nine superimposed over three fanned cards The number eight superimposed over three fanned cards Alpha through Fifth Edition did not have set symbols printed on the actual cards, though those sets were retroactively given set symbols in Wizards of the Coast's official Gatherer database of Magic cards. 3.6 Magic: The Gathering Online exclusive setsĪfter the second version ( Beta) of the first set, which contained two cards mistakenly excluded from the first version ( Alpha), all subsequent base sets through 10th Edition consisted of cards that had been printed before in either the original base set or an expansion set.3.5 Non-DCI-sanctioned-tournament-play-legal sets.Cards in compilations are assigned partially arbitrary rarity by Wizards, with some cards assigned rare status and some assigned mythic rare in a given set. For the early expansion sets (from Arabian Nights to Alliances), the rarities of cards were often much more complicated than the breakdown into common, uncommon, and rare suggests. Beginning with the Shards of Alara set, a red-orange expansion symbol denotes a new rarity: "Mythic Rare" (the Time Spiral set featured an additional purple coloration for "timeshifted" cards ). From Exodus onward, the expansion symbols are also color-coded to denote rarity: black for common and basic land cards, silver for uncommon, and gold for rare. Theme decks serve a similar function however, they are always attached to a specific set or block, while compilations are free to pick and choose cards from any set.Īll expansion sets, and all editions of the base set from Sixth Edition onward, are identified by an expansion symbol printed on the right side of cards, below the art and above the text box. There also exist compilation products with a pre-selected and fixed card pool, such as the Duel Decks and From The Vault series. Examples of compilation sets with randomized boosters include Chronicles and Modern Masters. Compilation sets also exist entirely of reprints, and tend to be made as either a special themed product, or as a way to increase supply of cards with small printings. Base sets, later renamed core sets, are the successors to the original Limited Edition and are meant to provide a baseline Magic experience they tended to consist either largely or entirely of reprints. Streets of New Capenna is the most recent expansion set as of April 2022. Expansion sets are the most numerous and prevalent type of expansion they primarily consist of new cards, with few or no reprints, and either explore a new setting, or advance the plot in an existing setting. Magic has made three types of sets since Alpha and Beta: base/core sets, expansion sets, and compilation sets. 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It’s also Z’s scathing roast of hitching feminism to capitalism’s wagon. “Now, we have ‘Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss,’ a counter-meme against the overwhelming pressure to forge ahead, to progress at all costs,” wrote Michelle Santiago Cortés in Refinery 29.While responsibility unquestionably lies with leadership, what does it say about society’s expectation that female founders should be better behaved than their male counterparts? “Women are held to account for how ethical and virtuous they are as leaders in a way that men are not,” pointed out Leigh Stein, author of Self Care. The past few years have seen an avalanche of high-profile corporate reckonings, with employees at women-led brands like Glossier, Reformation, and Man Repeller alleging a toxic mix of workplace discrimination and abusive behaviour. “She would break the glass ceiling, and the shards would fly into the eyes of her haters”. “ was almost always white, thin, and charming,” wrote Kate Knibbs in Wired. 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