I had never been much of a
fan of eggplant until I learned how to cook it in this way.
Start by layering the slices
of eggplant on the bottom, overlapping slightly if you run out of room.
The beautiful
skin of an eggplant can be found in a variety of different colors of purple and white.
A couple weeks ago we got a
lot of eggplant in our CSA basket and for some reason I struggle with figuring out how to use it.
I'm not sure I've had this
type of eggplant before, but I love me some eggplant.
Once cooled, peel skin
off of eggplant and discard along with the seeds on the inside.
Spread about 2/3 cup of the sauce across the bottom of the dish and place a single layer
of the eggplant rounds on top.
The first step to delicious eggplant meatballs is to cut the pound
of eggplant into 1 - inch cubes.
There was originally one
pound of eggplant in this soup as well but I have very specific ideas of where eggplant should be.
For this easy recipe, I chose to use eggplant because I love the
taste of eggplant after it's been roasted in the oven.
A wonderful dish made of a
combination of eggplant and tofu which is tossed with a thick tasty garlic tomato sauce.
I have
tons of eggplant growing in my garden and this bowl of goodness looks SO good!
Use 4 medium zucchini in
place of the eggplant and 1 cup canned pumpkin in place of the tomato paste and omit the water.
Add
rest of eggplant and ingredients, pulse until you have the consistency you'd like, adding more sea salt, etc., to taste.
Working with one slice
of eggplant at a time, dust with flour, dip in beaten eggs, then coat well with breadcrumbs.
Spread 1/3 cup
of eggplant onto your toast of choice, top with 1/4 of an avocado and any additional toppings.
I was super excited today to find
bags of eggplant on the clearance produce rack today.
Layer a
row of eggplant «noodles» over the sauce (I only needed 3.5 ish across the width of the dish - see Notes for more info).
More than a few of my friends turn up their nose at the mere
mention of eggplant, like a 3 - year old (or my sister) with a plate of mushrooms.
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