Cooking Challenge: Eggplant

inskydiamonds

Welcome to the eighteenth round of the cooking challenge! This week's ingredient comes to us from maeadair who was the winner of the oats challenge.



This week's challenge is EGGPLANT

These are the rules for the challenge:

1. You don't need to have created the recipe from scratch, but you DO need to make it.
2. Voting will be put up for the challenge and the winner of the challenge will pick the next ingredient to be used.
3. Pictures are encouraged but not required. If you want to post a picture upload it on a website like photobucket.com or tinypic.com . If there's any questions about how to do that, don't be shy to ask me.
4. You do need to post the recipe you used so other people can try it too, if they so please.
5. If you used a recipe from another source give credit to the original creator!
6. Your recipe can be a breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, or dessert! Anything!

Fill out the following form to play:

NAME OF RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS:
DIRECTIONS:
CALORIES PER SERVING:
HOW MANY IT SERVES:
OPINIONS ON HOW IT TASTED, ETC:
PICTURE (optional):

Voting for this challenge will begin next Saturday February 12th at 5PM Pacific Standard Time.

inskydiamonds

No entries? Come on you guys, show us your eggplant!

meagalayne

Love eggplant... Will try to post a recipe this time around, Liz!

mikeveggie68

I love eggplant... will post when i find a good recipe, haven't found "the one" yet

LizGogol

Eggplant parmesan is a favourite of mine! I ate it so much I got sick of it!

Mix bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese in a bowl
Cut egg plant
Dip slices in egg then crumbs
Layer eggplant in baking dish
Between each layer add pasta sauce

And bake

If I remember it correctly

I will try to get more details

maeadair

Looking forward to getting some new recipes, love eggplant.

whatupskinnyjeans

This is my fave topping on bread/ homemade pizza or eaten as a dip or mixed with pasta etc.
1-2 medium eggplants, 1 green pepper, 1 onion, lite olive oil ( or regular if u like), hunts tomato sauce, salt, black pepper, garlic powder.
Peel n slice eggplant ( short) sprinkle w kosher salt and let it sweat on paper towels for 20-30 min
Slice n dice onion. Add to large frying pan with 2 tbsp oil. Sauté w green pepper. Cube eggplant and add. If it seems dry add another tbsp of oil. Add spices to pan and stir till soft add can of sauce and stir. When eggplant is soft it is ready and delicious! ( u might need more than 8 oz of sauce is there is a lot of eggplant ... Any questions pls message me

Sparklewolfie

Wow I must have missed a couple challenges! Haha need to check the forums more...
I only came to love eggplant in recent years, but hopefully I will be able to make something for this Though with all the New Year food, I might not be able to

SunLove8

Bump

xerinx2011

This is my fave recipe! Its a bit like lasgne but loads less calories!!

INGREDIENTS:
eggplant x 1
courgette x 2
tinned/chopped tomatoes
extra lean mince
100g low fat mozzerella
garlic
any herbs you want i love basil and lemon thyme for this
DIRECTIONS:
dry fry your mince and add garlic, herbs and tinned tomatoes, Simmer for 10 mins
Slice your aubergine(eggplant)and courgette into 1cm slices.
Place a layer of the mince and then a layer of the aubergine and courgette. Into an oven proof dish
Break off a few bits of mozzerella and sprinkle on the veg layer.
Repeat until you have used it all up.
Cook in oven for 40 mins on gas mark 6
Enjoy! Serve with salad or veggies
CALORIES PER SERVING: 195 calories a serving
HOW MANY IT SERVES: 2/4 depending on if serving with anything else!
OPINIONS ON HOW IT TASTED, ETC: I love this!! So very very tasty and my 1 year old loves it too!

susiematthews

It's important to "sweat" the eggplant first, by sprinkling salt on it and then rinsing it off after 20 minutes or so. This will take the tartness out and although I used to never do that, a friend of ours made dinner for us one night and did it that way and it was MUCH better. Sounds like we have a similar recipe, I will have to see if I can get his from him.

xerinx2011

I dont salt mine because i dont like salt at all!! I dont use any salt as it makes me sick!!

008Lizzy

I do a great Aubergine (eggplant) salad I learned at a cookery school in Morocco. Need to work out the nutrient values though..

shander7

bump

DoingThis4Me

3 eggplant, peeled and thinly sliced
2 eggs, beaten
4 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs
6 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
1 (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1/2 teaspoon dried basil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Dip eggplant slices in egg, then in bread crumbs. Place in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes on each side.
In a 9x13 inch baking dish spread spaghetti sauce to cover the bottom. Place a layer of eggplant slices in the sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Repeat with remaining ingredients, ending with the cheeses. Sprinkle basil on top.
Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until golden brown.

Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 487


This was my first attempt at cooking eggplant, i found a basic receipe on allreceipes.com and changed it to suit my tastes. I made it for a friend who loves eggplant and they loved it!

harleygirl1717

love eggplant gotta go find a recipie....

Better_Balance_2011

bump.

I have an eggplant recipe at home I'll have to add.

2bfitforever

bump

petey49

I made this "low calorie Mousaka" http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1725,152165-236205,00.html. I brushed my eggplant slices with a bit of olive oil and baked them for a while. It actually turned out to be pretty good.

melkneec

Bump. Going to the store in the morning!! lol

2bfitforever

bump

meagalayne

As per usual, I have to cop out of this one again. I even BOUGHT the eggplant but my weekends are way too busy and I haven't had time over the last two days. No time to eat anything I make, so it would just be a waste. Good luck to everyone and I look forward to seeing all the recipes!

melkneec

Here is my recipe.




Grilled Mozzarella Eggplant Rolls

Ingredients:
Generic - Sliced Eggplant - Grilled With Skin, 2 eggplant unpeeled (approx 1-1/4 lb)
Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese - Mozzarella 2% Milk Reduced Fat, 0.5 cup
Classico - Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Sauce, 1 container (1 3/10 cups ea.)

Directions:
1. Thinly slice eggplant. Place eggplant in a strainer and cover with salt. Let set 20 mins. Then rinse.
2. Heat George Forman Grill until hot.
4. Grill eggplant for 3 mins on each side. (you will have to turn it because they are too small)
5. Now spread the tomato pesto on each slice of grilled eggplant.
6. sprinkle a little 2% mozzarella cheese ontop of the pesto on each slice.
7. Fold each filled eggplant in half.
8. Grill again until mozzarella cheese is just melted.

Total per serving: (one serving is 4 - 5 rolls)
Calories 91, Fat 5g, Fiber 2g, Protien 4g, Carbs 8g, Sugar 4g

We had this tonight and my whole family loved it!! Even the 7 year old and the teen. I fixed it for everyone and no one said anything bad. My teen said it was beast!! lol. We used it as the main dish but you could also use it as a side dish.

I add a picture so I hope it shows up. I'm new at that.

inskydiamonds

Time to vote... http://www.scribbld.com/customview.cgi?user=whiskey&styleid=27146

!!! Voting ends Wednesday February 16th at 5PM PST.

maeadair

I made this "low calorie Mousaka" http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1725,152165-236205,00.html. I brushed my eggplant slices with a bit of olive oil and baked them for a while. It actually turned out to be pretty good.

There are no nutrient values on the site nor here,... not good at figuring, do you have the values?

SunLove8

I dont salt mine because i dont like salt at all!! I dont use any salt as it makes me sick!!

She said to rinse off the salt, so you actually don't have to consume it.

Sparklewolfie

I just had this absolutely delicious burrito this weekend, and it had big chunks of eggplant and mashed beans in it! I wish I had tried it sooner so I could try to replicate it at home for this challenge

xerinx2011

I dont salt mine because i dont like salt at all!! I dont use any salt as it makes me sick!!

She said to rinse off the salt, so you actually don't have to consume it.

I can still taste it! Rinsing may remove the actual salt but its the taste i hate!

morganadk2_deleted

This is an awesome combination of Baba Ganoush and Regular Hummus. It is fantastic as a dip, or spread on some brown bread or a wholemeal pitta with spinach and sundried tomatoes.It's truly beautifull .....

Aubergine Hummus
Serves: 8

1 aubergine
1 garlic clove
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp lemon juice
2g cumin
200g chickpeas, dried
1 tbsp olive oil
1 chicken/veggie stock cube

Soak the chickpeas in water overnight
Then cook them in the same water with the stock cube added in for 20 mins.
Roast the aubergine until the skin is blackened. When it is cooled you can just peel off the skin and the flesh will be mostly mashable.
Mash the aubergine with the crushed garlic, salt, cumin, lemon juice and olive oil.
Drain the chick peas but reserve the water.
Add the chickpeas to the aubergine mixture with a little of the reserved water and blitz with a hand blender. Add a little more water if it is too thick, but not too much.

It makes 8 large (100g) portions, but you could stretch it out further.

123 calories per serving, 3.4g F, 0.4g SF, 19.1 C, 4.1g S, 6.4g Fb, 5.6g P

http://heavling.blogspot.com/search/label/Aubergine

MMK72

Hi,

This is really lazy of me I'm not going to cook it, but I feel I should share it.

It's the tastiest eggplant I've ever eaten - I tried it when traveling there..

I don't know if this is the exact dish but it comes up when you google "Georgian eggplant dish" - how many can there be??

I don't think it's too healthy if you deep fry the eggplant though, try charcoal grilling or baking in the oven instead - I'm sure the dish I tried was grilled eggplant.

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000000258342

And I just found this website! Classic!

http://www.aubergines.org/recipes.php

inskydiamonds

I know I'm a day late, but congratulations to melkneec and her Grilled Mozzarella Eggplant Rolls for winning the challenge!