Eggplant?

You can make baba ganoush, eggplant parmesan, and all sorts of different things. Google some recipes!

I like using it to make an Italian-style chili. Starts with ground turkey, or the Italian seasoned Jennie-O kind. Then I add diced eggplant, zucchini, peppers, garlic, can of diced tomatoes, can of drained white beans and seasonings. I usually top my serving with low fat mozzerella or stir in some ricotta to make it creamier. Makes a lot, and freezes beautifully.

cut it into spears, bread it and bake it. dip in marinara sauce. yum.

I accidently bought eggplant for making eggplant lasagna and a frozen pre made lasagna. What else do y'all do with eggplant? Is it good roasted plain?

omgomgomg - im so gald you are asking!
my recent discovery of this website: www.skinnytaste.com has yielded a good number of delicious meals. egpplant sandwish being one of them!!
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/07/eggplant-panini-with-pesto.html

honestly - so good. my only sugegstions would be to slive off the top of the bread you use, bc the one i used did not 'press' well in the panini press. was too crunchy on the top. so trim it and its perfect!

please try this. it was so good.

Curry!

Or cooking it on a griddle and then adding rice vingear, chillies, soy sauce and a little sesame oil.

I love aubergines. Though I make the same comments about almost any food posted here.

I highly recommend eggplant "Steaks" with panko breadcrumbs topped with arugula with a lemon garlic dressing. Serve with a side of mashed potatoes. It's really delicious.

The recipe I use for inspiration is a vegan recipe I am vegetarian and will eat dairy products. I used regular milk, butter and sour cream in place of the non-dairy items. Last time I made this I wanted to save on calories so I baked the eggplant instead of frying them. It came out really good and I was quite pleased with the results.

http://veegmama.blogspot.com/2013/01/panko-crusted-eggplant-with-arugula-and.html

Enjoy! :flowerforyou:

Cut into 1/4" thick spears or disks, dip in egg and then coat with breadcrumbs & panko, bake at 375 until golden, serve with marinara or tossed with pasta or spaghetti squash. You can do this with zucchini and yellow squash, too!

Slice a big eggplant in half, use a melon baller to hollow it out. Cook the insides with mushrooms and onions and sausage/ meat substitute until the eggplant is reduced. Add marinara sauce and stuff it back into the hollow eggplant 'shells', top with cheese, bake at 375 or 400 until the cheese starts to brown.

Chop an eggplant finely (skin on) and cook in a large saucepan with about 1/4 cup of water for around 10 minutes, until the eggplant reduces. Put the eggplant on paper towels to cool, then chop finely (food processor works too). Stir in 1/3 cup shredded cheese, 1 tsp each of onion powder, garlic powder, and italian seasoning, and 1 egg (egg substitute works too). Slowly add bread crumbs until the mixture can be formed into balls. Depending on the size of your eggplant, this could be 1/2 to 1 cup breadcrumbs. Form into balls and bake for around 45 minutes at 400 degrees.

These are my favorites, but I'm sure there are more out there!

Just don't overcook aubergines as they then end up like rubber

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Eggplant is my FAVORITE!

I like it sauteed in olive oil (a bit high fat since it sucks it up like a sponge and you have to add more), then tossed with either fresh grape tomatoes (or really good quality canned diced tomatoes drained), feta (or parmesan), and angel hair (or spaghetti squash).

NOM NOM NOM. In fact, it's what's for dinner!

Or
With Rigatoni, a bit of ricotta, tomato sauce, and topped with mozzarella. Kind of a deconstructed eggplant lasagna.

OR
slice it longways so you have long strips and bake in the oven until dried out a bit. Then fill with a mix of ricotta and mozzarella and roll up. Smother in tomato sauce, top with mozzarella and bake covered for 45 minutes/uncover and bake until brown on top.

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I slice it and bake it and add it to cheese quesadillas.

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Cube it, toss it with olive oil and seasoning, oven bake it and add it to risotto at the end of the cooking process.

Seriously, I could go on forever. It is the most yummy vegetable EVER. :flowerforyou:

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I love eggplant!!! A couple of my favorites are roasted eggplant pizza with caramelized onions. Roasted eggplant sammiches with goat cheese onions basil.

Great ideas thanks!

I added eggplant to my roasted veggies last night. Drizzled balsamic over while cooking, added some red wine at the end. Super yummy! I also love it with chinese food sauces (with or without meat). Cooked into your spaghetti sauce. It's "meaty" and delicious! Breaded and baked dipped in marinara sauce.

grilled with just a mist of olive oil and garlic powder.