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eggplant
becca:
More branching out in the veggie world. I have only made eggplant parmesean.
More adventures in increasing the quantity and variety of plant based foods in my diet, vs animal proteins.
Today, I roasted some eggplant slices, brushed with olive oil with some crushed garlic in it. Then I made into a salad with a very good summer tomato, chick peas, torm basil leaves, and a basil salad dressing that I make. It tastes good!
Also, I experimented with "massaged kale salad" this week. LOL. Basically, you work some lemon and EVOO into chopped kale and it softens/cooks with the acid, and looses the bitterness. Yesterday's was so-so, but edible, and good with the beets, and cranberries an dgoat cheese crumbles.
Today, I will try combining some of the pesto dressing into the kale I have left and have this eggplant salad with it.
Maybe a lot of oil in this, so not low fat, but all EVOO, and fresh, local produce.
nameless:
I *love* roasted eggplant!
I slice it into 3/4" rounds, and then cut the rounds into chunks (comes out mostly like triangle shapes). I brush evoo on non-stick foil, put out the eggplant to lay flat, then brush evoo onto all of it. Eggplant sucks up evoo like nobody's business, so tossing it doesn't really work.
I roast it up at 400F until done. meanwhile...I've de-seeded roma's or a winy heirloom tomato...and roast that in a glass dish along side.
Then..I sea salt everything to season and it goes in the fridge.
I make a cold salad from cheese tortellini, the roasted eggplant and tomato, and basil (or spinach), and mix it up with olive oil.
SO GOOD!
I also will put the eggplant onto pizza or in a toasted sandwich (eggplant, tomato, mozzarella)
YUMMERS!
Adrienne
becca:
Oh, yum!
I did think about roasting the tomato as well. But was lazy, trying to minimze dishes.
I think I overcooked it a tad, but I still like it.
Macabre:
This is one of ours fave ways to eat eggplant. You roast eggplant rounds. While you're doing that, make a sauce if EVOO, balsamic, chopped parakeet, chopped kalamatas. Capers if you've got them. Whisk together. When you remove the eggplant from the oven, too with the green sauce. Wowza!!
--- Quote from: Macabre on September 01, 2014, 09:20:38 PM ---Eggplant with amazing green sauce (parsley, kalamatas, capers, olive oil, balsamic or red wine vinegar).
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Macabre:
If I don't cook eggplant well enough my mouth itches a bit.
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