Every week or so my mom gets what are called Bountiful Baskets. These things are amazing!!! The farmers give us a variety of fruits and vegetables, even if you have no use or idea what to do with them.
The last basket, we were given an eggplant. Great.
As I was looking through one of my mom's new cookbooks, I found this yummy recipe called
Dinah's Pizza Stuffed Eggplants
but it should really just be called Stuffed Eggplants.
It doesn't really taste like pizza; just yummy eggplants will lots of filling.
THIS IS LOW CARB AND GLUTEN FREE
You'll Need:
An eggplant
2 sausage links (we like asiago)
some onion
A glove of garlic, minced
A green bell pepper, diced
1 cup of sliced mushrooms
1 (15-ounce) can of tomato sauce or pizza sauce
A dash of italian seasoning
2 cups of whatever cheese ya got
First you'll want to cut the ends off, then all but about 1/2 inch of eggplant.
Make it look like a boat, just like above.
To cut it, first put a slit about a 1/2 inch from the sides
Then slowly start to connect the two slits
Start pulling it up as you cut the whole thing
Dice the inside part of the eggplant
Cut your onions into a skillet
Add the sausage
And green peppers!
Then add the diced eggplant and mushrooms
Cook for 3 minutes
Add a layer of cheese to the inside of the boats
Now add the pizza sauce
simmer for 5 minutes
Now add the mixture to your boats! & top with a good heaping of cheese!
Bake in the oven at 350* for 30 minutes
This is that yummy cookbook! It has tons of yummy recipes!!!
Finished product!
What a perfect lunch!!!
As Always, Enjoy!
hmm how do you think eggplant would pair with acorn squash. I have an idea of basicaly making this recipe but instead of serving it in the eggplant, chopping the eggplant and stuffing it all in the squash. Thoughts?
ReplyDeleteTo me Acorn Squash is always served as a sweeter dish, where this is more Italian. It would always be worth a try though! Let me know how it ends up :))
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