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Baked Aubergine with Lentil Salad, creamy Hummus & Roast Tomatoes - Rebel Recipes. Honey Baked Eggplant — Neighborhood Studio. This dish is inspired by a popular Catalan tapas dish, crispy fried eggplant with honey.

Honey Baked Eggplant — Neighborhood Studio

A rich and big-flavored vegetarian dish, the silky, slightly sweet eggplant and the soufflé-like ricotta mixture provide a lightness that is hard to resist. If you can’t find manchego, substitute with parmesan cheese, but use less, about 1 cup should be fine. Serves 6 5-6 tbsp runny honey 1 cup (250ml) olive oil juice ½ lemon 1 large clove garlic, minced 1 tsp ground coriander 4 medium, sliced lengthways into ½ cm (1/5 inch) thick 2 cups (500g) fresh whole milk ricotta. Eggplant Parmesan Recipe on Food52. How to make the most of past-their-best aubergines.

India is a country that’s close to my heart, and I feel fortunate to have been able to spend more than a year of my life there, travelling, surfing, learning yoga, meditating and, most recently, fundraising for the charity Action Against Hunger.

How to make the most of past-their-best aubergines

On that last trip, we cycled through Rajasthan, visiting AAH projects and learning how it tackles hunger on the ground with local solutions. Aubergine was a regular on the menu, and this wonderful purple fruit brought us much-needed sustenance on the road, served with other curried vegetables and roti. Today’s dish is one I learned on that trip. As in baba ganoush, the aubergine is cooked over hot coals, on an open flame or in a griddle pan until the skin is charred and the insides soft and smoky. Because the outside is essentially cremated, it’s a great way to use up ageing aubergine with wrinkly skin or bruising. India has one of the richest food cultures in the world. Julie’s Stuffed Eggplant Boats. Feb 16 Stuffed vegetables never cease to disappoint me.

Julie’s Stuffed Eggplant Boats

They’re simple to make, easily nutritious and are a wonderful way to use up excess produce in your fridge. Baked Za'atar Eggplant Fries with Lemon Tahini Dip. Eggplants were on sale at the market this week, so I picked one up and challenged myself to do something other than fry it.

Baked Za'atar Eggplant Fries with Lemon Tahini Dip

Since fried eggplant is so delicious in dishes like Eggplant Parmesan, I think it tends to be my easy go-to answer. I had something else in mind this time: an afternoon snack with a quick, delicious tahini dip that would carry us through until dinner. The recipe was a success: no frying, lots of bright herbs, a little Parmesan and a quick spin in the oven to bake until crisp. That's it. Quick — as all afternoon snacks should be. If you're not familiar with za'atar, it's a Middle Eastern spice blend used in many recipes, from flat breads to grilled meats.

The beauty of this recipe, overall, is that it doesn't need much explanation or introduction. Roasted Eggplant Panzanella with Capers, Olives, and Pine Nuts {gluten-free, vegan option} – The Bojon Gourmet. This gluten-free bread salad eats like a deconstructed caponata with grilled eggplant, ripe tomatoes, sweet-tart currants, and briny capers and olives, all wrapped up with toasted bread in a garlicky vinaigrette.

Roasted Eggplant Panzanella with Capers, Olives, and Pine Nuts {gluten-free, vegan option} – The Bojon Gourmet

Bread salad sounds like an oxymoron, amiright? Salad should be green, light, and healthy, whereas hearty bread should be reserved for sandwiches, toast, or for dipping into soups. Croutons can go on top of salad, but the bread itself should not be the main salad event. It just seems wrong. Untitled. Roast eggplant, tomato and feta salad with pomegranate molasses dressing. Summer Aubergine Rolls. We did a little survey on instagram a few days ago where we asked what type of recipes you would like to see more of here on the blog.

Summer Aubergine Rolls

Lots of fun and creative suggestions popped up. The sum of it was pretty clear though. There seem to be a never-ending need for Quick Family Dinners, Budget Recipes, Healthy Breakfasts and more Vegan dishes. We will certainly take these topics in mind for future updates. Roasted Eggplant Salad with Smoked Almonds & Goat Cheese. I have a confession to make: I have a hard time considering eggplant a summer vegetable.

Roasted Eggplant Salad with Smoked Almonds & Goat Cheese

I know that it grows in the sunshine, right in between the tomatoes and the basil, but its silky, melting texture is what I want in wintertime. It's light yet satisfying, the perfect comfort food for January. Some people guiltily buy avocados in winter; others, pineapple. Choosing Raw – vegan and raw recipes. Thanks for such nice comments on my wedding posts (part one and two).

Choosing Raw – vegan and raw recipes

I was especially pleased to hear an outpouring of comments on my closing thoughts about Blue Hill, and other farms like it: a mixed bag of emotions, to be sure, but I’m glad that the loss of animal life still reverberates with so many of you, regardless of the practices that precede it. I’m here tonight with a recent “dinner with omnis,” which is how I sometimes jestingly refer to evenings when I entertain for non veg*n diners at the Hobbit House.

My guest last week was my lovely cousin Kathleen, who happens to be a lifelong D.C. resident. Kathleen and I are only a year apart, and we were very close growing up (especially since I’m siblingless). Stuffed Miso Eggplant Recipe. In the summer months, eggplant becomes the go-to meat replacement for many vegetarians.

Stuffed Miso Eggplant Recipe

We slice it into thick rounds and grill it up like a burger, we roast it and turn it into a batch of homemade eggplant meatballs, and we even make veggie bacon with it. So, recently when I saw Steamy Kitchen’s recipe for stuffed miso eggplant filled with a mixture of ground beef and chopped eggplant, it made me wonder what other ingredients I could use to replace the meat. Eggplant would have been my first choice for a meat substitute, but a double eggplant filling just wasn’t going to work.

Some might turn to tofu or maybe even mushrooms to replace the meat, but I have a secret weapon in the kitchen that I use in instances like this: raw walnuts! Just like when I made Asian lettuce wraps a while back, the walnuts in this dish really give that meaty texture to the stuffing. Chopped walnuts replace the ground meat in this recipe inspired by Steamy Kitchen's Stuffed Miso Eggplant. Ingredients To serve: Sticky teriyaki eggplant w/ herbed cashew + coconut rice. Pin it!

sticky teriyaki eggplant w/ herbed cashew + coconut rice

Pin it! Putting food on the table is an obvious highlight point of the day for someone like myself and no doubt someone like you as well if you find yourself here with frequency (waves hi). Roasted eggplant salad with tangy miso dressing - Amy Chaplin. Roasted eggplant salad with tangy miso dressing POSTED ON July 22, 2014 summer salad Summer is in full swing and my meals like the farmers market are bursting with tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and greens galore. The buttery little Asian eggplants have arrived finally and this year, I pounced on them immediately. I have been envisaging them golden and roasted until melting inside, then generously drizzled with a bright and tangy miso dressing. Undressed This salad does take more time to put together that the one I posted last week, but the extra steps of turning on the oven to roast the eggplant and getting out the blender to make the dressing do take it to the next level.

Cooked small brown lentils lunch. Eggplant meatballs with za’atar and kale pesto. Pin it! Pin it! Well hey there! Eggplant, Millet & Pomegranate Salad. Millet is one of my favourite gluten free grains with a lovely fluffy texture it substitutes perfectly into recipes in place of couscous. Chickpea stuffed eggplant with couscous and tahini sauce - Dishing Up the Dirt. Moroccan Vegetable and Lentil Stew.

As the autumn finally starts to arrive here in Sydney, I find myself craving for warm soups and stews. I start my day with a bowl of warm oat porridge with chia seeds, grated apple, cinnamon and a splash of home-made almond milk, I eat a huge raw salad for lunch and a warm soup or a stew for dinner. This Moroccan spiced vegetable and lentil stew is one of my recent favourites - the abundance of different vegetables and spices create a truly satisfying meal. Moroccan Vegetable and Lentil Stew (serves 2-4) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 yellow onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, minced small piece of fresh ginger, grated.

Chef Morgan: Honey and Soy Roasted Eggplant with Flax Seeds. Ingredients Serves 6 to 8 7-8 small Japanese Eggplants, cut into wedges1 tsp Kosher Salt1/2 cup Olive Oil2 Tbsp Soy Sauce1/2 cup Honey2 Tbsp fresh Orange JuicePinch of ground Ginger2-3 turns of Pepper Mill2 Tbsp Bob’s Red Mill Golden Flax Seeds2 Tbsp minced Chives Directions Cut the tops off of the eggplants. Discard tops. Cut the eggplants into wedges and place wedges in a bowl. Some snacks for winter brightness. GRILLED EGGPLANT WITH HERBED QUINOA. Feta Stuffed Eggplant Polpetti recipe on Food52.com. Author Notes: These baked eggplant polpetti are a bit like falafel. Moroccan spiced quinoa, buckwheat and eggplant salad. Yesterday was a perfect Saturday - I went for an early morning swim in the near-by ocean pool, had a light breakfast after that and then headed off to hatha yoga for 2 hours.

Black Rice, Kale & Aubergine Pilaf. When we make salads in our home, we often do what we call a Family Salad. It basically means that we serve all kind of salad ingredients in separate bowls on the table. And then everyone in the family can prepare the salad after their personal liking. Eggplant “Meat”balls. Meatballs are kinda of awesome. What’s not awesome is deciding you really don’t want to eat meat anymore, and forgetting that meatballs are sort of included in that category. I needed to find a substitute. One that wouldn’t make me miss my Mom’s beefy ones, which truly, is a nearly impossible feat.

When I searched for recipes, most of them seemed to end up using bread crumbs as the base and the idea of eating a bowl of pasta with bread balls on it is just nutritionally unappealing, regardless of how good they might taste. Roasted Eggplant with Basil. Beetroot and aubergine pilau recipe. We eat rice in some form or other pretty much every day, whether it's rice porridge for breakfast, rice milk smoothie, rice flour in baking, rice as a side or rice as the shining star.This dish is definitely the later.