Stuffed Eggplant With Cheese and Tomatoes

"This reminds me a bit of eggplant parmesan, only much healthier. You could probably make this ahead and just save the baking part until you are ready to serve. I modified this recipe from Vegetarian Times magazine to give it more flavor. Among the things I added were the tomato sauce and extra cheese. I have listed them as optional ingredients, but I highly recommend it since it really adds so much to this dish. You can use whatever sauce you want (leftover spaghetti or pizza sauce would be good). I simply chopped up a few roma tomatoes and added a bit of red wine vinegar, garlic, and herbs, and cooked them all in a pan for a few minutes."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
2
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place eggplant in a large pot filled with water; bring to a boil and cook for about 10 minutes, or until tender.
  • Drain eggplant and allow to cool enough to be handled.
  • Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet or pan with foil.
  • Heat the olive oil in a medium pan over medium heat; saute the tomatoes, garlic and onion until the onion is golden (about 5 minutes).
  • Cut cooled eggplant in half lengthwise and remove the flesh.
  • Chop up the flesh and add it to the pan with the onion-garlic-tomato mixture.
  • Stir in the cheese, salt pepper, cinnamon, parsley, and oregano and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Remove mixture from heat; place eggplant shells on baking sheet and fill with this mixture.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes or until heated through and the eggplant starts to brown.
  • Remove from the oven; top with hot tomato or pasta sauce and cheese.

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  1. This was really good. I made it vegan by using Vegan Gourmet soy cheese. It was easy to make too. The most labor-intensive part was grating the cheese. I didn't have any oregano so I used extra parsley, and I omitted the pasta sauce. I did sprinkle extra soy cheese on top for the last 10 minutes of cooking. Thanks for posting this healthy, yummy, easy, dish.
     
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