eggplant

Sticky Five Spice Eggplant

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I look to local chef Ilene Rouamvongsor for ideas for that Japanese eggplant. Ilene’s Sticky Five Spice Eggplant is easy and quick. She prepared it for a demo at the Decatur Farmers Market and maybe you can relate to the headnote from the market manager: “Eggplants, admittedly, can be hit or miss for me. It’s funny how you can dislike or love the same vegetable, depending on how it’s made! Maybe you feel the same way about eggplants or other vegetables? That’s why I encourage you to explore the many sides of something you may dislike forever – you never know until you try! Here is one of the easiest and most favorite ways to cook eggplants – sautéed garlicky Asian eggplants in a sticky 5-spice soy sauce. These eggplants were sitting in my fridge for a while, but if you cook it the day of or within a couple of days of buying, you’ll find that these eggplants’ purple color can remain vibrant when cooked in this recipe.” ~Conne

Sicilian Stuffed Eggplant

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From Colu Henry, adapted from a recipe by Jo Piazza. This recipe works with Asian eggplants, too, but I find that a stuffed eggplant (and I love a stuffing with raisins) is less off-putting for those around the table who think “I don’t like eggplant.” There’s all that delicious stuffing and before they know it, they’ve enjoyed eggplant. ~Conne

(2023) Burnt Eggplant and Bell Pepper Dip

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And we got two beautiful eggplant, so I’m going to try the Burnt Eggplant and Red Pepper Dip below, using the poblano peppers and banana peppers that came today as well. If you’re not familiar with the way Riverview manages things, the peppers in the plastic bag are usually hot ones, with the bag to distinguish them from sweeter peppers. Poblanos are one of those maybe-they’ll-be-hot-maybe-they-won’t peppers, but for this recipe it won’t matter. My favorite way to eat eggplant is roasted, so there are lots of roasted eggplant recipes at grassfedcow.com.

(2023) Mapo Eggplant

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See the recipe below from Hetty Lui McKinnon. Have you seen her new book, “Tenderheart”? It is HUGE, with almost 200 recipes in chapter after chapter of ideas for the vegetables we get every week. So here are two recipes from the book – the gnocchi and tomatoes AND her vegan mapo tofu with eggplant. I literally keep the book at my desk and just leaf through it when I am looking for inspiration.

(2023) Eggplant and Bean Chili

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I have been craving eggplant and peppers so was delighted to see both in today’s box, although only one pepper. But for the eggplants … eggplant and bean chili (see recipe below), eggplant dal with your favorite lentils (your own recipe), eggplant with garlic and scallions (just sauteed eggplant flavored with chili and green onions)? Those are a few ideas from the New York Times food e-newsletter last Sunday devoted to ideas for eggplant.