We have gotten two or three eggplants from our CSA every week for almost the entire summer. Joe makes a delicious eggplant parmesan and a lovely ratatouille, but both get stale after you’ve alternated them three or four weeks in a row. We needed something new. Enter eggplant pizza. This recipe is entirely healthy, and it is loaded with vegetables.
Eggplant Pizzas
Ingredients
- 1 large eggplant peeled and sliced into 1-inch thick slices
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil or butter
- 1 large onion sliced thinly
- 8 ounces mushrooms sliced
- 1-2 cloves garlic pressed or 1-2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Pour the milk into a small bowl.
- Mix the breadcrumbs and Italian seasoning together and spread that in a different shallow dish.
- To bread the eggplant, dip each slice into the milk, then into the breadcrumbs on both sides.
- Place the breaded eggplant in a single layer on a cookie sheet or bar pan.
- Bake the eggplant for 30 to 40 minutes, until tender.
- In the meantime, heat the olive oil over medium heat, and saute onions for 4-5 minutes.
- Add mushrooms and saute until tender.
- If you're using pressed garlic, spread a bit on the hot eggplant slices. If using garlic powder, sprinkle some on.
- Top each eggplant with a spoonful of pizza sauce and a sprinkle of mozzarella cheese, then some of the onions and mushrooms.
- Place pizzas in a single layer on the same cookie sheet or bar pan and put them back in the oven for 10 minutes, just enough to melt the cheese.
A note on Grace’s reaction
I’m still not sure where this new picky thing is coming from. Grace ate a teeny tiny eggplant pizza on Wednesday when we ate them, but it didn’t happen willingly. She did the same on Thursday. The next time we make these, I will make one or two english muffin pizzas for her. The small amount of work is worth it to me to have a harmonious family dinner time.
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Angie @ Bigbearswife says
mm these look really good 🙂
ps. this is angie, your hostess for the Secret Recipe Club, could you please get in contect with me reguarding the SRC, thanks