I am probably the least qualified to write on this (you know how I eat), but here is a cheap, fancy and not disgusting way to use eggplant. You can even watch a YouTube video on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5MA3rrRik
Eggplant (this says Japanese but I used regular)
Olive Oil
Salt
Peper
Lemon Juice
Lemon Zest
Basil
Preheat oven to 450*
Cut eggplant in half and score, brush faces with olive oil salt and pepper.
Bake 10-15 minutes face up and flip for another 10-15 minutes.
Scrape pulp out of eggplant and chop up the insides, adding more salt and pepper.
Rough chop basil and mix in with the warm eggplant.
Add lemon juice, lemon zest and some more salt.
Eat on crackers or baguette, or some toasted flat bread you have lying around.
i just bought my first eggplant last week and had absolutely no idea what to do with it! we ended up chopping and baking it with olive oil, garlic and salt. thanks for this new idea!
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