Here is an easy way (you notice the focus is on easy in my kitchen) to pep up your standby spaghetti dish. My children are no big fans of pasta, but they love the eggplants bake with cheese. Again, this is really a non-recipe. I don't think you can do much wrong apart from under cooking, so start prep early and then relax.
Ingredients (for two baking pans)
- 2 eggplants (I buy the long thin Chinese kind, they fit better on my pans)
- grated cheese
- olive oil
- spices
- pasta sauce (optional)
Grease the pans with olive oil. Cut the eggplant in 1cm thick slices and arrange eggplants on the greased pans. Top each eggplant with a dollop of tomato sauce (optional). I bet instead of tomato sauce, tomato slices would taste yummy as well. Alas, husband does not eat tomatoes. Sprinkle each eggplant slice with grated cheese and spices. Bake in oven at 200C for 60min or until crisp. Serve with spaghetti and pasta sauce.
