Easy Eggplant Recipes

Did you know that one of the best ways for you to reduce your carbon footprint and help fight climate change is by going vegetarian.  Apparantely the meat industry adds almost as much carbon dioxide as the automobile industry.  They say that even skipping meat one or two days a week would be a big help.  And skipping meat a few times a week is actually pretty easy when you know a lot of easy eggplant recipes.

Now everyone is probably familiar with eggplant parmesian sandwiches.  If you have already fried up the eggplant and you have some tomato sauce already made, it’s very easy to make a eggplant parmesian panini.  But breading and frying eggplant is a big chore.  Definitely not something you want to do when you’re getting ready to go to the office and trying to make a homemade lunch.  If you’re the kind of person that can plan ahead and fry up a nice batch of eggplant on the weekend, then you’re all set.  I’m not one of those people though.

Now grilling eggplant on a panini grill is a lot easier to do and its very tasty on a panini sandwich.  Just peel it (some people eat the skin but I’m not a fan of that, to each his own), slice it into a quarter to a third of an inch pieces place it on your panini maker.  You can add salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil too if you like.  Some people like to sprinkler their eggplant slices with salt and let them sit for about a half an hour to reduce the moisture content.  I like a juicy sandwich so it’s not a priority for me.

Eggplant, Roasted Peppers, Mozzarella Panini Recipe

• Grilled Eggplant
• Roasted Peppers
• Mozzarella Cheese
• Crusty Italian Bread

Grill the eggplant on the panini grill for about 3-4 minutes. layer on sliced Italian bread with roasted peppers and mozzarella cheese.  Press in panini grill for about 4 minutes.

Variations to try: You can add pesto as a spread or try provolone cheese.  Also ciabatta bread or rolls are always great too.  To completely change the flavor of the panini, add grilled onions.

As you can tell by reading the instructions, it’s very easy to make a great tasting eggplant recipes. Next time you want to enjoy some eggplant, but away the bread crumbs and break out the panini grill.