New Foods

Posted by Sarahbear on August 10, 2010

The other times I’ve tried to diet I attempted, very poorly, to cook some new foods. Things like salmon, asparagus and eggplant turned out to be completely disgusting. Now that I’ve learned some things about cooking, and I love it, I’ve found out that these foods can be delicious and still be healthy.

Today for lunch I prepared a modified version of this Eggplant Parmesan recipe. I brushed the eggplant with oil and minced garlic, baked it for about 15 minutes and then the magic started. I layered the slices on the bottom of the baking dish and sprinkled Parmesan cheese mixed with basil on it. Then, I sliced fresh Roma tomatoes and layered them on top of that. I was out of mozzarella so I subbed in some slices of provolone and some crumbled feta. On top of that I layered some baby spinach, drizzled about 1 tablespoon of olive oil over it and sprinkled the rest of the Parmesan/basil mixture. I baked that for about 20 minutes and oh….my….gawd, it was delicious.

The kids loved it and it wound up still being around 450 calories a serving. Perfect for a sensible lunch and very filling. I’ve gotta start taking pictures of all this stuff I’m making.