I haven’t ever had a chance to eat real moussaka given that I’ve been a vegetarian most of my life. However, my family members, who have had real moussaka and are generally skeptical of my meat free substitutions, loved this dish! This dish uses very little oil but is still very flavorful, and is also…
Tag: eggplant
Homemade Babaganoush
Saw this recipe from Eden Grinshpan from her instagram (@edeneats) and knew I had to try it (eggplant is my favorite vegetable). It was the best babaganoush I’ve ever had! Here is Eden’s recipe (my additions are in red): Babaganoush Ingredients: 2 medium sized eggplants, scored 1 small garlic clove, minced 1/2 lemon juiced 1/3…
Mini Eggplant Pizza
Gluten-free and keto friendly, but most importantly delicious! Eggplant has always been my favorite pizza topping, and eating it as a pizza on its own with tomato sauce and cheese is so good! I got the original recipe from Wholesome Yum and made slight adjustments based on my preferences and what I had at home…
Oil-Free Roasted Eggplant (Two ways)
Likely due to my middle eastern background, eggplant is one of my favorite foods. I’ve been seeing different methods of roasting eggplant without oil, and decided to do an experiment using two similarly sized eggplants from the same store to figure out which method I liked best. I tried two methods: one using the stove…
Romanian Foods You Need to Try
I was recently on a trip to Romania for four days, and was obviously excited to try traditional Romanian cuisine. I have a huge sweet tooth, so most of the traditional foods I ate through on my four day trip to Romania were desserts. Here were some of the highlights of my trip, including foods…
Hummus with Roasted Eggplant
Combining two of my favorites, roasted eggplant and homemade hummus for this Hummus with Roasted Eggplant recipe. This dip is very versatile and can be served as a dip with veggie sticks and pita chips, or in a sandwich. This recipe makes two small bowls of hummus. Check it out below: Ingredients: 1 sliced eggplant…
Tempeh Eggplant Stir Fry
I love tempeh! It’s affordable, versatile, quick to make, full of probiotics, plant-based, protein packed, and most importantly, delicious. I get mine from Be Cultured Tempeh, a local South Florida startup that “provides non-soy, organic, unpasteurized, fresh high quality tempeh”. The Be Cultured gang also mentions other nutritional benefits of tempeh. “Besides being high in…
Red Curry (vegan)
First time cooking thai food was a hit! This vegan recipe from the Minimalist Baker was unintentionally revised based on the limited ingredients I had. Ingredients: 1 Tbsp coconut oil 2 Tbsp minced ginger 6 cloves garlic, minced 2 medium shallot, minced 8 Tbsp red (or green) curry paste (I used way more than 3 tbsp -what the website recommended- because I found my batch needed…
Healthy Oven Roasted Eggplant
Roasted eggplant is one of my favorite foods since childhood. Here is how to make delicious roasted eggplant (I included it in this pizza, but it was so good I ate most of the roasted eggplant on its own 😛 ) Ingredients: 1 large eggplant (1/3 inch in rounds or or 1 inch cubes) Olive…
Eggplant Shakshouka
Shakshuka Stuffed Eggplant 🍆 made by yours truly! The eggplant was oven roasted and cooked to perfection without any oil, and I only used a bit of olive oil spray to cook the shakshuka inside! Ingredients: 1 large eggplant Olive oil spray olive oil 1 large diced onion 1 diced green pepper 1 chopped scallion…
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