December 14, 2014

Eggplant Parmesan


























While I was home for Thanksgiving break, my family went to an Italian restaurant for dinner one night and I ordered eggplant parmesan. This was my first time ordering this dish from any restaurant, but since it was one of the few meat-free items on the menu I decided to try it. This was the best vegetarian meal I have had yet! It reminded me so much of the heartiness of chicken parmesan + meat lasagna, but I still felt so great after eating it. After that meal, I wanted to have it again but make it myself because this will be another one of my winter break go-to meals.

I used the recipe by Alex Guarnaschelli from Food Network. Her video and post is a perfect explanation of how to easily make this dish. The only things I did differently were that I didn't add sugar to my sauce, I used olive oil for frying, instead of basil leaves I used baby spinach, and I used shredded mozzarella cheese. 

I took some photos while I cooked to show you how mine turned out!














P.S. I've been eating like a pescatarian for 9 months! 

13 comments:

  1. Yum! Eggplant parm is my favorite Italian dish.

    Silly Medley: Lifestyle and Travel

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  2. That is the perfect winter comfort food!

    Lauren,
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  3. Eggplant parm is my all time favorite meal, it was actually the last meal my mom ate before going into labor with me, haha! I love looking at different versions because everyone makes it differently. Yours looks fantastic Vett, thanks for sharing!
    -Alex
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  4. thats a great way to eat eggplant , i hate it otherwise
    the dish look s yummy
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  5. Whoa, this looks amazing!! I'm seriously drooling!

    Tina
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  6. OMG this looks delicious!! What a great recipe! :)

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  7. wow that not only looks super delicious but really easy to make too! you always give the best healthy recipes! def trying this :)

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  8. Oh Vett! If I could just take a bite out of my screen! This looks SOOO delicious! And it's healthy? I'm sold!

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  9. This looks so delicious!!! Thanks for sharing!

    xo Pam
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  10. Eggplant parm is one of my favorite meals! I'm gonna have to try this... it looks delicious the way you made it!

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