Eat Skinny Be Skinny: Eggplant & Goat Cheese Sandwiches
PIN IT!I like to say I’m an adventurous eater, but there are some ingredients I’ve never used purely on the fact that they a. look yucky b. are a weird color or c. smell funny. I know, really mature right? But there are some things I just look at and immediately know I will dislike them based on the above. Well, in an attempt to better my cooking skills and be more of an adult, I’ve decided to try a new food that I once avoided because it fit into categories a and b. And that food, my friends, is the eggplant.
Despite it’s awkward appearance and abnormal coloring, this vegetable is not as bad as I had anticipated! Paired with goat cheese, roasted red peppers and ciabatta bread, this vegetable is actually quite good. Serve this sandwich with a simple arugula salad and you have yourself an easy and low calorie dinner! Recipe is courtesy of Cooking Light [with some changes made by me!]
Eggplant and Goat Cheese Sandwich
Ingredients
- 6 (1/2-inch-thick) eggplant slices
- 1 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 large red bell pepper
- 4 (1-ounce) slices ciabatta bread
- 2 tablespoons refrigerated pesto
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) soft goat cheese
Preparation
- Preheat broiler
- Arrange eggplant slices in a single layer on a foil-lined baking sheet. Brush both sides of eggplant with oil. Cut bell pepper in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membrane. Arrange bell pepper halves, skin sides up, on baking sheet with eggplant; flatten with hand [see photo below]
- Broil 4 minutes; turn eggplant over (do not turn bell pepper over). Broil an additional 4 minutes; remove eggplant from pan. Broil bell pepper an additional 7 minutes or until blackened.
- Broil bread slices for 2 minutes or until lightly browned, turning once.
- Spread 2 tablespoons goat cheese over each of 2 remaining bread slices; place, cheese side down, on sandwiches.
- Spread 1 tablespoon pesto on each of 2 bread slices. Layer each bread slice, pesto side up, with 2 eggplant slices, 1 bell pepper half, and 1 eggplant slice. Serve with a fresh salad and enjoy!
Nutritional Information [per sandwich]: 395 calories, 18 grams of fat, 14 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber
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