Christmas Eggplant (Aubergine) (Delicious Winter Vegetables)

"Fresh winter veggies flavored with seasoned oil and triple cooked. I named this Christmas Eggplant because it was my in-laws contribution to our holiday potluck this year and it was fabulous!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 10mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a big pot over medium high heat, add olive oil, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, zucchini, eggplant and Italian Seasoning.
  • You may need to add more oil to coat the vegetables.
  • Don't worry, you will drain most of it off later.
  • Cook and stir until eggplant is tender.
  • It will take 15 minutes or more.
  • While still cooking, stir in Seasoned Dipping Oil, or other seasoned/flavored oil plus vinegar and salt and pepper to taste.
  • After eggplant is tender, turn off heat and then drain the mixture of all excess oil and blot with paper towels.
  • Spread mixture on a baking sheet in a single layer and bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.
  • Let cool slightly and then spoon into a casserole dish.
  • Top with mozarella.
  • It can be refrigerated at this point to be served later.
  • Before serving, bake or microwave, covered, until it is hot (if it has been refrigerated) and cheese is melted.

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  1. I made this yesterday for Christmas dinner and it is so VERY good! I made a few changes, but the integrity of the recipe is still intact. As I was cooking the veggies, I wanted more color, so I added a 2nd red bell pepper. The directions didn't say when to add the tomato, so I added them just before baking so they didn't mush down in the pot. The only major change I will make next time, and there WILL be a next time, is to cut the amount of oil in half to bring it down to 3 WW points per serving. I couldn't really drain any oil off the veggies because they had absorbed almost all of it. So, next time I just won't add so much. As is, the recipe is 5 WW points per serving, which is higher than I'd like for a veggie dish. This would probably also be very good with a dash of cayenne for a little spice. Yum!
     
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I'm a stay home mom of two little boys. My husband is a meat and potatoes kinda guy, my little fellas will eat anything, and I'm a vegetarian. One of my favorite things to do is sit and read a cookbook from cover to cover! My favorite cookbooks are ones with pictures of all the dishes.
 
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