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Entries Tagged as 'eggplant'

Kids Make “Naked” Eggplant Parmesan

October 5th, 2012 · 2 Comments · kids, Recipes

I call my version of eggplant Parmesan “naked” because unlike most, it is not battered with egg and bread crumbs. No, our focus is seasonal vegetables, not starch. So we present the kids in our food appreciation classes with an unadulterated slice of roasted eggplant, topped with a homemade marinara sauce, a slice of fresh […]

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Kids Preserve Eggplant in Olive Oil

September 16th, 2012 · No Comments · kids, Recipes

Not to worry. This isn’t a story about canning, but how to make a delicious hors d’oeuvre out of eggplant by packing it away for a few weeks under olive oil with garlic, basil and red pepper. This particular recipe is one of the all-time most popular on my personal blog, The Slow Cook. I […]

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Planting Peppers and Aubergine

June 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · garden

I was late starting my peppers, eggplants and tomatoes this year. But they’ve been coming along fine in their tiny cells, soaking up sun lately in an improvised hoop house in the front yard. Yesterday I got up at the crack of dawn to move them into their permanent home. I always have more than […]

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