Eggplant: Nutritious and Delicious

Nutritious: Eggplants, the scary looking purple veggie found at the supermarket, are very nutritional! They contain no fat are high in fiber and have many vitamins and minerals. Also, they are high in chlorogenic acid, an antioxidant that has antimicrobial and antiviral activities along with the ability to help lower bad cholesterol. Eggplant is also a source of the antioxidant nasunin. Nasunin is primarily found in the skin of the vegetable and helps to fight cancer. Great!

Delicious: Eggplant Fries are Delicious! Aimee and I found an intriguing recipe for our new friend the eggplant and decided to make fries, always a good idea. They were scrumptious and healthy!

The Recipe was from: Eggplant Fries Recipe

Aimee's New Friend Eggy :)

Eggy got all chopped up! :(

But, we cant just have Eggy for dinner!

 We decided to make pasta, with fresh farmers market tomatoes, in a homemade pasta sauce.

Pasta Sauce: (Serves 2)

• 4 plump tomatoes
• A couple cherry tomatoes sliced in half
• Wine to taste (~2 Tbsp) - Preferably the wine you are drinking with dinner
• Salt and Pepper
• Garlic clove
• Olive Oil
• 1 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
• Basil
• Dehydrogenated Onion Flakes

In a large frying pan saute garlic in olive oil. Blend plump tomatoes in blender and add to frying pan. Add all other ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes.

 And... Asparagus!

Pan fried asparagus with lemon infused pepper and parmesan!

YUMMM!

Love Aimee and Sarah