A Touch of Sanity...: Eggplant Pizza

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Eggplant Pizza - Vegetarian

I LOVE this dish! It is a snuggly, warm homey meal with a twist. I love anything hot and covered in delicious marinara on cool nights or when you need a comfort food fix! This is fun for the kids, a great pizza alternative and also makes a great side dish! If you just use store bought marinara & pesto, and a few of your favorite toppings, it only take a little effort, hardly anytime and has great payoff! Just check the labels for sugar or anything else you can't pronounce! And, let me tell you - my Carnivorous husband LOVES this meal, of course he adds pepperoni....but just saying!

1 eggplant, sliced lengthwise in 1" slices

pizza sauce or pesto

pizza cheese (I use mozzarella)

toppings: (whatever you like)

spinach

Roma tomato

mushroom

kalamata olives

artichoke hearts

pepperoni

Slice your eggplant up and lay the slices out on a paper towel. Sprinkle with salt and allow to sit for about 15 minutes. (If you are wanting this as a side dish, slice into circles instead of lengths.) Flip and repeat. Heat grill to high, burn off, turn down to medium and spray grill with cooking spray. Grill eggplant for about 2 minutes per side, long enough to get grill marks. Remove and cool. If you can't grill them, broil them in the oven turning after only a minute or 2, just barely drying out the meat. Place them on a baking sheet, spread pizza sauce or marina and top with cheese. Preheat oven to Broil. Broil eggplant until cheese is melted and toppings are toasted, about 5 minutes. But watch over them, broil can burn them up FAST!!!!

*Check-out my Eggplant Stacks for another great Eggplant option! See below!*