oilfree vegan eggplant recipes
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:11 pm
Someone asked about eggplant recipes. I grew more than 500 eggplants this summer, and aside from giving some away to friends and neighbors, I dehydrated a lot, and played around with lots of oilfree vegan recipes. I've never salted or peeled my homegrown eggplants. In fact, not only are they not bitter, but some are actually sweet when you taste them raw!! (Mitoyo, Aswad, Green Dragon, and Xi'an Green were sweet this year.) I'm planning to do a lot of experimenting with my jars of dehydrated eggplant after we use up the few containers of roasted eggplant in the freezer!!
Baba ganoush (aka baba ganouj): one of my favorite foods! It's a dip made from roasted eggplant, tahini, lemon juice, and garlic, sometimes with other spices such as smoked paprika or cumin. It's easy to find recipes. I've used both raw garlic and roasted garlic.
Roasted eggplant pesto, with basil and almonds, is now my favorite pesto.
https://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2010/06/r ... pesto.html
Eggplant lasagna. So many recipes! Either eggplant as an ingredient in the tomato sauce layer, or eggplant slices as an addition to or replacement for pasta.
Turkish-style stuffed eggplant with walnut sauce. The recipe we use comes originally from One-Dish Vegan by Robin Robertson. We serendipitously found a Greek restaurant while traveling in Southern California, and stuffed eggplant with walnut sauce was one of the dishes we had. We looked for a recipe to replicate it and have been making it regularly ever since, but we've reduced the amount of pomegranate molasses. The eggplants are stuffed with bulgur, but the recipe also suggests basmati rice or quinoa.
Small roasted eggplant pieces added to our homemade vegan pizza. I sliced the eggplants and cut them into 1" pieces, precooked them in the oven for 15 minutes, and then added them as a pizza topping, along with sliced poblanos, sweet peppers, artichoke hearts, red onions, mushrooms.
Provencal Tian or ratatouille, a beautiful roasted-vegetable dish with alternating slices of tomato, summer squash, and eggplant (and sweet peppers), arranged on end, with water-sautéed onions, garlic, and spicy peppers as a base with oregano, thyme, and basil.
https://www.myparisiankitchen.com/en/su ... ncal-tian/
Roasted eggplant slices for sandwiches with tomato, avocado, greens, and red onion on toasted sourdough. I slice the eggplants, put them on parchment or silicone baking sheet, and roast until soft. I don't add anything to them.
Stir-fried tofu, eggplant, and basil with garlic sauce. Here are two versions.
https://cleanfooddirtygirl.com/wprm_print/38374
https://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/08/e ... arlic.html
Marinated eggplant chips.
Other people raved about them when I brought them to a snack potluck last year. I was inspired by this recipe but substituted tahini for the oil.
https://localkitchenblog.com/2012/08/27 ... -eggplant/
recipes I didn't get around to (if they're not already vegan and oilfree, I either leave out ingredients I don't want to use or have easy substitutions)
"Tomato soup" is not appealing to me at all, nor is "eggplant soup," but the ingredients look great in this one
https://localkitchenblog.com/2010/09/20 ... lant-soup/
Easy Instant Pot Eggplant Marinara Sauce
https://cleanfooddirtygirl.com/wprm_print/48138
Crispy Breaded Eggplant (slices, chunks, fries)
https://monkeyandmekitchenadventures.co ... -parmesan/
https://inlovewithbliss.com/roasted-eggplant-crispies/
https://simplefitvegan.com/baked-eggplant-fries/
Vegan Eggplant Meatballs
https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2017/01/eg ... meatballs/
spiced mashed eggplant
https://www.veganricha.com/instant-pot- ... ta-recipe/
Baba ganoush (aka baba ganouj): one of my favorite foods! It's a dip made from roasted eggplant, tahini, lemon juice, and garlic, sometimes with other spices such as smoked paprika or cumin. It's easy to find recipes. I've used both raw garlic and roasted garlic.
Roasted eggplant pesto, with basil and almonds, is now my favorite pesto.
https://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2010/06/r ... pesto.html
Eggplant lasagna. So many recipes! Either eggplant as an ingredient in the tomato sauce layer, or eggplant slices as an addition to or replacement for pasta.
Turkish-style stuffed eggplant with walnut sauce. The recipe we use comes originally from One-Dish Vegan by Robin Robertson. We serendipitously found a Greek restaurant while traveling in Southern California, and stuffed eggplant with walnut sauce was one of the dishes we had. We looked for a recipe to replicate it and have been making it regularly ever since, but we've reduced the amount of pomegranate molasses. The eggplants are stuffed with bulgur, but the recipe also suggests basmati rice or quinoa.
Small roasted eggplant pieces added to our homemade vegan pizza. I sliced the eggplants and cut them into 1" pieces, precooked them in the oven for 15 minutes, and then added them as a pizza topping, along with sliced poblanos, sweet peppers, artichoke hearts, red onions, mushrooms.
Provencal Tian or ratatouille, a beautiful roasted-vegetable dish with alternating slices of tomato, summer squash, and eggplant (and sweet peppers), arranged on end, with water-sautéed onions, garlic, and spicy peppers as a base with oregano, thyme, and basil.
https://www.myparisiankitchen.com/en/su ... ncal-tian/
Roasted eggplant slices for sandwiches with tomato, avocado, greens, and red onion on toasted sourdough. I slice the eggplants, put them on parchment or silicone baking sheet, and roast until soft. I don't add anything to them.
Stir-fried tofu, eggplant, and basil with garlic sauce. Here are two versions.
https://cleanfooddirtygirl.com/wprm_print/38374
https://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/08/e ... arlic.html
Marinated eggplant chips.
Other people raved about them when I brought them to a snack potluck last year. I was inspired by this recipe but substituted tahini for the oil.
https://localkitchenblog.com/2012/08/27 ... -eggplant/
recipes I didn't get around to (if they're not already vegan and oilfree, I either leave out ingredients I don't want to use or have easy substitutions)
"Tomato soup" is not appealing to me at all, nor is "eggplant soup," but the ingredients look great in this one
https://localkitchenblog.com/2010/09/20 ... lant-soup/
Easy Instant Pot Eggplant Marinara Sauce
https://cleanfooddirtygirl.com/wprm_print/48138
Crispy Breaded Eggplant (slices, chunks, fries)
https://monkeyandmekitchenadventures.co ... -parmesan/
https://inlovewithbliss.com/roasted-eggplant-crispies/
https://simplefitvegan.com/baked-eggplant-fries/
Vegan Eggplant Meatballs
https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2017/01/eg ... meatballs/
spiced mashed eggplant
https://www.veganricha.com/instant-pot- ... ta-recipe/