This is the easiest way to prepare eggplant and no oil is required, so you don’t add unnecessary calories!<\/i><\/p>\n
Select a shiny, firm eggplant. Cut off the stem end. Pierce the skin in several places with a sharp knife. Set the plate on a microwave<\/a>-safe dish and cook it on high for 7-10 minutes, or until it collapses. (Time varies depending on the strength of your microwave).<\/p>\n Let it cool a little so you can handle it, then cut it into pieces or mash it up, depending on your recipe<\/a>. It will be soft and delicious, ready to be added to salads, casseroles or soups. Here’s my favorite:<\/p>\n Quinoa with Eggplant<\/a><\/p>\n You can use this method to shorten the cooking time in several of my recipes that call for eggplant, including:<\/p>\n Eggplant caviar<\/a> This is the easiest way to prepare eggplant and no oil is required, so you don’t add unnecessary calories! Select a shiny, firm eggplant. Cut off the stem end. Pierce the skin in several places with a sharp knife. Set the plate on a microwave-safe dish and cook it on high for 7-10 minutes, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEggplant Sauce<\/a>
\nGabe’s Famous Eggplant-Bean-Tomato Casserole<\/a>
\nNew World Ratatouille<\/a>
\nSpaghetti Squash Ratatouille<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"