I know I'm totally bombarding you with recipes but Alton Brown was on The View today and had a totally genius recipe that I just had to share! I know I might be the last person to know about this, but he made "noodles" out of eggplants! HaHa. This recipe makes 4 servings with each containing ONLY 322 calories and with only 18 carbs, or if your on Adkins only 7 non fiber carbs. That's incredible for a dinner!
Ingredients:
* 2 medium-large eggplants
* 4 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 teaspoon minced garlic
* 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
* 4 small tomatoes, seeded & chopped
* 1/2 cup heavy cream
* 4 tablespoons fresh basil chiffonade
* 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
* fresh ground black pepper
* salt (for salting the eggplant)
Directions:
- Peel each eggplant, leaving 1" of skin unpeeled at the top & bottom. Slice the eggplant thinly lengthwise, about 1/4" thick.
- Evenly sprinkle each slice with salt & lay out for 30 minutes on a sheet pan fitted with a wire rack.
- Rinse with cold water & roll in paper towels. Slice the pieces into thin fettucine-like strips.
- Heat the oil in a large saute pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic & crushed red pepper, & cook until garlic is golden & aromatic.
- Add th eggplant 'pasta' & toss to coat. Add the tomatoes & cook for 3 minutes. Add the cream & increase the heat to thicken the sauce.
- Finally, add the basil & Parmesan. Toss to combine. Season with black pepper but remember the eggplant will already be salty enough!
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