Before we get to this recipe, I want to share a story about my eggplant plant. I’ve had this plant now for at least three years, living in its little red pot outside my door, …
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Recipe: Roasted Eggplant with Olives and Peppers
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Recipe: Pasta Salad with Roasted Summer Veggies
This summer has been all about the pasta salad for me – and I have my reasons. It’s the perfect vehicle for all of summer’s perfect produce, and you can pack a lot of veggies …
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Work from Home Lunch: Mediterranean Salad with Grilled Eggplant and Hummus
I made this delightfully nourishing salad for lunch today, and couldn’t wait to hop on here and share the recipe. This salad came together quickly with some leftover hummus from a previous take-out dinner and …
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Technique: Perfect Grilled Eggplant
One of my favorite summer foods is eggplant, and we tend to buy (and grow) the smaller varieties (purple pixie, little finger, or the Japanese long-style eggplants) as they are less bitter, less seedy, and …
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Work from Home Lunch: Creamy Roasted Eggplant with Tomatoes and Spinach
Happy Monday, friends! It’s time for another week, which means the computer is up and running and my kitchen table/desk is back into work from home mode. I’m trying to ignore the growing pile of …
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Work from Home Lunch: Wedge Salad with Roasted Eggplant and Caesar
I mentioned in my previous post that I roasted up three eggplants as an awesome meal prep item for the week, and have been munching away on leftovers in various forms since. This salad was …
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Recipe: Roasted Eggplant with Chickpeas and Feta
This recipe is the perfect meal-prep solution to tackle a beautiful pile of summer eggplant. I cooked this up on Monday evening for dinner, and I have been enjoying the leftovers for lunches in various …
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Homemade Baba Ganoush from Serious Eats
Recipe and pairing suggestions linked below, along with pictures from my baba ganoush making adventure! Summer’s bounty is still rolling in nicely out here, and I couldn’t resist picking up some of these beautiful Purple …
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Garden Update: Happy Harvests
It’s the middle of summer, and both of our gardens are rolling at full speed! I wanted to jump on here and post an update of our harvests so far, both in Bakersfield and Santa …
Claire Aucella 