I originally got the idea for this from Fitnessista, but ended up using what I had around the house (ie, not tomatoes).
Ingredients:
1 eggplant
1/2 c. marinara or pasta sauce
lots of spinach (in my book, the more the better – when you heat it in the pan, it goes from Oh hey, spinach! to Uh, where did my spinach go.
various spices for the eggplant (salt, pepper, oregano, etc)
olive oil or olive oil spray
2 tbsp. crumbled feta
Instructions!
First, pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees.
Start with your sliced up eggplant. Thanks, Dr. Gourmet, for your picture, since I was too lame to take my own!
Wipe down or spray a cookie sheet with olive oil and put your sliced eggplants on them. Sprinkle on herbs/spices. Then stick em in the oven for 10 minutes.
Then, while the eggplant is getting nice and toasty, saute up your spinach, and in a separate bowl, heat up your marinara sauce (I did this in the microwave because I’m lazy.)
After 10 minutes are up, take out your eggplant and flip the slices, then pop em back in for another 10.
When they’re looking a bit brown around the edges, take them on out.
Now, it’s stacking time!
Start with a slice of eggplant…
Add some spinach…
Add some sauce…
And then some feta…
And do that a few more times, and voila!
I had THREE of these stacks for only FOUR points. FOUR! Holy capitalization! 0.5 for the entire eggplant, about 10.5 ounces (who knew it was so low in calories?), 0.5 for the olive oil spray, 2 for the feta, 0 for the spinach, and 1 for the sauce. Craziness. And it’s really filling. And REALLY delicious. I will definitely be making this again.
Check out my three:
Nom!
15 Comments
October 27, 2009 at 9:03 pm
they came out beautifully! and you’re totally right – you get way more bang for your calorie buck with this one
October 27, 2009 at 11:04 pm
AH! They looks so beautiful, but super healthy, too. And low in points, too!
I know that must make you happy!
October 28, 2009 at 4:55 pm
When I put “eggplant” into my points tracker, I seriously did a happy dance. =D
October 27, 2009 at 11:15 pm
That looks freakin awesome. Now I will not rest until I have made them myself. Great. Thanks. LOL
October 27, 2009 at 11:22 pm
what an awesome low point meal! your second to last picture looks awesome!!
October 28, 2009 at 4:56 am
they look really really good…i wonder if i like egg plant..? hmm
October 28, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I wasn’t sure if I would like it either, but it was actually really delicious. I’m going to add eggplant to my weekly list of veggies to buy. Healthy, delicious, easy to make = total win!
October 28, 2009 at 6:28 am
I’ve done something similar and it is so, so good! Your pictures are great too.
October 28, 2009 at 7:45 am
I’m very new in the cooking world because basically I’m a terrible cook but this looks so great and yummy that I’ll try to make it this weekend! Thanks for sharing (:
October 28, 2009 at 11:43 am
That looks so good! I love eggplant, and this is a great way to use it.
October 28, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I have to say that really looks FANTASTIC! I have a small obsession with Feta Cheese, so anytime you add that to a recipe, I’m drawn in! And, hey….marinara sauce on ANYTHING is fantastic! I’ve never, ever tried eggplant…but you certainly make me want to try this. It really looks heavenly, and for FOUR FREAKIN POINTS…yeah…seriously need to try this! I wonder if you could use portabella mushrooms instead of eggplant for a slight variation of the recipe. (portabella mushrooms used to scare the crap out of me, they look kinda like something from a SyFy movie and not a GOOD SyFy movie), but since being on WW, I’ve tried them and find them to be very yum!
Thanks for posting this…and pictures are very very important…you make them look so wonderful!
October 28, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Wow, thanks for sharing that recipe – it looks so good. I <3 eggplant.
October 28, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Those look great! Yum.
October 29, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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November 4, 2009 at 12:34 am
I just wanted you to know that I finally made this recipe tonight. I wrote a blog about it and referenced your post.
http://insideeverythingirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/back-on-track-and-best-dinner-ever.html
Thanks for sharing the recipe, it was divine!