joes
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Post by joes on Sept 18, 2020 19:48:45 GMT -5
Mine is just a sprout right now. Thanks for the lessons learned. Hopefully, I will gently pollinate the flowers and get more fruits.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 18, 2020 20:06:06 GMT -5
Joes, I see three more small ones this evening, but will wait a few days to post another picture. Hopefully there will be more by then.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 20, 2020 13:04:31 GMT -5
I am so happy! I am finally getting baby eggplants, and it looks like a lot more are on the way! |
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Post by mike on Sept 20, 2020 13:14:22 GMT -5
Wonderful!
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Post by Shawn on Sept 21, 2020 3:18:08 GMT -5
You are doing really well with these.
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joes
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Post by joes on Sept 23, 2020 15:49:59 GMT -5
Very pretty plant. I hope mine looks like that someday. Right now it is about an inch and half tall.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 23, 2020 16:33:04 GMT -5
Very pretty plant. I hope mine looks like that someday. Right now it is about an inch and half tall.
Once it takes off, it grows fast!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2020 8:42:13 GMT -5
Your eggplants look divine, sher! Do you have some recipes to use these? It seems the only way I really know how to cook eggplant is by using the larger ones and baking them in the oven. But I found the skin on the baby ones so tough I never grew them again because I did not have a suitable recipe for them. If you (or anyone) have a good recipe for the baby eggplant please share because I would like to grow these again this winter.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 24, 2020 12:08:00 GMT -5
I'm at a little bit of a loss on how I'll prepare these. After I started growing the eggplants, my doctor put me on a low carb diet. And eggplants are carby.
My very favorite way to eat eggplant is battered and fried, and that's out now.
I have thought of marinating them in Zesty Italian Dressing, sprinkling them with herbs, and cooking them in an air fryer.
I also love Baba Ghanoush dip with pita chips.
I think I will eat the large one tonight since it's so much bigger than the others. I wonder if cutting it in slices would make the skins not seem so tough.
I'll let you know.
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mike
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Post by mike on Sept 24, 2020 15:12:56 GMT -5
I don't fry anymore. But I try air frying with my NuWave Oven. It'll never be as good as frying. But for vegetables, I like making an egg batter with eggs, grated parmesan cheese, chia and sesame seeds, butter, garlic powder, Old Bay, chipotle powder and basil. I like it.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 24, 2020 15:28:36 GMT -5
That sounds good, Mike.
I am also toying aroung with the idea of making a single serving eggplant parmesan of sorts.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 26, 2020 18:47:35 GMT -5
@cornne, this is what I did with the large eggplant along with one of the smaller ones.
It was delicious. I left the skins on to preserve the shape of the eggplant slices. The skins were soft and unnoticeable--and I thiught it was superb -- especially since it was a single serving made up recipe.
To make the sauce, I just used 3 Tb tomato sauce with garlic powder, onion powder, oregano and basil.
I sauteed the eggplant slices in a little olive oil.
Then I took a silicone cupcake cup, put shredded mozzarella and parmesan, a little bit of sauce, a layer of eggplant, more mozzarella and parmesan, sauce, another layer of eggplant, then more sauce and cheese.
I overbrowned it a bit by baking it in my Ninja roaster for 12 minutes on 350. It probably would have done better in a toaster oven or oven.
It didn't want to come out of the cup, so it looks messy. But I really enjoyed it!
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Post by mike on Sept 26, 2020 18:59:45 GMT -5
Yumm!  |
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Post by waterphoenix on Sept 27, 2020 7:30:35 GMT -5
That looks so delicious. Kudos on the low carb creativity  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 27, 2020 8:35:27 GMT -5
That looks so delicious. Kudos on the low carb creativity 
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Post by Sher on Oct 9, 2020 16:34:27 GMT -5
I have gotten all the eggplant I want now.
The three at the top were going bad in my refrigerator.
I'll cook the rest tonight tonight because Ron wants eggplant lasagna.
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Post by Shawn on Oct 10, 2020 7:34:26 GMT -5
What a haul!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2020 8:59:38 GMT -5
now the recipe can be expanded to a casserole an we can all pop on over for a virtual lunch
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 10, 2020 9:12:21 GMT -5
Shawn, that doesn't include the 2 we already ate, or the one small one I left on the plant.
They really do produce!
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 10, 2020 9:14:14 GMT -5
now the recipe can be expanded to a casserole an we can all pop on over for a virtual lunch
Y'all come!  |
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