Grilled Eggplant Salad

I wanted to make something new and different with eggplant and I wanted it grilled and this is what I came up with.

Total time to make: 20-25 minutes

Ingredients (makes 1 serving):

1 Eggplant (yields 2 cups cubed)

1 Tomato

a few sprigs of parsley (yields about 0.25 cups chopped)

1 Garlic clove

1 tbsp Olive oil

1 tbsp Lemon juice

1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar

How to:

1- Pre-heat your grill to high, I use an indoor electric grill

2- Peel the eggplant and cut it into slices that are 1/2-3/4" thick, I got about 3 slices from the eggplant I had

3- Brush both sides of the eggplant slices with the olive oil and place them on the grill, cook for 5 minutes on each side

4- Take the eggplant off the grill and set it aside allowing to cool for 5 minutes while we prepare the rest of the salad

5- Dice the tomato and chop the parsley and put them in a serving bowl

6- Crush the garlic using a mortar and pestle and add the lemon juice and balsamic vinegar to the crushed garlic and mix it up

7- Cut the cooled grilled eggplant into cubes

8- Mix everything together, diced tomato, chopped parsley, cubed grilled eggplant and the garlic mix

Enjoy!

Nutritional Information:

Calories 219

Fat 15g

Saturated Fat 2g

Monounsaturated Fat 9.85g

Sodium 29mg

Potassium 933mg

Carbohydrate 22g

Dietery Fiber 8.35g

Sugars 11.5g

Protein 4g