Memorial Day Recipes

Eggplant Mozzarella

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Eggplant Mozzarella

Rating:

(4 votes) 3 4

In this low-fat, vegetarian dish, a layer of mozzarella covers lightly-breaded eggplant in a spaghetti sauce with green onion, mushroom, and cottage cheese.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 C. chopped green onion
  • 1/2 C. sliced mushrooms
  • 1/4 C. water
  • 2 C. spaghetti sauce
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 small eggplant, peeled and sliced
  • 1 egg white, slightly beaten
  • 1 Tbs. water
  • 1/2 C. all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. olive oil
  • 1 C. low-fat cottage cheese
  • 1 C. shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese (4 oz.)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large saucepan over low heat, cook green onion and mushrooms in 1/4 C. water, until tender. Add spaghetti sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 20 to 25 minutes. Sprinkle salt over sliced eggplant; set aside to drain about 10 minutes. In a shallow bowl, beat egg white and water together. Dip eggplant in egg mixture, then into flour. In a large non-stick skillet, heat a few drops of oil over medium heat. Add eggplant slices and cook until browned, turning once; drain on paper towel. Continue until all slices are cooked. In a 13 x 9-inch casserole, spread about 1/2 C. sauce. Add a layer of eggplant, top with 1/2 C. cottage cheese and more sauce. Repeat until all ingredients are used, ending with sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake uncovered 30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Yield: 9 servings

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Reviews (4)

  • since this is baked, I made lasagna with it using the No Boil Noodles,just layered them in,added a bit of oragano and basil to it .Hubby loved it .can also bake eggplant drizzled with olive oil, unbreaded,in toaster oven.Then Bake in toaster oven if you have one, saves some energy too.

    Flag as inappropriate gatoradeice  |  October 3, 2010

  • this sound good but whats the calorie count on this

    Flag as inappropriate msbink  |  October 6, 2008

  • I added Ricotta instead of cottage cheese

    Flag as inappropriate dogfan10123  |  October 5, 2008

  • This sounds really good and being low fat is a plus. I will try this one soon. Thank you

    Flag as inappropriate  |  October 5, 2008

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