

Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 208.8
- Total Fat: 9.8 g
- Cholesterol: 16.6 mg
- Sodium: 194.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 24.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 8.3 g
- Protein: 9.6 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Cheesy Vegetable-Stuffed Eggplant calories by ingredient
Cheesy Vegetable-Stuffed Eggplant
Submitted by: CHEF_MEG
Introduction
This recipe is part of "The SparkPeople Cookbook." Order your copy today! This was an excellent member-submitted recipe that required very few tweaks to improve its healthy profile. This recipe is part of "The SparkPeople Cookbook." Order your copy today! This was an excellent member-submitted recipe that required very few tweaks to improve its healthy profile.Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
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2 small eggplants (see Note)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, peeled and minced
1 small zucchini, chopped
Pinch of black pepper
1⁄2 cup tomato sauce
1 cup low-sodium petite diced canned
tomatoes (or 4 plum [Roma]
tomatoes, peeled, deseeded, and
diced)
1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tsp dried basil
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
4 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
From The SparkPeople Cookbook
1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Prepare a baking pan
with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Trim the stems from the eggplant, and cut
them in half lengthwise. Cut the pulp from the
center of each half, leaving about 1⁄2-inch shell
of flesh.
3. Cube the eggplant pulp into 1⁄2-inch pieces.
Place a large sauté pan over moderate heat,
then add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add the
onion, garlic, zucchini, black pepper, and the
cubed eggplant. Cook, stirring until very tender,
about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the tomato sauce,
tomatoes, thyme, and basil; and heat through.
4. Lightly spray the cut edges of the eggplant
with nonstick cooking spray, then spoon onequarter
of the vegetable mixture into each shell.
Top each eggplant with one-fourth of the Monterey
Jack and Parmesan.
5. Place the stuffed eggplants in the prepared
baking pan and bake until the eggplant is hot
and the cheese is bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.
Note: Use small eggplants of about 1⁄2 pound
each if you can. The larger the eggplant, the
more bitter it will be. The small, thin Japanese
eggplants would also work well here.
1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Prepare a baking pan
with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Trim the stems from the eggplant, and cut
them in half lengthwise. Cut the pulp from the
center of each half, leaving about 1⁄2-inch shell
of flesh.
3. Cube the eggplant pulp into 1⁄2-inch pieces.
Place a large sauté pan over moderate heat,
then add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add the
onion, garlic, zucchini, black pepper, and the
cubed eggplant. Cook, stirring until very tender,
about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the tomato sauce,
tomatoes, thyme, and basil; and heat through.
4. Lightly spray the cut edges of the eggplant
with nonstick cooking spray, then spoon onequarter
of the vegetable mixture into each shell.
Top each eggplant with one-fourth of the Monterey
Jack and Parmesan.
5. Place the stuffed eggplants in the prepared
baking pan and bake until the eggplant is hot
and the cheese is bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.
Note: Use small eggplants of about 1⁄2 pound
each if you can. The larger the eggplant, the
more bitter it will be. The small, thin Japanese
eggplants would also work well here.
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Member Ratings For This Recipe
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Make this recipe all the time without the cheese though. Works well if you substitute an entire can of diced tomatoes (796ml can) instead of the tomato sauce and 1 cup of tomatoes.Also, pan sear the eggplant shells prior to filling them.This guarantees that they cook all the way through in the oven. - 10/16/12
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I have been making this for years. I use frozen stir fry veggies w/soy chorizo or ground turkey breast. They freeze well. Wrap in aluminum foil and freeze instead of baking. No need to defrost. They go straight from freezer to over if kept in foil. Heat quickly in microwave when defrosted. - 3/17/12
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I just received this recipe on October 8th - and then again on Nov. 8th! For the thousands of recipes on Sparkpeople, you guys sure do repeat a lot! I've had several repeats, but they usually take a year..never one as quickly as a month!
How about more variety in your "Recipe of the Day" emails?! - 11/10/11
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Really good. I only had one baby eggplant, so I cut the recipe in half (although now I wish I would have bought two of them). I used the cheeses I had on hand -- Low Fat Mozzarella and Asiago and didn't have diced tomatoes, so I added extra tomato sauce instead. I'd definitely make it again. - 10/24/11

















