Stuffed Eggplants
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 275.6
- Total Fat: 9.6 g
- Cholesterol: 100.7 mg
- Sodium: 760.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 29.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 5.7 g
- Protein: 20.8 g
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Introduction
This is a lighter version of stuffed eggplants - made with veggies and ground turkey - great for to sneak in some veggies for the kids! This is a lighter version of stuffed eggplants - made with veggies and ground turkey - great for to sneak in some veggies for the kids!Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
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1. 6 small (orange sized) eggplants, or 3 large eggplants, cut in half and cored to create shells for filling (if using large eggplants, quarter the eggplant to make 4 shells). Reserved cored flesh of eggplants.
2. 1 lb ground turkey
3. 3 large eggs
4. 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
5. 2 stalks of celery chopped
6. 1 cup chopped yellow onion
7. 2 carrots chopped
8. 2 cups plain bread crumbs
9. 1/2 Tbsp seasoned salt
10. 4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
11. 3 cups tomato sauce
12. 8 oz part skim mozzarella cheese
Directions
1. Bring a pot of water to a boil.
2. Add eggplant shells and boil for 2 minutes. Remove onto towel with open side of shells facing downward. You may need to do this in several batches.
3. In the meantime, coarsely chop the reserved cored flesh of the eggplants.
4. When all the shells have been blanched, add the chopped eggplant cores to the pot of boiling water and cook until tender. Drain in a colander and cool when done.
5. Spray pot with cooking spray and add onion, celery, garlic and carrots. Cook until tender. Cool.
6. Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
7. Mix the ground meet, eggs, onion mixture, salt, Parmesan cheese, eggplant cores, and bread crumbs together in a large bowl until well blended.
8. Stuffed eggplant shells with the meat mixture and place in a baking dish.
9. Spread tomato sauce around and over the eggplants.
10. Top with mozzarella cheese.
11. Cover with foil and bake for one hour or until meat is thoroughly cooked.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RCGLYNN.
2. Add eggplant shells and boil for 2 minutes. Remove onto towel with open side of shells facing downward. You may need to do this in several batches.
3. In the meantime, coarsely chop the reserved cored flesh of the eggplants.
4. When all the shells have been blanched, add the chopped eggplant cores to the pot of boiling water and cook until tender. Drain in a colander and cool when done.
5. Spray pot with cooking spray and add onion, celery, garlic and carrots. Cook until tender. Cool.
6. Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
7. Mix the ground meet, eggs, onion mixture, salt, Parmesan cheese, eggplant cores, and bread crumbs together in a large bowl until well blended.
8. Stuffed eggplant shells with the meat mixture and place in a baking dish.
9. Spread tomato sauce around and over the eggplants.
10. Top with mozzarella cheese.
11. Cover with foil and bake for one hour or until meat is thoroughly cooked.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RCGLYNN.