Stuffed Eggplant (Vegan) is such an amazing combination of flavors, with rice, lentils, a little mint, mushrooms, and pine nuts, topped by Avocado Salsa. Truly wonderful.
Vegan Stuffed Eggplant is tasty and filling. It will make you feel lagom (in Swedish), which means "just right."
Vegan Stuffed Eggplant is beautiful as well as scrumptious.
This Stuffed Eggplant recipe was inspired by a similar recipe in Vegetarian Times. I used to love that magazine, but they no longer have a printed magazine. The recipes were always beautiful, interesting and unique. And most of the time they were easy. I garnished my Stuffed Eggplant with Avocado Salsa, which added a lovely depth to the dish and just 61 extra calories. All our recipes are comfort food with a healthy twist. Eggplant is plentiful now. We try to eat foods that are in season, and for health reasons, we eat vegetarian meals several times a week.
This meal is GF, DF, SF, EF, CF, V, VG*
I like to make this recipe in individual casserole dishes sometimes. Simple, yet elegant, white casserole dishes allow me to serve it without having to re-plate it.
The eggplant is stuffed with lentils, mushrooms, and rice. It is filling and good for you. It also freezes well, and I love that. I can't say that I am overly fond of eggplant, but this recipe is scrumptious.
What You Need
For this recipe, you need a knife, cutting board, mixing bowls, and either a casserole dish or a baking sheet. But what you really want is fun stuff, like dishes, glasses and a great stove, right?
Vegan Stuffed Eggplant Recipe
Stuffed Eggplant (Vegan)
Author: Recipe Idea Shop
Ingredients
- 2 medium eggplants halved lengthwise
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 pound button mushrooms chopped
- ½ cup cooked wild rice
- ⅔ cup crisp cooked green lentils
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts toasted
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh mint chopped
Instructions
- Heat oven to 450 F degrees.
- Lightly score the edge of the eggplant ¼ inch all the way around the cut side.
- Lightly oil a cookie sheet or pan and heat in the oven for 2 minutes.
- Place the eggplants cut side down on the hot pan.
- Bake 10 minutes.
- Flip the eggplants over and lightly coat with oil.
- Return them to the oven for another 15 minutes or so, until the flesh is tender. Let cool a few minutes.
- Heat the remaining oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Sauté the onion until beginning to brown.
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue cooking for 3-5 minutes until tender.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Mix in the rice, lentils, pine nuts, allspice and cayenne.
- Scoop out the eggplant flesh, leaving ¼ inch of flesh around the outside, and add the flesh to the bowl.
- Mix and return the mixture to the eggplant skins. Bake at 400F degrees 15 minutes. Top with fresh mint and Avocado Salsa (recipe below).
https://recipeideashop.com/stuffed-eggplant/
Notes
Stuffed Eggplant (Vegan) never tasted so good!
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Kathy acquired the blog, Recipe Idea Shop in 2024. She was raised on a farm in Arkansas where having a big garden and good food to eat was the norm. She shares recipes for homemade comfort food and new trending dishes.
Kathy began her blogging journey in 2011 when she founded PetticoatJunktion.com, a home décor blog focused on repurposing and upcycling furniture, and thrift store finds.