Remember last year when I was totally gaga for eggplant? Well, it's totally the right season for the vegetable, and I found the Sprouted Kitchen's delicious-sounding recipe for grilled eggplant with herbed quinoa last week. I bought lots of eggplant, some quinoa, and set out to make the meal.
A few adjustments had to be made: I don't have a grill so just used a cast iron skillet, and used smoked paprika instead of qa'tar (mostly because I've never heard of that spice and, unfortunately, don't have it in my pantry).
I spent an hour and a half prepping the eggplant, making the quinoa, putting everything together, only to find out that...I don't like eggplant anymore. What happened in one year? I'm pretty sure I prepared everything properly, and yet I seriously did not want any of it in my mouth.
The quinoa, however, is delicious. I highly, highly recommend it.
I have made Summer Soup with Squash and Quinoa twice within the past few weeks - love quinoa (but not eggplant).
ReplyDeleteI hate eggplant too. It's really unfortunate because there are so many great recipes, Romanian ones in particular, involving eggplant. The quinoa looks yummy though!
ReplyDelete-Katrina