Tomato, Eggplant and Feta Penne

What do you do with an eggplant? I didn't know what to put it in, other going to the deli for baba ganoush, musaka or grilled. Eggplant is simple to fry. And lower cholesterol, more on that in a moment.

Just need a few other ingredients and grill things real fast and throw it together and pretend it's all fancy.

In case you've never dealt with eggplant, wash it and chop it like a potato -- seeing as both are night-shade plants and part of the same family.

It has a bit of a spongy consistency, but when it cooks up it shrinks.

As you can see, list of ingredients are a few tomatoes
a small can of tomato paste
an eggplant
1/4 cup of cilantro
1/2 cup of feta cheese
a few grilled sausages

Boil 3 cup of penne at the same time as prepping other stuff.

Cube up eggplant to throw in the frying pan until fried up good.

Chop in tomatoes and paste, cilantro and sausage to fry it up good. Crumble up the feta into the mix and stir into penne noodles.

Just a FYI of awesome random facts from good ol'Wikipedia because eggplant is pretty nifty.

The plant is used in cuisines from Japan to Spain. It is often stewed, as in the French ratatouille, the Italian parmigiana di melanzane, the Turkish karnıyarık or musakka, and Middle-Eastern and South Asian dishes. Eggplants can also be battered before deep-frying and served with a sauce made of tahini and tamarind. 


The fruit is botanically classified as a berry, and contains numerous small, soft seeds, which are edible, but have a bitter taste because they contain nicotinoid alkaloids; this is unsurprising as it is a close relative of tobacco.

Studies of the Institute of Biology of São Paulo State University, Brazil, have shown eggplant is effective in the treatment of high blood cholesterol.


There's some other nifty history and fun so check it out if you like. Other than that, it's pretty tasty.

All else you need is some good company and a bottle of red wine.

Bonne appetite!