I am not sure why, but I feel great.
You see, we had a series of unfortunate occurrences this past weekend. Our hot water heater's ignition part died, leaving us without hot water the entire weekend (and it was a cold one - in the 40's at night). Then, our new stove was delivered only to find that it could not be installed by us - required a professional certified person, like a plumber. So, no new stove all weekend. And then we found that one of our space heaters was burnt out, leaving one room to fend for its chilly self.
So, when I needed to make a dish for our beginning season pot luck and I couldn't grill (it was raining) and couldn't broil (no broiler). I improvised. I made this grilled eggplant dish, but I sauteed it. Worked like a charm.
Follow this recipe, by Mark Bittman, but instead of grilling (unless you have a sunny day at your disposal), chop the eggplant into cubes and place in a skillet with 1/3 cup heated olive oil and 1 teaspoon minced garlic and toss around until the eggplant moistens and starts to release liquid.
Tastes divine.
sounds like you worked around all these unfortunate mishaps...which would make anyone feel pretty good! What a refreshing summer side!
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