Eggplant Parmesan

[Briggitte]

This came out really really good you dont even miss the cheese!
I didnt add the bellpepper beacuse im not a huge fan of it I also didnt make the sauce I just used some cheap canned spaghetti sauce in its place and it tasted great!

[vigilant20]

This was absolutely AMAZING!!!!!  It was my first time eating eggplant and it was so outrageously good I had to have seconds.

[newengland]

Loved the sauce with all the veggies in it.  Big hit with la famille.  Did not serve it on spaghetti, just straight up.  Also, for an extra step, I put the fried eggplants in a baking pan, sprinkled first mozzarella, then parmesan, on top, and baked @ 350 for 20 minutes.  It gave the sauce (and the cheeses) a chance to get to know one another.

Mmmm-good (as the little guys on the cans used to say).

[MoonDreamer22]

This was great.  ESPECIALLY THE SAUCE!  I used homemade breadcrumbs..and next time I won't..hahah..  It was a pain in the butt.  Otherwise it came out pretty good.  When I was done frying them I put them in the oven for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.  When I was done with them I took a baking dish, put sauce at the bottom, put eggplant on top, and topped it off with vegan cheese.  I put this in the oven until it melted.

[yasminx]

I would love to make this tomorrow, but just not sure what's meant by tomato sauce? I live in the UK. The only plain tomato products sold here are juice, passata, tinned tomatoes or puree (I think that's it..). Would be great if anyone could help!

[gratefulbeauty]

I would love to make this tomorrow, but just not sure what's meant by tomato sauce? I live in the UK. The only plain tomato products sold here are juice, passata, tinned tomatoes or puree (I think that's it..). Would be great if anyone could help!

Hi!  I lived in Wales for a while, and the closest thing to tomato sauce is tomato puree or tomato passata.  Tomato puree tipically is just pureed tomatoes, passata has other ingredients in it (like basil and preservatives), but would work well for an Itailian dish like this one.  Use the puree or passata in the same measurements as the tomato sauce calls for.

p.s. You seem like the type of person who might find this handy...  I use this great online converter at Gourmet Sleuth to help me cook recipes I learned in the UK.  They have a quantity converter for different foods great for converting a UK recipe to American measurements, or vice versa, as UK weight measurement does not equal US volume measurement. (Which btw the weight measurement is more accurate, especially when baking.)  Also, (in addition to other converters) Gourmet Sleuth has an ingredient converter, you just type in what you want to substitute and it gives you a list of what other food products will work. 

Ingredient Quantitiy Converter: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/equivalents_substitutions.asp?index=T&tid=1600
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[gratefulbeauty]

oops!    I should have previewed my post.

Ingredient Quantitiy Converter: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/equivalents_substitutions.asp?index=T&tid=1600
Substitutions Converter:  http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/equivalents_substitutions.asp?index=T&tid=1600

Sorry that link is actually :

Ingredient Quantity Converter:  http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/cookingconversions.asp?Action=find
and
Substitutions Converter:  http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/equivalents_substitutions.asp?index=T&tid=1600

[yasminx]

Thanks Gratefulbeauty! That's a big help. Have been stuck many times with conversions, most websites say different things. I'll use this from now on, thanks!

[RedDear]

At the store i bought an eggplant with no idea of what to do with it.  It just looked neat    When i got home I found this recipe and decided since i have all the ingredients I'd give it a try.   I figured that even if i didn't like the eggplant I would still have a big pot of spaghetti to much on.  My biggest mistake was not making enough of the eggplant the first time!  i LOVED the stuff!   So i made up more of the eggplant today and just ate it on the side with the spaghetti.  It reminded me of fried chicken and pasta.  (that is if I'm remembering fried chicken correctly)  I can't wait for some friends to come over and try ths too! 

[gratefulbeauty]

Thanks Gratefulbeauty! That's a big help. Have been stuck many times with conversions, most websites say different things. I'll use this from now on, thanks!

You are so very welcome!  I totally understand too.  There are so many converters on the web, but (almost) none of them can convert weight to volume.

[tiffylou]

This was delicious, the family didn't miss the cheese, I was a vegan chef heroine! 

[yasminx]

Thanks for this recipe! My father made it for me last week, with the adjustment of flax seed 'egg' for the soy milk, no breadcrumbs (didn't have any) and baking the eggplant. Very tasty sauce! We froze most of it, and have found it's even nicer with the further additions of puy lentils and spinach. (The lentils make it like a bolognese if you want that kind of thing). The crunchy eggplant is perfect with the rich sauce, balancing each other out. Thanks!

[Sagesveganmama]

Yummy!!  Yummy!! This was amazing and delicious.  My husband was a very happy man eating this.  We were both happy to eat the leftovers the next day for dinner.  The sauce was simple and so tasty.  The eggplant cooked up wonderfully.  Thank you for posting.  I will definitely make this again.

[monkeychild]

I think this is the best eggplant I have ever eaten....yum!!! I also added a little vegan parm on at the end and used my own red sauce, but the eggplant was fantastic!!! yum!!