I've got tomatoes and rhubarb coming up, and I'm just as excited as you are!

I've got two plants out there that are pretty heavy with eggplant. I've never been crazy about fried eggplant, but apart from putting the chunks in spaghetti sauce or making baba ganoush, I really don't have any ideas about how to cook them.

cut them the long way, scoop out the seeds, par-cook them and fill them w/ a stuffing made w/ rice, ground sausage, mushrooms, diced peppers & onions, garlic, basil... and then melt some provolone or mozarella cheese on top of them. A complete meal in one dish.

If you're avoiding carbs, omit the rice or use cauliflower.

finish cooking them in the oven (that will warm up your stuffing too)

I love the purple flowers and the way the eggplants shine. But i can’t touch the leaves with bare arms because of allergy.

See my reply below!

Peel and slice the eggplant then lightly salt slices and put between paper towel to draw out moisture before layering in casserole.

I have 6 eggplant plants in garden because come in 6-packs at nursery.

Like to cook ratatouille or fried eggplant garlic parmesan as simple to make for myself.

It’s like a thick soup or stew using eggplant, tomatoes, celery, red peppers, zucchini …. It was designed to use up late harvest vegetables. You can find lots of recipes for it if you Google “ratatouille”. Bonus is that it is meatless and very filling.

(Our Baked Eggplant Parmigiana)
from "La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecheccio" (Gangivecchio's Sicilian Kitchen)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1157151029

It was delicious!