Description
A delicious recipe using eggplant and ground beef. Very healthy too.
Ingredients
- Eggplants
- Skim Milk
- White Onion
- Bay Leaf
- Onion
- Extra Lean Ground Beef
- Salt
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Black Pepper
- Tomatoes
- Margarine
- All-purpose Flour
- Dry Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Place the eggplant slices on a coated baking sheet
- Broil the eggplant until lightly browned, about 5 minutes on each side
- Heat the milk, just as small bubbles start to form, in a saucepan with onion slice and bay leaf
- Remove from heat and discard the onion and bay leaf
- Saut chopped onion
- Add ground beef, 1 / 4 teaspoon of salt, pumpkin pie spice, red pepper, and pepper to the onions
- Continue cooking over medium heat for 8 minutes
- Drain meat on paper towels and wipe out skillet
- Return the meat to the skillet and mix in the tomatoes
- Cook for 5 minutes over medium heat
- Melt the margarine in a saucepan and stir in the flour, whisking constantly for 1 minute
- Stir in the milk and the remaining 1 / 4 teaspoon salt
- Cooking for 5 minutes stirring constantly
- Place half of the eggplant across the bottom of a coated 13 x 9 baking dish, then half of the meat mixture
- Repeat layers
- Pour the milk sauce over top and spread on the grated parmesan cheese
- Bake dish for 45 minutes at 350 degrees