Eggplant Fries

That is what I called pan fried eggplant to my children to get them to try a new vegetable. I have a 50% success rate at the moment as my almost 2 year old at them up and my almost 4 year old said...yuck, no way. I thought it was a good idea anyway and my husband and I ate them all up.

Eggplant, I LOVE it and tend to forget about it all the time. It is so good and tender. It almost reminds me of a piece of meat (vegetable meat...)

Anyway, I cut the eggplant small wedge-like fry shapes, dipped them in egg, then in whole wheat flour and then pan fried them in olive oil. One thing that I SHOULD have done but didn't, was to sprinkle some Parmesan cheese before serving...ahhh, well, next time. (I did however put a bit of sea salt on them)

Hope this gives you just one more easy, tasty idea for dinner or a snack. Prep-time is about 10 minutes and cook time is about 5-8 minutes a batch.

A use for bread crust!

That's right...this is simple and I can't believe I never thought of it before.
My kids don't always eat their crusts. I told myself that I would just leave them on and make them deal with it, but then so much of the sandwich goes to waste because they don't get quite close enough to the crust. So I started cutting them off so they would eat more. What I found is that I end up eating the crusts or I throw them out.

But, I found a new use for my crusts-Breadcrumbs!

Save your weekly crusts in a bag and at the end of the week, put them in your food processor and make breadcrumbs! They are awesome! Season them to your liking and you have wonderfully natural, fresh breadcrumbs. What and idea! DUH!