Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce..
You can cook Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce. using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce.
- You need of crushed tomatoes.
- You need of fresh basil.
- You need of balsamic vinegar.
- You need of garlic crushed.
- Prepare of chipotle pepper (optional), chopped and reconstituted with warm water. drain before adding to sauce..
- Prepare of eggplant.
- Prepare of Fat free mozzarella cheese.
- You need of 2% mozzarella cheese.
- You need of fat free ricotta.
- You need of Italian bread crumbs.
- Prepare of egg whites (approx).
- It's of fresh baby spinach.
- Prepare of chopped mushrooms.
Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce. step by step
- preheat oven to 350°F..
- peel eggplant and slice in half horizontally from top. Slice eggplant into thin slices approximately 1/2" thick and about 3-4" long. think steak fry size..
- dredge eggplant into egg whites then toss into bread crumbs..
- line eggplant slices flat on pan covered with foil and Pam..
- bake for 20 minutes, flip and cook another 10 minutes. keep foil..
- while cooking eggplant, prepare sauce. combine tomatoes, vinegar, pre-soaked chipotle peppers, basil and garlic..
- combine all 3 cheeses in a separate bowl..
- combine ingredients alternating sauce, eggplant, cheese, spinach and mushrooms until all combined. make sure to top with cheese..
- cover with foil from earlier and bake for 30 minutes..