One of the joys of having a Turkish husband is learning 101 ways to cook eggplant – it is practically the national vegetable of Turkey. I never had it growing up.

Eggplant is wonderful in texture and can quite often make a very convincing substitute for meat.

I’ll give you my favorite, and most simple – fried eggplant. The turkish way is to simply fry the eggplant in olive oil. But eggplant soaks up a lot of oil and it gets too oily for me. So I like to roast mine first and then fry it – soaks up less oil that way.

Fried Eggplant with Yogurt-Garlic Dressing

Directions:

Eggplant

Slice the eggplant about 1″ thick slices, either width wise, or length wise, whichever you prefer. Roast in the oven on 350 degress fahrenheit until slightly golden in color and slightly tender. Then fry in olive oil. Top it with a yogurt/garlic dressing.

Yogurt/Garlic Dressing

Simply whip up plain yogurt until smooth, add crushed garlic and salt to taste.

This recipe was contributed by Susan S from the Radiant Recovery Community Forum.