Cucumber

Cucumbers are packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants—but you should leave the skin on to reap all these benefits. Just remember to wash their waxy layer well.

Zucchini

Zucchini contains more than 90% water and most of its nutrients are packed in their skin. The same goes for eggplant, so you should really consider eating them as they are.

Potatoes

Potato skin is much more nutritious than the interior of the potato. It’s packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber—and that’s why you shouldn’t peel your potatoes off before cooking them and thoroughly wash them instead.

Raw Beets

Just like potatoes, raw beets can be eaten with their skin on, as long as you give them a good scrub before adding them to your salads and other dishes.

Tomatoes

You’re probably eating fresh tomatoes with their skin on already, but you don’t even have to peel them off when you’re cooking them because they’ll be much more nutritious this way.

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Instructions

1. Start by cutting your eggplant into the shapes you want. If you want an even fry and really crispy pieces, use a mandolin to cut them into little disks.
2. Once all the eggplant is cut up, sprinkle them on each side with salt. This will extract a lot of moisture and make them crispier when you fry them.
3. Leave the salt on for 10-20 minutes and then blot off the water that comes out of it.
4. Beat some eggs in a bowl and fill another bowl with flour and whatever seasonings you want – such as oregano, cayenne pepper, garlic powder.
5. Cover the eggplant pieces in the beaten egg and then coat with the flour mixture.
6. Fry in a pan full of oil until they are brown on each side.
7. Drain, dry with a paper towel, and throw a little salt on them and you’re done!

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Ingredients:

The ingredients you need for this mini eggplant pizza are:
1/2 large eggplant
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup cheddar cheese
salt and ground pepper.

The eggplant has to be sliced to round pieces to serve as a crust for the mini pizzas.

How To Make It:

This mini eggplant pizza recipe will take you less than half an hour. First, preheat the oven at 350 F degrees.

Place the eggplant pieces on a baking pan and cover them with a little olive oil. Bake them for around 5 minutes.

This is when you flip them and add the Parmesan cheese. Put the pieces back in the oven and get them out again when the cheese is melted. It will take around 5 minutes.

Add some tomato sauce in the center and cover the eggplant rounds with cheddar cheese. Bake for 5 more minutes and season the mini eggplant pizza with salt and pepper.

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Cucumber

Cucumbers are packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants—but you should leave the skin on to reap all these benefits. Just remember to wash their waxy layer well.

Zucchini

Zucchini contains more than 90% water and most of its nutrients are packed in their skin. The same goes for eggplant, so you should really consider eating them as they are.

Potatoes

Potato skin is much more nutritious than the interior of the potato. It’s packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber—and that’s why you shouldn’t peel your potatoes off before cooking them and thoroughly wash them instead.

Raw Beets

Just like potatoes, raw beets can be eaten with their skin on, as long as you give them a good scrub before adding them to your salads and other dishes.

Tomatoes

You’re probably eating fresh tomatoes with their skin on already, but you don’t even have to peel them off when you’re cooking them because they’ll be much more nutritious this way.

The post 5 Vegetables You Can Eat Without Peeling appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Instructions

1. Start by cutting your eggplant into the shapes you want. If you want an even fry and really crispy pieces, use a mandolin to cut them into little disks.
2. Once all the eggplant is cut up, sprinkle them on each side with salt. This will extract a lot of moisture and make them crispier when you fry them.
3. Leave the salt on for 10-20 minutes and then blot off the water that comes out of it.
4. Beat some eggs in a bowl and fill another bowl with flour and whatever seasonings you want – such as oregano, cayenne pepper, garlic powder.
5. Cover the eggplant pieces in the beaten egg and then coat with the flour mixture.
6. Fry in a pan full of oil until they are brown on each side.
7. Drain, dry with a paper towel, and throw a little salt on them and you’re done!

The post How to Fry Eggplant appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Ingredients:

The ingredients you need for this mini eggplant pizza are:
1/2 large eggplant
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup cheddar cheese
salt and ground pepper.

The eggplant has to be sliced to round pieces to serve as a crust for the mini pizzas.

How To Make It:

This mini eggplant pizza recipe will take you less than half an hour. First, preheat the oven at 350 F degrees.

Place the eggplant pieces on a baking pan and cover them with a little olive oil. Bake them for around 5 minutes.

This is when you flip them and add the Parmesan cheese. Put the pieces back in the oven and get them out again when the cheese is melted. It will take around 5 minutes.

Add some tomato sauce in the center and cover the eggplant rounds with cheddar cheese. Bake for 5 more minutes and season the mini eggplant pizza with salt and pepper.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BICSX3lhqNk/

The post Easy Mini Eggplant Pizza Recipe That’s Super-Tasty appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.