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Ingredients
- Sauce
- 1/2 small onion, diced
- 1/4 tsp minced garlic, preferably fresh
- 1/4 c. olive oil
- 3- 15 oz. cans tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup red wine or more (Phase 2)
- 1/2-1 tsp Tony Chachere's More Spice Seasoning, optional
- dash of sweetener, optional (to mellow the sauce)
- 4 oz. canned/fresh mushrooms
- 1 1/2 lbs lean gr beef
- 8 oz. Morningstar Farms Griller Burger Style Crumbles
Method
- Spray 2 cookie sheets with olive oil (or Pam). Slice 2-3 small eggplants into 3/4-inch slices (not as bitter as the big ones...don't peel them). Now, spray the tops. At 350-degrees, bake for about 30 minutes, or until browned. Turn after about 15 minutes.
- If using lean gr. beef saute it with onion and garlic in olive oil. Add tomato sauce through mushrooms. Stir well. Simmer for 30 min, stirring occasionally.
- Mix together: 12 oz low-fat ricotta w/salt & pepper, a pinch of garlic, and 2-3 T. Parmesan cheese.
- Layer in a 9 x 13 baking dish: 1 c. sauce (or more), eggplant, shredded mozzarella on EACH slice, eggplant, 1 T. ricotta mixture on EACH slice, mozzarella on EACH slice, a little sauce over each slice, and top with a little Parmesan.
- Bake at 350-degrees about 30 min. or until cheese is hot and bubbly.
