Sometimes you need a quick dinner that feeds a group without too much work. This dish, and variations of this dish, are that for me. Bursting with summery flavors like aromatic fresh tomatoes and addictive garlic, umami from the mushrooms, and bright lemon, this dish cannot miss. For additional fiber and nutrients, I always pair a pasta with veggies, and in this case it was a crisp, flavorful lemon-garlic asparagus, gently sautéed until perfectly tender.

Eggplant is a diverse vegetable that can be cooked into sauces and dips, eaten as a main course as a fritter, and disguised into other food items like falafel. Today, I will show you two easy recipes for eating eggplant. Eggplant’s deep blue-purple hue indicates that it provides a source of Vitamins K and C along with a host of other healthy minerals like choline, folate, potassium, manganese, and more.