Recipe: Eggplant Oven Fries

Here's another delicious and healthy late-summer veggie recipe to add to your list of "how-to-use-up-all-these-veggies recipes."

If you love fried zucchini sticks, you've got to try this "fried" eggplant recipe! The best part is, they're not even fried at all - they're baked! These crispy "fries" include a great herb mixture that is sure to satisfy, and they're great served with marinara sauce or a spicy mayo.

Eggplant Oven Fries

Ingredients: 

1 medium eggplant
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups breadcrumbs
1 cup grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
Coarse salt and pepper

Directions:

• Put your rack near the top of your oven and make sure there is space for your baking sheet and eggplant. Set the oven to the broil setting. 
• Cut your eggplant into wedges, making them fairly thin, so the eggplant will soften when you broil it. Set aside. 
• Whisk the eggs in a shallow bowl or baking dish. Set aside. 
• Combine the breadcrumbs, Parmesan, oregano, basil, salt and pepper in a shallow bowl or baking dish. Set aside. 
• One by one, dip your eggplant wedges into the egg mixture and then the breadcrumb mixture, ensuring they are completely coated. 
• Place each wedge on a greased baking dish as you complete them. 
• Broil for 3 minutes per side. 
• They’re done when they’re golden brown.