Eggplant Bites
Prep Time
one hour 10 mintues
Prep Notes
Cooking Time
15-18 minutes
Yields
30 bites
Ingredients
1 medium eggplant
1 1/2 cup polenta or fine graln cornmeal
1 cup almond milk or any other dairy/non dairy milk
1 teaspoon sea salt
zest 1 lime
raw honey optional
Directions
Preheat oven 400 degrees
Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper set aside.
Cut eggplant in 1 inch bite size pieces.
In a slallow casserole dish pour almond milk or which ever milk you are using.
In another plate add polenta-cornmeal and sea salt.
Place bite size pieces of eggplant into milk If you want the bitterness out of the eggplant soak for 1 hour, if you like eggplant as is (like me) let sit for few minutes.
Than dip it in cornmeal and salt coating all sides and set them on prepared baking dish.
Place in oven for 15-18 minutes checking (rotate after 10 minutes) you want them golden brown.
Serve warm sprinkle lime zest and raw honey on the side
Notes
I love these, they are healthy comfort snacks. You can substuite zest and homey for tomato sauce.
Try this with zucchinni!