Saturday

Pasta with eggplant sauce (recipe in the comments)
Green beans

Hot tea
English toffee
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The note I originally made on this recipe is "Finally, a GREAT eggplant sauce". As that indicates, searching for a good red sauce with eggplant was a long process. Most are either bitter or the eggplant is unnoticeable. This one is excellent though, and easy. It does rely on a jar of pasta sauce (which, as noted in the recipe, needs to be very flavorful), making it slightly less sustainable, but the result is yummy and the speed of this dinner prep is great! Sometimes convenience foods are just that, convenient. As M got home this afternoon and is, unsurprisingly, exhausted, a fast homey dinner seemed just the thing. What could be more welcoming than hot pasta with yummy eggplant? This is a big favorite of T's.

Prep Notes
Difficulty: Easy
Chopping: Eggplant, onion, garlic, basil
Time: 35 minutes
Make ahead: Make the sauce ahead and toss with fresh pasta.


Reaction
J: "Finally."
M: "Eggplant is under-explored."