{"id":7746,"date":"2018-09-06T13:54:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T17:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/?post_type=recipe&p=7746"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:40:51","slug":"eggplant-recipe-for-grilled-eggplant-with-garden-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2018\/09\/eggplant-recipe-for-grilled-eggplant-with-garden-pesto.html","title":{"rendered":"Eggplant Recipe for Grilled Eggplant with Garden Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"

A good eggplant recipe can be hard to find. I grew eggplant this year and love fresh eggplant, but my family doesn’t enjoy it quite so much. What do I do with the extra eggplant?<\/p>\n

Make grilled eggplant with garden pesto for lunch, an eggplant recipe that will have your mouth watering!<\/p>\n

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Eggplant Recipe: Grilled Eggplant with Garden Pesto<\/h1>\n

This recipe is one that I made up myself. First, I needed to find a way to use those small eggplant that aren’t big enough for a meal and tend to get smushy in the fridge too fast. I had one of those, on the verge of smushiness beyond repair.<\/p>\n

I needed to cook it, and fast, but I had just made eggplant on Saturday night for our family meal. What could I do with this little guy?<\/p>\n

Then I remembered the sunflower seed pesto sauce recipe I made and it all clicked together. I had read several recipes calling for pesto on top of eggplant, but the sunflower seeds used in this recipe added a tasty layer to the flavor that was unsurpassed.<\/p>\n

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Using a Foreman Grill to Grill Eggplant Slices<\/h2>\n

I don’t have a working outdoor barbecue grill (I know, I know – what kind of American am I without a grill?) right now. We do have a grill, but it’s in the garage, the deck is ripped up as my husband repairs a bunch of broken and warped boards, and we never connected the propane tank to the grill once this summer.<\/p>\n

There goes my grilled eggplant…or so I thought.<\/p>\n

Then I realized: I can use my George Foreman grill to cook the eggplant! If you don’t have a George Foreman grill, I highly recommend it. It is a small, tabletop grill that cooks food quite well without making a mess. I use ours to make hamburgers and steaks in about 5-6 minutes. You can use it to grill eggplant, too!<\/p>\n