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grilled eggplant rolls

delicious and low fat snacks

Italian healthy appetizer recipes include this easy to make and delicious eggplant rolls. These little rolls are yet another variety of how you can serve eggplant in a light meal or as appetizers.

I think we’re all aware that vegetables, including eggplants like these Italian appetizers, are nutrient rich and contribute to good health. They protect us against many diseases and help us maintain in good shape. They provide us with vitamins like A, C, E and folate, minerals like iron, dietary fibers and other healthy nutrients. Despite all of this, many of us don’t have as much vegetables as we should.

The reason for having minimal vegetable may be that we always serve vegetables the same way, every day, and then, if you’re like me, you get bored of them. That is why we should experiment with vegetables using different cooking methods and myriad spices.

Healthy appetizers recipes like these Italian appetizers are yet another interesting way of serving and cooking eggplants. Eggplants are a healthy source of many kinds of minerals and nutrients for us.

So next time you find eggplants in your fridge and you want to put something together quickly, try this delicious and healthy appetizer recipe out. You will not be disappointed.

Ingredients

1 large Japanese eggplant
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing eggplant
Salt and freshly ground pepper
4 ounces goat cheese
10 asparagus spears, grilled
10 leaves fresh basil

Instructions

1. Slice off eggplant stem. Cut eggplant lengthwise into 1/16-inch-thick slices. Brush slices with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

2. Grill over high heat for about 3 minutes on each side.

3. Meanwhile, mix goat cheese with oil, salt and pepper until smooth.

4. Cover grilled eggplant slices with a thin layer of cheese mixture. On the stem end of the strip, lay one asparagus spear horizontally on the bottom of the eggplant slice so the tip sticks out about 1 inch.

5. Cut stalk even with bottom of slice.

6. Place a basil leaf lengthwise on the eggplant slice so that its side sticks out over the edge.

7. Starting with asparagus end, carefully roll up.

Serves 6 as an appetizer.

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