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• Recipe Overview
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large sauce pan add olive oil, onion, carrot, celery, and garlic and saute until tender. Add tomatoes and herbs and let simmer for 1 hour. | 2. Preheat broiler. | 3. Arrange the eggplant slices on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; broil 3-5 minutes or until lightly browned. | 4. Preheat oven to 375. | 5. if using a mushroom fillin, saute the muchrooms until tender; if using spinach filling, you can use frozen or fresh spinach which should be cooked/defrosted and drained well. | 6. In the bottom of a 1 1/2-quart baking dish coated with cooking spray, spread some marinara sauce. Arragnge eggplant slices over sauce and then some filling and then some cheese (make sure to save about 1 cup of the cheese for the top). continue the layering process in which should end with a sauce layer on the top surface. (don't put the last cup of cheese on yet). | 7. Cover and back at 375 for an hour and then remove, top with remaining mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese and bake uncovered 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Let it stand for about 10 minutes and then serve. | 8. Note: the filling can really be a combo of whatever you like or have on hand. It is mainly a process not an exact recipe. I really enjoy the mushroom flling when i feel like a "meaty" casserole but I do love to play around with other ingredients (like spinach and artichokes). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
eggplant	2		cut	-	-	-	-
cooking spray				-	-	-	-
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
celery	1		chopped	16.16	2.9997	0.6969	0.1717
carrot	1		chopped	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
garlic clove	1 -2		chopped	-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	peeled imported diced imported	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
basil leaf	3 -4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
mushroom	1	package	sauteed	-	-	-	-
spinach	1	lb	mixed	99.7904	17.6901	9.979	1.3608
artichoke heart			canned	-	-	-	-
mozzarella cheese	2	cups	divided	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.