Thursday, August 15, 2024

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Double and Eggplant Dish

 Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date!  The theme is 'Double' this week.  Here is my  ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil.  I thought of doing a pair of boots!



For the Dinner Date, I have an eggplant dish for you inspired by a wine tasting dish I had in California recently.  It was an eggplant stuffed cannelloni dish.  I had trouble locating their recipe so came up with this alternative stuffing.  It is tasty with pasta:



4 tomatoes chopped

1 round eggplant chopped

3 cloves garlic minced

1 tsp dried basil

3 tbs olive oil

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 onion chopped

1c  shredded cheese


Saute onions in olive oil, add garlic, basil, salt, pepper.  Then add tomatoes.  When softened, add eggplant.  Simmer covered 20 minutes, add cheese stirring for 10 minutes longer.

Serve with pasta.  I used penne pasta.  

28 comments:

Kinga K. said...

So yummy :D

Iris Flavia said...

I´m running around barefoot still . No boots yet, please... But the dish sounds great!

ellie said...

This does look great. Oh, I'll be needing that kind of boots this winter!

Ivy's Closet said...

Love this dish! Awesome art too!

Caitlin'nMegan said...

So great to see the eggplant dish. I need more eggplant in my life. Wonderful art! Happy Thursday!

roentare said...

The pink boot is cute

Angie's Recipes said...

I like eggplants!

My name is Erika. said...

Those are great boots. And now I want some pasta with a veggie sauce. Yummy. Have a great day.

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

Looks delicious!

baili said...

Very nice boots 😊
I agree that stuffing can be choose according to likeness.
Best wishes

Granny Annie said...

Love the pair of boots. Want the pasta!

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Wonderful drawing today, Christine! I'm not a fan of eggplant, though. Blessings!

DeniseinVA said...

Excellent on both counts :)

Lorraine said...

Ooooh, that sounds and looks tasty.

Mor Düşler Kitaplığı said...

It felt a little strange to see boots while the weather is still warm. :))

Ananka said...

Nice boots :-D

I love aubergines :-D

Mary Kirkland said...

I love eggplant.

Gillena Cox said...

Luv your response to the Double theme.
I had an egg plant and tomato side with pasta today 😊 my own recipe.
Happy Thursday

much♡love

Lydia C. Lee said...

Love the boots! Very sweet. And i could try the eggplant dish with my vegetarian...#Artdate

R's Rue said...

Lovely.
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peppylady (Dora) said...

Love those boots.

J.P. Alexander said...

Lindas botas, Gracias por la receta, Te mando un beso.

The Happy Whisk said...

Very fun dish. Yummy.

DUTA said...

Love the boots and the eggplant recipe.

Tom said...

...thanks, we need some new ways to eat eggplant.

Andrea @ From The Sol said...

A pair of boots works :) And I admire your ambition in the kitchen. I used to love gourmet cooking, but have seemed to slip away from it. Have a warm and comfortable week, Christine ...

Andrea @ From the Sol

Jeanie said...

The boots are wonderful. And that dish looks pretty fantastic, too!

Fundy Blue said...

It's very inspiring how you crafted your own dish, Christine. I used to have a pair of boots just like the ones you painted. Happy weekend!