I have been meeting more and more people who are growing eggplants for the first time. There are some great gluten free eggplant recipes out there. My most favorite is Baked Eggplant Sandwiches. I have purchased gluten free panko at Winco for a long time, but they seem to have discontinued it. I did find some amazing gluten free bread crumbs, with Italian seasoning, at Albertson's. All the other ingredients are naturally gluten free. This recipe is one my husband and I make together. It makes it go faster. Make sure you have plenty of time, because you bake them for 12 minutes, then turn them and bake another 12 minutes, then you let them cool, a little, while you make the filling, then bake them for 15 final minutes.
It is easy to make these, it just seems a little time consuming, but when you taste these wonderful little hot melty sandwiches, you learn to just enjoy the time it takes to make them. We usually start something in the DVD player, and pause it when we get to the "making the filling" part, or pour some wine . . .
And they are gluten free! YUM!
