Mediterranean Eggplant Relish

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Avocado oil offers a similar flavor profile with healthier fats.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

balsamic vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white wine vinegar

Apple cider vinegar provides a tangy flavor with less cost.

red onion

🥗Healthier: green onion

💰Cheaper: yellow onion

Green onion offers a milder taste with fewer calories.

Cut eggplants in half. Lay them in a baking tray face up. Place bell pepper in baking tray too. Drizzle olive oil over all the vegetables.

Bake at 400 F, middle rack in the oven for about 15 minutes. Rotate the pepper and continue baking. At about 20-25 minutes remove pepper, flip the eggplant halves carefully and continue baking for another 30 minutes.

Let both pepper and eggplant cool enough to be handled by hand. Peel pepper, then slice and dice in small pieces. Add to a bowl.

Scoop the flesh of each eggplant half, remove the seeds where very visible. Then slice and dice the same way. Place on the bowl over pepper.

Dice tomatoes, onions and mince garlic. Add the desired amount in the bowl over eggplant and pepper. Chop about half a cup of flat parsley and add as well.

Squeeze 1 lemon over the ingredients in the bowl. Add about 3 tbsps of olive oil. Finally add half a teaspoon of sea salt.

Mix everything carefully. Taste and adjust lemon, olive oil, salt as needed. Then chill for at least 1 hour before serving. Garnish with fresh flat parsley and serve with pita bread.

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