Grilled Eggplant Day 1

     It was a cloudy, rainy afternoon,  and then it dawned on me,  I planned my whole dinner around the grill, and that was not going to happen.  Around 3pm we were hit by a thunderstorm with strong winds.  After that,  it just rained and rained.  I feel bad for those who have no rain,  they could have had some of this.  But then again,  I prayed for another cloudy day, and I guess God answered it.



Grilled Eggplant with Italian Flavors pp. 135

     I had some baby eggplants left from a week ago,  so I grabbed those to use them up (or the ones that were still "good" to use).  They were so small, they fit in the palm of my hand.
  I ran out of thyme (the herb), I had none that was fresh nor dry.  I did some research on what other herbs could taste like Thyme.  Sadly,  there really is no subsitute.
Thankfully I had a bottle of Italian herbs, so I dumped some into my pot of marinate.

     Now, I had two options,  I could broil the eggplant OR use my George Forman grill that I got at a garage sale.   I chose the later.  It worked.  But I am pretty sure that the grill would have worked better. 

    Our cat, Nika,  could smell the chicken that I "grilled".  She does tricks for chicken, beef, and fish.  I wish I had a wider lens so that you all could see that she was standing for her treat. :D     


Anyways, back to the eggplant...

      It was very bitter.  I think it was because I used some old eggplant.  Even the kids did not like it.  It was worth the try.