I’m always on the look out for recipes that allow me to use some of those yummy fresh herbs from the garden. Monday night I decided to try George Calombaris’ ‘Eggplant and tomato bake’. Yes that’s George from Masterchef–one of my favourite television programs. His recipe has copious amounts of parsley and oregano, so it was a perfect reason to raid the garden. He uses dried oregano but I’ve got so much in the garden I used fresh instead. Because mine was fresh I used about 3 times as much as the dried tbls spoon recommended by George. This recipe requires a bit of preparation but it’s worth it. It is the best stuffed eggplant recipe I’ve tried. The stuffing was unbelievably light and full of flavour. The quarter cup of finely chopped parsley lifted the whole dish and gave it a super fresh taste. I think it might even be healthy! What a bonus. It’s definitely one of those dishes you could easily eat too much of. It does have quite a bit of onion in it, which is fine with me, but it did give my partner a bit of heart burn that night. I’m going to make it next time I have a mix of vegetarian and carnivores over for dinner because I reckon the meat eaters will love it too. I’m dying to make it again and am salivating at the thought of it. If anyone wants the recipe let me know and I’ll post it.