WANT TO QUIT SMOKING? EAT EGGPLANT.

Ingredients...

Eggplant

Spinach
Pepperoni
Mozzarella

Balsamic Glaze

Olive Oil

Preheat oven to 350.

Get the largest eggplant you can find and slice 1/2 inch rounds and place on a sheet pan. Next, drizzle some balsamic glaze, this will serve as a glue to bind the spinach and eggplant together. Then top with some pepperoni and shower with mozzarella along with some quick drips of olive oil before it goes in the oven.

This is what I had in the refrigerator that worked for this type of appetizer but after it was in the oven I couldn't help but think how this could have been done differently and better. For example, basil instead of spinach or it would have been much nicer if the eggplant rounds were soaking in red wine while the oven was heating up... Garlic would have been a nice addition and tofu instead of pepperoni for the vegetarians. Next time, sliced baguette for crostini style will be in the plan.

If you would like to quit smoking and don't want to take the patch route, I strongly encourage you to eat eggplant. Eggplant has the highest count of nicotine than any other vegetable. But, it's about 20 lbs of eggplant that is the equivalent to one cigarette. That's a lot of eggplant.

IF THIS DISH WERE AN OUTFIT

Enrico Coveri