aubergine/egplant inspiration needed

[Phteven]

Every time I go to the shops I see gorgeous aubergines that I find really hard to resist. The problem is I'm out of things to do with them.
Please inspire me

[Nelle]

What have you done with them in the past? My housemate used to make a really yummy eggplant lasagna, it was soooo good.

[Phteven]

I love eggplant lasagne but I'm not sure that DH is ready for it again because I made it last week.
I do parmigiana too.
And dip/spread.

I thought that stuffing and baking them might be nice but I have no idea how to stuff them - I used to do zuccinis stuffed with breadcrumbs and parmisan with a tomatoe sauce. Do yu think it would work for eggplant? How long would I have to bake them?

ETA - I have lots of yoghurt at the moment too. A recipe that involved yoghurt and aubergine would be fab...

If they weren't so smooth and shiny and purple I would be able to resist them

[Rouge]

There's a really nommy recipe which involves chicken mince which has been flavoured with garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil and a touch of oyster sauce, you scoop out the insides of the eggplant and chop finely, cook with the mince and sauces and then pop back into the eggplant and bake in a 150 oven for about 30 mins until the eggplant flesh is soft. I've ad it at Japanese restaurants with chicken and pork and its divine!

[Danni]

yes stuff them! Would take a bit longer to cook than a stuffed zucchini though

And you can stuff them with anything. I love chicken mince stuffing!

[AnyDream]

I slow-bake the small long skinny ones whole in a ratatouille-like tomato sauce. You could do this and add a crumbed/cheese gratin topping on top...yum!

[danniellabella]

I haven't really used eggplant, but I do like the taste of chargrilled eggplant mixed into a tomato based pasta sauce.