eggplant paninis!

This next creation is one of my favorites I have made so far. I first thought about making these eggplant paninis when a friend gave us an eggplant from her garden. I had no idea how to eat an eggplant. I've never had one before. It sat on our kitchen counter for close to a week before I decided that we should make something with it. I found a recipe for eggplant paninis and it looked delicious! When I saw that the recipe called for pesto I knew I had to make it. Our garden is full of basil so me and my mother made a bunch of pesto. Pesto is also something I love. It really isn't difficult to make. It just became difficult when we tried to make about 10 cups of basil worth.

For these paninis I had some help from my lovely mother. I had previously frozen the eggplant so that it wouldn't go bad before we were ready to eat it. Mom grilled up the frozen eggplant while I prepared the rest of the sandwich. We had to create our very own panini maker.

It worked well. There is not too much to tell about this meal. I pretty much just followed the recipe. I think I am starting to enjoy hot sandwiches better than cold though.

The bread was flattened to a good bite size, the cheese was melted, and everything was superb. I was a little nervous Kaela and Catherine wouldn't enjoy these but they loved it and ate their entire sandwich. I will most definitely be making these again!

Creation #3 = success!