Recipe: Yummy Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce.

Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce..

you can have Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce. using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce.

1. Prepare 1 can of crushed tomatoes.
2. You need 2 tbsp of fresh basil.
3. You need 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar.
4. Prepare 1 clove of garlic crushed.
5. It's 1 of chipotle pepper (optional), chopped and reconstituted with warm water. drain before adding to sauce..
6. You need 1 large of eggplant.
7. It's 1 cup of Fat free mozzarella cheese.
8. Prepare 1 cup of 2% mozzarella cheese.
9. You need 4 oz of fat free ricotta.
10. Prepare 1 cup of Italian bread crumbs.
11. Prepare 3 of egg whites (approx).
12. Prepare 1 cup of fresh baby spinach.
13. Prepare 1 cup of chopped mushrooms.

Lite Eggplant Parmesan (meal or sandwich) with easy homemade sauce. step by step

1. preheat oven to 350°F..
2. peel eggplant and slice in half horizontally from top. Slice eggplant into thin slices approximately 1/2" thick and about 3-4" long. think steak fry size..
3. dredge eggplant into egg whites then toss into bread crumbs..
4. line eggplant slices flat on pan covered with foil and Pam..
5. bake for 20 minutes, flip and cook another 10 minutes. keep foil..
6. while cooking eggplant, prepare sauce. combine tomatoes, vinegar, pre-soaked chipotle peppers, basil and garlic..
7. combine all 3 cheeses in a separate bowl..
8. combine ingredients alternating sauce, eggplant, cheese, spinach and mushrooms until all combined. make sure to top with cheese..
9. cover with foil from earlier and bake for 30 minutes..