Eggplant-walnut recipes

Eggplant-walnut paté

Similarly, from the California Walnut Board

Eggplant with walnut dressing

Melitzanosalata me karythia

Toasted walnuts

Oven-toasted walnuts with rosemary and sage

Hot and Spicy Toasted Walnuts

A while back, I underwent screening for a study at a local hospital. I passed the screening, and am now enrolled in the "walnut study". The study is looking at the effects of walnut consumption on cardiac health in type 2 diabetics. Essentially, over a period of six months, I will have two months in which I eat 2 oz of walnuts every day. And I will have two months in which I eat no walnuts.

Right now, I'm in the walnut phase. The study provided me with an absurd number of 1 oz bags of walnuts. After two days of eating 2 oz of walnuts, I realized that some creativity would be required. There's one word for eating lots of plain walnuts: boring!

On Tuesday, I checked out mini food processors at Target, but didn't much like what I saw. Wednesday I hit Bed, Bath, and Beyond, and bought a 3-cup Cuisinart, to go with my larger model. This morning, my breakfast was a walnut and cream cheese spread, on low-carb toast.

Walnut cream cheese spread


Place all ingredients in work bowl of mini processor, and pulse until well mixed
Enjoy.