Eggplant and Tomato-Mint Salsa

Allow grilled eggplant pulp to stand one hour to drain excess liquid. Otherwise the salsa will be watery. Serve salsa with crusty bread, sturdy crackers, or alongside fish or chicken.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

• 2  medium eggplants (about 1 1/2 pounds)
• Cooking spray
• 1 1/2  cups  chopped seeded tomato
• 1/4  cup  chopped fresh mint
• 2  teaspoons  fresh lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon  extravirgin olive oil
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1  garlic clove, minced

Preparation

Prepare grill.

Cut each eggplant in half lengthwise. Lightly score cut sides of eggplant. Place eggplant, cut sides down, on grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 20 minutes or until very tender, turning occasionally. Scoop pulp from eggplant halves, and place in a sieve over a bowl. Discard peels. Let pulp stand 1 hour or until cool and thoroughly drained. Discard liquid. Coarsely mash pulp, and place in a small bowl. Stir in tomato and remaining ingredients. Serve at room temperature, stirring just before serving.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

61 (25% from fat)

Fat:

1.7g (sat 0.3g,mono 1g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

2.1g

Carbohydrate:

11.9g

Fiber:

1g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.8mg

Sodium:

305mg

Calcium:

22mg