Roxanne's Egg with Egg Plant
The Egg Plant is produced by a garden accessory company with the venomous name of Cobra. (What were they thinking of with that company name?) It's a cute little ceramic egg that contains soil and pre-planted flower seeds. You crack the ceramic shell with a spoon to expose the dirt and seeds. The seeds should sprout in 7 to 10 days.
The instructions are taped onto the bottom of the egg under the plastic wrapping. My favorite is step #1. It tells you to place the plastic-wrapped egg on a counter and tap it with a spoon. Uh......but you have to unwrap the egg to get the instructions!
Well, I improvised and wrapped it back up in Glad Wrap. It's a good thing because ceramic chips and dirt went everywhere. I only hope my flower seeds weren't in the dirt that spilled when I cracked the egg. I guess I'll know in a week.
Now that I've brought up Egg Plants, it seems I should provide a recipe using real eggplants. Enjoy!
Grilled Eggplant with Feta Cheese, Tomatoes and Basil
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Grilled eggplant has a wonderful smoky quality to it. This versatile dish can be served as an appetizer, a vegetarian main course or as a side dish to chicken or pork. It can even be used as a sandwich filling for pita bread.
3 large garlic cloves, minced
1 small eggplant, unpeeled, sliced 1/2-inch thick
extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 lemon
coarse sea salt
freshly ground pepper
3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil
Heat the grill. Rub the garlic over the eggplant slices then brush the eggplant with olive oil. Grill the eggplant over medium to medium-low heat 5 to 10 minutes or until slightly charred and tender when pierced with a fork, turning once.
Place the eggplant slices on a large platter and drizzle with additional olive oil. Squeeze the lemon half over the eggplant slices and season to taste with salt and pepper. Scatter the cheese and tomatoes over the eggplant and top with basil.
Serves 4 to 6
It will be interesting to see what comes out. The directions also explain in very tiny print that you have to transfer the sprouts to regular pots or soil, and THEN you get flowers, unlike their artistic rendering!
ReplyDeleteI guess I didn't read the tiny print. Too bad, I was really looking forward to a flowering egg!
ReplyDeleteDid yours grow? I just did a google search and came across your blog! I'm doing an Eggsperiment over on my blog www.erikajean.com I'm on the 7th day... nothing yet! My egg was painted though when i bought it! ;-)
ReplyDeleteNo! Mine hasn't grown. It's been over 2 1/2 weeks and nothing.......... I hope you have better luck. I'm going to stick with real eggs from now on.
ReplyDeleteMy chicks think I should know better than to expect a flower from an egg!
ReplyDeleteI have some of those. I bought two snapdragons and a marigold. Both have sprouted and are growing wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool! I hope yours grow and bloom. Send some pictures if they do.
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