Simple Eggplant Parmesan

Used raos instead of making sauce. Satisfying resulting dish. Might use fresh mozzarella next time, but only add mozz for final five min and broil to finish.

Tasty but way too much effort

I followed the idea but not the real details: Rao's marinara Only coated the bottom of the pan and salted to draw out the water. Dried but I didn't add more oil. Used Monterey jack shredded cheese and Kraft Parmesan. Used turkey tenderloin. Preferred this over chicken breast. Breaded the turkey tenderloin in Parmesan, Italian seasoning,and whipped egg coated. Served with panzella salad.

This was pretty good. I would probably still do ricotta as a cheese layer in the future as it wasn’t very filling.

Burnt some of the eggplant slices while roasting but think it has more to do with my uneven oven and crappy baking sheet vs instructions. Delicious even without a few eggplant slices, pretty easy overall and the tomato sauce was nice and sweet, might become my go to for easy pizza nights in the future.

This was a great comfort dish! Good balance of ingredients. I only put in half the mozzarella, and the crust of cheese on top still came out delicious!