This tasty baked Eggplant Parmesan is a lighter meatless Italian meal your whole family will love!
Yield: 6servings
Ingredients
1medium eggplant, mine was on the larger side of medium - not gigantic but definitely not small either
3egg whites
1 ½ozfreshly grated Parmesan cheese, I grated mine on the smallest holed side of my box grater
¾cupwhole wheat panko crumbs, I used Ian’s brand
½teaspoongarlic powder
½teaspoondried basil flakes
½teaspoonoregano
1cuptomato basil pasta sauce
¾cupshredded reduced fat 2% mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly mist 2 baking sheets with olive oil cooking spray and set aside.
Slice eggplant horizontally into ¼” thin rounds. In a small bowl, whisk the egg whites until the slightest bit bubbly. In a separate bowl or Ziploc bag, combine panko crumbs, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, basil and oregano and stir or shake to thoroughly mix. Transfer mixture to a shallow dish. Dip each eggplant round with egg whites, allowing excess to drip off, and then place flat onto crumb mixture, pressing down a few times with your fingers. Flip eggplant and do the same on the other side to coat, then transfer to baking sheet. Repeat with remaining pieces. When all eggplant pieces are on the sheets, lightly mist the tops with olive oil cooking spray.
Bake for 12-15 minutes (until bottoms start to turn golden brown), remove from oven and flip pieces and then continue baking for another 12-15 minutes. Remove eggplant from oven and spoon some of the pasta sauce onto the center of each round, then top each with mozzarella cheese. Return to oven and bake another 5 minute until cheese is melted.
Notes
To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!NUTRITION INFORMATION:149 calories, 17 g carbs, 2 g sugars, 5 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 12 g protein, 5 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)MyWW SmartPoints per (1/6th of the recipe) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Green: 5 SmartPoints/ Blue: 5 SmartPoints/ Purple: 5 SmartPointsWEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PLUS: 4 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)