Ingredients:
- 1 large eggplant, sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ¼ cup tahini
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tbsp water
- Fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions:
- Brush eggplant slices with olive oil, paprika, salt, and pepper. Grill for 3-5 minutes per side.
- Mix tahini, lemon juice, garlic, and water to make the sauce.
- Drizzle tahini sauce over grilled eggplant and garnish with parsley.
Tahini is a great way to obtain B vitamins like thiamine, along with minerals, including magnesium, copper, phosphorus, manganese, iron and zinc. Adding it to recipes is a good way to get your daily copper — which is needed to maintain nerve, bone and metabolic health — and prevent copper deficiency.
An eggplant’s nutritional value is that it’s low-carb, low-calorie, and a good fiber source. The potential health benefits of eggplants are rooted in their antioxidant content, heart disease risk protection, and more.
Eggplant has antioxidants like vitamins A and C, which help protect your cells against damage. It’s also high in natural plant chemicals called polyphenols, which may help cells do a better job of processing sugar if you have diabetes.
