Ricavito wrote:
> On May 1, 9:58 am, "W. Baker" > wrote:
>> Bill who putters > wrote:
>>
>>> Son's girl friend taught me.
>>
>>> Eggplant pierce about and stick in many cloves garlic. Bake till
>>> soft . Scoop out and eat. We eat it with pita a BIG carb provider
>>> BTW.
>>
>>> Bill
>>
>> I don't know owhere you are, but in my area of NYC and even in
>> upstae NY I have found low carb pits-about 9 gams of carb per whole
>> pita!
>>
>> Wendy
>
> When I don't want to eat pita, I like baba ganoush just as a kind of
> dressing for salad vegetables, like cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes,
> etc. That's with a richer version than just the baked eggplant, maybe
> with tahini or olive oil or whatever is sometimes added to make it
> very creamy. There's a Lebanese place near my office that makes it
> like that.

A stray from the eggplant topic... At Middle Eastern kebab takeaways I buy
the doner kebab on a plate instead of in the flat bread. I have the meat, my
choice of salads and the baba ganouj over the top. Lovely low carb takeaway.
I do similar at Subway, get meat and salads on a plate instead of the sub.