Grilled Eggplant Bites With Mozzarella Cheese

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups olive oil (or use a bottled vinaigrette)
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• garlic, minced to taste
• onion, minced to taste
• basil, minced to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
• salt, to taste,if needed
• 1 medium eggplant, skinned and cut into 1/4 inch rounds,dry with paper towels
• 6 -8 ounces fat free mozzarella cheese, sliced into 1/4 inch long sticks
• toothpick, to secure bites

Recipe

• 1 in a large glass mixing bowl, combine the olive oil (or bottled vinaigrette), lemon juice, mustard, garlic, onion, basil and pepper, add the salt if desired.
• 2 add the eggplant rounds, coating well.
• 3 marinate for at least an hour.
• 4 remove eggplants rounds from bowl, grill or broil until cooked through, about 5 minutes on one side then turn over and cook for about 1 minute on the other side- watch carefully not to overcook.
• 5 remove and place on paper towels till cool.
• 6 wrap each eggplant round around a stick of mozzarella, secure with a toothpick serve by themselves or with your favourite dip.