honeebuns's Journal, 07 January 2024

These are four eggplants I bought today. Some I sliced and breaded to make an egg plant parmigiana. Some will be in an Indian babagonouahe, some will be in an Italian pasta sauce. Four beautiful eggplants at $4,00 turned into several delicious meals. 

What is babaganoush? Sounds good just by the name. I love eggplant parmigiana but have only ever had really good results from my aunt and one restaurant. When it’s good it’s really good when it’s not o boy. I have never been able to make it correctly. It looks good, smells amazing and always tastes yucky. Why im not really allowed in the kitchen😂 

YOH the best way I can describe it is it is similar to humus and has the same seasonings and spices. But instead of chickpeas the base is typically roasted eggplant. You eat it the same way usually with a pita or naan bread. 

Lucky you. I would not worry what people say in the comments. People just chit chat... BTW I do like bananas and nuts and eggplants.  

Liv sometimes comments can derail into an unfriendly zone. I know it’s not meant that way when people comment and it’s just coming from a place where people want to interject something about their life experience. But the knee jerk reaction is to defend yourself on your own post. 

I hear you. It is hard with these forums sometimes. Sometimes something I say get taken the wrong way even if I just meant it as a lighthearted comment. It gets worse when I try to smooth it over. LOL 

YOH we all know hummus is delicious and nutritious but the calorie content is often higher than some can manage in their diet. Baba is a great substitute if hummus is too caloric and has lower calorie but also nutritious. 

you do you girl. ignore the idiots.  

you can also make your own hummus and control the oil content more. I feel ya, honeebuns 🤣 I've been told more than once that I'm eating too many carbs or not enough animal foods or somesuch. Different things work for different people 😊 

I’m confused… I have posted that I don’t like bananas before but mostly because it’s funny cuz most people love them…but I love nuts…..does that mean we can still be friends? Did someone write something not nice? 

banana bread, banana cream pie, banana ice cream , banana muffins. banana pudding, banana banana fo famma, mee my mo mamma 🤣 what's no not to love. PEANUT butter, peanut brittle. peanut butter cookies, chocolate covered peanuts. what's not to LOVE  

Mmm this eggplant looks awesome and you got a great deal! Don’t worry about the rando commenters. I sometimes have had to delete them because they totally misunderstand my sarcasm, intent or tone on my posts. 

Diana my post was about how now that I need to get in 1800 calories it is sometimes difficult so I had a peanut butter and banana wrap as a second breakfast. It was just odd and struck me in a weird way that some of the comments went back to themselves regarding their own personal food preferences. I know you don’t like bananas but it really didn’t have anything to do with my post. Neither did all the back and forth about peanut allergies. Don’t worry we are still friends 😄. It’s something I recognize happens on FS. People want to connect and share about food because it is what everyone has in common.💙 

Here you go: I’m nuts about bananas. I eat one every day. 

when did this happen? im sorry! i will compliment others dishes but make silly comments about my shellfish allergy, even though i love shrimp....