These Low Carb Eggplant Bites are the perfect and satisfying way to enjoy eggplant. They are flavorful, breaded with a delicious and crunchy breading and topped with fresh veggies and an almond cashew cheese sauce!
These Low Carb Eggplant Bites are vegan, gluten-free and low carb. if you are craving for pizza but dreading the carbs, well these delicious treats are just right for you! I found myself craving for a gluten-free pizza but I didn't have all the ingredients to make my Mediterranean Pumpkin Pizza, and we had run out of store-bought Daiya Pizza.
I decided to whip up this easy to prepare, Low Carb Eggplant Bites and they were so delicious. I added my favorite toppings, tomatoes, artichoke hearts and a delicious and creamy almond sauce. For the breading, I used seasoned almond flour as the base after dipping the eggplant slices in a mixture of vegan mayo and almond milk. if you don't have vegan mayo almond milk mixed in a little cornstarch is fine.
Categories
Nutrition
- Energy:
- 99 kcal / 414 kJ
- Fat:
- 7 g
- Protein:
- 3 g
- Carbs:
- 6 g
Cooking Time
- Preparation:
- 15 min
- Cooking:
- 20 min
- Ready in:
- 35 min
Ingredients
- 1 medium eggplant, cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
Breading
- 1/4 cup vegan mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1 tablespooon nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 teaspoon granulated onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Almond Cheese Sauce
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon granulated onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- cherry or grape tomatoes cut in halves
- chopped artichoke hearts
- chopped basil leaves
Instructions
For The Breading
- Preheat oven 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet with oil and set aside. Mix vegan mayo and almond milk in a medium bowl and set aside. In another bowl, combine breading ingredients, almond flour, nutritional yeast flakes, onion powder, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, paprika, and salt and mix well.
- Dip each slice of eggplant in the mayonnaise mixture, then coat completely on both sides with the breading and lay in a single layer on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and tender. Meanwhile, eggplant is in the oven, prepare the almond cheese sauce.
For The Almond Cheese Sauce
- Place ingredients for almond cheese sauce in a high-speed blender, almond flour, water, nutritional yeast flakes, lemon juice, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and process until smooth and creamy.
- To serve Eggplant bites, place prepared eggplant slices on a serving platter and top with tomatoes, artichoke hearts, basil leaves and almond cheese sauce. Serve immediately!
Notes
Step 4 says:
Place ingredients for almond cheese sauce in a high-speed blender and process until smooth and creamy.
But the recipe does not indicate which ingredients are for this? Assuming from 2nd Almond flour then water, and the rest through the salt?
Burt, yes that’s correct, I have updated the recipe to make it clearer, thank you for reaching out. Hope it helps.
Yummy lunch idea