roasted eggplant black lentil salad

a roasted eggplant black lentil spoonable salad situation that takes full advantage of late summer produce!! btw highly recommend using an excessive amount of toasted almonds because you can never have too much!!

recipe: https://munchingwithmariyah.com/roasted-eggplant-black-lentil-salad/

It’s late summer. Eggplants are pretty much everywhere. And this black lentil salad is one of my favorite ways to use up a whole eggplant. And I highly recommend using a graffiti eggplant, which whoever came up with that name, I love you because it has a sweeter flavor profile than globe eggplants, which you typically see at the store. And they just tend to be a little bitter. Any who, this dish is a combo of roasted eggplant and fresh cherry tomatoes, lentils, and toasted almonds, which you have to add because they add that addicting crunch element to the salad. And then I love doing a spiced garlicky oil situation instead of a vinegrett because toasting the garlic and blooming the spices just draws out so much more flavor. And I love spooning this up on its own, but it would also be great as a vehicle for naan or pa or just as a little side salad.