Healthy Beef 'n' Eggplant Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups cubed eggplants
• olive oil pam cooking spray
• 3/4 lb extra lean ground beef
• 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
• 1 celery rib, with leaves chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 1 1/2 teaspoons italian seasoning
• 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 unbaked pastry shell (9-inch)
• 9 ounces lowfat mozzarella cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 in a small skillet, saute eggplant in pam until tender, about 5 minutes.
• 3 in a large skillet, cook the beef, onion, celery and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, drain.
• 4 add the eggplant, tomato sauce and spices; bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
• 5 pour beef mixture into pie shell and bake for 20-25 minutes.
• 6 sprinkle cheese over top and bake for 5-10 more minutes or until cheese is melted.
• 7 let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.