{"id":12,"date":"2018-05-26T14:09:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ontheshorterside.jeanniehill.com\/?p=12"},"modified":"2018-05-26T14:09:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T14:09:41","slug":"healthy-moussaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/26\/healthy-moussaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Moussaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<div id=\"ingredients\">\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>1 &#8211; 2\u00a0 fresh eggplants<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>1\/2 &#8211; 1 lb ground beef or turkey, or chicken<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>1 can of diced tomatoes<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>1 can tomato sauce (small)<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>1 cup raw onion, chopped<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>2 cloves garlic<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>1 glass (3.5 fl oz) red wine<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>1 TB cinnamon and nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>2 tablespoons all-purpose flour<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>1 cup milk<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>2 tbsp parmesan cheese<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>1\/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Directions<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>I slice the eggplant thinly, add salt, and then &#8220;sweat&#8221; it by placing in a colander with a paper towel over the top. Supposedly, this helps it not be as bitter (not sure if it works or not). I then grill the the eggplant in my George Forman. You can microwave it or bake it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"directions_w\" data-spx-slot=\"1\">Brown ground turkey with onion and\u00a0<span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">garlic<\/span><\/span>.<br \/>\nWhen brown, add\u00a0<span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">tomatoes<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and red wine. Let simmer for 15 minutes.<br \/>\nLayer cooked\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">eggplant<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on top<br \/>\n<span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">Add milk<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to clean saucepan and slowly stir in flour a little at a time until sauce thickens. Add feta and parmesan cheese.<br \/>\nPour white sauce over the casserole.<br \/>\nHeat thoroughly, about 10 minutes<\/div>\n<div data-spx-slot=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-spx-slot=\"1\">Because this one is a little higher effort, I like to make the meat sauce and freeze half. I then use one eggplant per half. Do not freeze with the eggplant as it turns to mush.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 1 &#8211; 2\u00a0 fresh eggplants 1\/2 &#8211; 1 lb ground beef or turkey, or chicken 1 can of diced tomatoes 1 can tomato sauce (small) 1 cup raw onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic 1 glass (3.5 fl oz) red wine 1 TB cinnamon and nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/26\/healthy-moussaka\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Healthy Moussaka&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,3],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-low-carb","tag-dinner","tag-low-carb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}