Keto Eggplant Salad

I never appreciated eggplants properly until I fell in love with Greek cooking! When cooked well, they become buttery, soft and so moreish. They work beautifully roasted and warm, grilled or baked then cooled in a salad like in this Keto Eggplant Salad.

I’d suggest using smoke almonds if they are easy to get – they add a beautiful complexity to the flavour, but this is just as delicious with normal roasted almonds or even raw almonds.

While you wouldn’t normally want to spend 40 minutes on a salad, it is mostly passive time with the eggplant baking. It’s perfect to get in the oven while you are cooking something else. I think this Keto Eggplant Salad would be perfect made into a larger batch and taken to a summer barbeque!

Keto Eggplant Salad

Using some simple ingredients, this beautiful salad is so fresh yet hearty. Perfect with a grilled steak, lamb chops or fish. 

4.25 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 35 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Servings 2 side dishes

Calories 561 kcal

Ingredients

  

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Roast Eggplant

• 1 eggplant
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Salad

• 1 cup continental parsley
• 1/3 cup smoked or roast almonds roughly chopped
• 8 mini roma tomatoes halved

Dressing

• 1/2 cup greek yoghurt
• 1 teaspoon dried mint
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 180C / 356F. 
• Dice the eggplant into 1cm chunks. Toss with olive oil, garlic powder, salt and pepper and place in a small baking dish. Bake for 30 - 35 minutes until tender and caramelised, stirring halfway through. 
• Meanwhile, roughly chop the almonds and halve the cherry tomatoes. Combine sauce ingredients.
• Once the eggplant is cooked, let it cool slightly then toss with remaining salad ingredients. Dollop minted yoghurt dressing on top and serve warm or cold. 

Nutrition

Calories: 561kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 10gFat: 49gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 1205mgPotassium: 953mgFiber: 10gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 470IUVitamin C: 23.4mgCalcium: 165mgIron: 2.3mg

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