Recipe #1: Smoky Eggplant!

This is so easy and it is ridiculously good.  

1 large eggplant

4 Tablespoons Bragg’s or lower sodium tamari

1 pinch garlic powder

1 Tablespoon olive oil

½ Tablespoon liquid smoke

1 Tablespoon nutritional yeast
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Olive oil cooking spray

Peel eggplant and cut into large chunks that are as close in size to one another as possible.  Place eggplant in a single layer in a large dish with a lid.  Combine all other ingredients except nutritional yeast in a small bowl.   Drizzle marinade and sprinkle nutritional yeast over eggplant chunks. Stir well to coat evenly.  Cover with lid and leave in the fridge for an hour.   After the hour is up, stir eggplant again and take out of fridge. Spray a very large frying pan or wok with olive oil cooking spray and heat over medium heat.  Add eggplant and stir fry until very tender- 5-10 minutes. Makes 2 side dish servings.