There aren’t many foods I don’t like.
But I do respect other’s food preference, and I try not to push others (except for my own kids if we had any) to eat the food they don’t like.
If you don’t like it, you don’t like it, and pushing them to eat it doesn’t help.
The difficult thing about this is that if I like something I want my loved ones to enjoy it with me.
So when Terry doesn’t like the food that I LOVE, I tend to try a little harder.
Terry doesn’t like eggplant very much, whereas, I LOVE eggplant.
I used to cut eggplant into small pieces and sneak them into his favorite dish, but I stopped doing that because I don’t want him to not trust me.
Now I tell him everything, what’s in the food he is eating.
When I found this smaller eggplant, I thought this might work because it had a slightly firmer texture compared to the regular one and it had less and smaller seeds.
I also cooked the eggplant twice (sauteed first, marinate, and then cooked again with additional seasonings), hoping to add extra layers of flavors.
Well, Terry ate, and he liked them.
Yay!
The overall taco flavors helped, I’m sure.
And he was hungry, which I suspect was a big factor.
But still, it was a happy moment for me!
Eggplant Tacos
canola oil
1~2 cups Yaki-Bitashi eggplant, chopped
cumin
salt and pepper
2 corn tortillas
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped tomato
4~6 jalapeno slices from jar
cilantro
lime wedges
1. Sautee chopped Yaki-Bitashi eggplant in oil. Sprinkle cumin. Mix. Taste. Salt and pepper if needed.
2. Place the sauteed eggplant, onion, tomato, jalapeno slices, and cilantro on warm tortillas.
3. Serve with lime wedges.
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