{"id":39375,"date":"2015-04-06T11:15:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=39375"},"modified":"2021-05-13T08:51:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T12:51:03","slug":"whole-30-recipes-eggplant-buns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/whole-30-recipes-eggplant-buns\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole 30 Recipes: Eggplant Buns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Just because you can\u2019t have a real bun on Whole 30, doesn\u2019t mean your burger should be bare. Sandwich that beef patty between two slices of veggies, instead. This eggplant bun will add a delicious (and nutrient-packed) burst of flavor to each bite. Not a fan of this nightshade? You can always substitute <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/vegetarian-sweet-potato-recipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sweet potatoes<\/a> or portobello mushrooms as the shell. (Bonus: Your veggie buns might even hold up better than bread, which tends to get mushy.) Pop your veggie of choice in the oven&nbsp;and dinner will be ready in no time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39340\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39340 size-full\" title=\"Whole 30 Recipes: Eggplant Buns\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10042234\/Whole-30-Recipes-Buns.jpg\" alt=\"Whole 30 Recipes: Eggplant Buns\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10042234\/Whole-30-Recipes-Buns.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10042234\/Whole-30-Recipes-Buns-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: The Whole 30<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>E<\/strong><strong>ggplant Buns Recipe<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Serves 2 (with leftovers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prep Time: 5 minutes<br \/>\nCook Time: 20 minutes<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1 eggplant<br \/>\n3 tablespoons cooking fat<br \/>\n\u00bd teaspoon salt<br \/>\n\u00bd teaspoon pepper<\/p>\n<h3>Preparation<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to 425\u00b0F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Slice the eggplant evenly into \u00be-inch-thick rounds. Arrange in a single layer on the prepared pan.<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle&nbsp;half of the cooking fat evenly over the eggplant, then flip each slice and drizzle the remaining fat on the other side. Season with the salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Roast the eggplant for 20 minutes, until it is browned on the outside and fork-tender. Allow to cool, then stack a burger and fillings between two slices and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Store extras in foil or in an airtight container in the fridge. They will keep for up to 3 to 5 days, perfect for more burgers, or adding to scrambled eggs.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"tx\">Recipes and Photo from THE WHOLE30 by Melissa and Dallas Hartwig. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Whole9<\/span><span class=\"tx\">Life, LLC. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"tx\">reserved.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skip the bun without skimping on the fun! This eggplant bun recipe is just one of many healthy dinner ideas from The Whole 30 diet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":39380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,26,27,9],"tags":[41,155,175,341,381],"class_list":["post-39375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","tag-diets","tag-dinner","tag-gluten-free","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}