OH MAAANNN. This was SO good, I HIGHLY recommend it!!! Thanks for the idea!
Here are the changes I made:
- used whole milk ricotta cuz I couldn't find part skim
- added some fresh parsley and 3-4 cloves of garlic to the ricotta mixture
- sliced the eggplant a little thinner than 1/3"...maybe more like 1/4"
- scored and salted (and rinsed) my eggplant slices as others have suggested -- I think this was key
- used Trader Joe's can of organic tomato sauce (doesn't have any sugar)
- added a layer of fresh chopped mushrooms on top of the sauce layers
- used 1 cup of grated parm, and 1/2 c of olive oil for coating the slices prior to broiling
I put it all into myfitnesspal, and a sixth (HUUUUGE portion, probably should have done twelfths) of a recipe came out to only 515 cal, 20g carbs, 39g fat (yikes, def from the whole milk ricotta), and 24g protein. I suggest serving in twelfths!
SO GOOD! Hope it will freeze well!

