Thai Eggplant Salad with Fresh Herbs & Greens Recipe by Eve

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Ingredients

2 medium eggplants, ends removed, sliced into rounds or half rounds (the slender Asian eggplants are the best if you can find them)
3 scallions, washed, ends removed and finely chopped
4-5 cups of fresh greens - lettuce, arugala, tatsoi, baby spinach, etc., washed, dried and ripped into bite-sized pieces
2 cups fresh herbs - equal parts cilantro, basil and mint, rinsed, dried, stems removed and coarsely chopped or ripped
Olive oil and sea salt for roasting
1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts (optional)
For the dressing
Juice of 3 limes
2 tsps fish sauce (sub soy sauce if you do not/cannot eat fish)
1 Tbsp brown sugar">sugar or palm sugar">sugar
1 small clove of garlic, minced or pressed
1 tsp chopped ginger root