Grilled Eggplant with Fresh Basil

I love grilling fresh vegetables in the summertime, it's easy and fun too. This took no time at all and I topped this grilled eggplant with fresh basil, it was to die for!

Ingredients:
- 1 eggplant, sliced thin
- olive oil
- garlic powder
- salt
- pepper
- handful of freshly chopped basil

To Make:
Heat a grill pan on the stove (or the grill outside) If your grilling inside, drizzle olive oil liberally in the bottom before heating the pan, that way the eggplant won't stick.

Lay the eggplant in the grill pan once the pan is semi-hot. Drizzle liberally with salt and season with black pepper and garlic powder. Drizzle olive oil overtop of the eggplant as well. Allow this to grill on medium heat for about 10 minutes. Keep checking to make sure it's not burning or cooking too quickly, if so, reduce the heat.

You can also cover the grill pan also. Check after 6-7 minutes. If the color looks good, flip them.

Remove once the eggplant is very tender (to taste).

Finish with one last drizzle of olive oil and top with fresh basil.