Giada Made Pasta, but No Recipe

One of the sad things about catching some of my favorite chefs on Foodtv is that you can't always get the recipe.

Today, Giada De Laurentiis on Everyday Italian made a fantastic looking roasted eggplant, garlic & cherry tomato pasta. And the truth is, one probably doesn't really need a recipe for it.

She roasted the veggies with a little olive oil, salt & pepper and 1 tsp of red chili pepper flakes at 400F/200C until the tomatoes started to split and the eggplant cubes were soft. I came in late, so I'm not sure about the timing, probably about 30 minutes or so. Then she pulsed it all in a food processor with a small bunch of fresh mint, tossed it with cooked rigatoni and grated some Parmesan over top.

Delicioso...but still...what if I only showed up in the last five minutes? What if someone else just told me about it? Wouldn't it be nice if we could actually get a recipe?

Anyway, enough whining and the dish did look awesome...Wow, I just found the recipe here on food network. com

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