3 pasta feta cheese eggplant nuts Recipes

onion, olive oil, eggplant (about 1 lb), dried rigatoni pasta (such as penne or fusilli) or 6 oz other short pasta (such as penne or fusilli), fresh ground black pepper, crumbled chevre cheese (goat cheese) (optional) or 2 tbsp feta cheese (optional), fresh italian parsley, sun-dried tomato packed in oil , reserving oil (about 3/4 of a 7-oz jar), olive oil , to equal 1/2 cup, garlic cloves, chopped, pine nuts or 1/4 cup slivered almonds, snipped fresh basil or 1 tbsp dried basil, crushed, salt

eggplants (diced ), penne pasta (or whatever you have available!), olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic cloves, crushed, freshly chopped mint leaf, salt, white pepper, feta cheese, grated coarsely, unsalted dry-roasted cashews