My husband and I used to cook a lot...now we have a personal chef that brings us food on Mondays. We're lazy. Anyway, we loved to make baingan bharta, an Indian eggplant dish. You add sriracha to taste to make it as spicy as you want it (not Indian, but we liked it hot!)
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2009/...arta-eggplant/
We also are huge tofu fans. Get firm tofu and slice it thick. Place it on paper towels and press it out with a sheet pan weighted down with heavy cans to get out some liquid. Pan fry it and serve with spicy teriyaki sauce (Target makes a good one.) I usually reserved two slices to cut up and mix with a boxed Pad Thai mix. They are pretty decent. Instant vegetarian meal.