Kamikoto knives are designed for chefs and serious home cooks, and I used one when chopping up a large eggplant for my new Cheesy Eggplant Bake recipe. It's amazing how much more enjoyable cooking is when you have high-quality tools, and this knife from our sponsor was no exception!
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About Kamikoto High-End Knives
The Kamikoto 神箏 Kanpeki Knife Set is handcrafted from high-quality steel from Honshu 本州, Japan and rigorously quality tested to ensure that it meets the distinction and caliber of Kamikoto 神箏.
The Kamikoto 神箏 Kanpeki Knife Set that we gave away includes one slicing knife (8.5 inches long), one vegetable knife (7 inches long), and one utility knife (5 inches long) to tackle the smaller, more intricate chores in the kitchen. Each knife is precision balanced and weighted for optimal form and long-lasting performance, and each blade is carefully tapered on one side and hollow ground on the other. Both handle and blade are satin finished, and the entire set is presented in a natural-colored ash wood box for safe storage and keeping.
And if you'd like to make the recipe, which is a pretty quick and easy crowd pleaser, here you go!
Cheesy Eggplant Bake
Ingredients
- 1 large eggplant (about 2 pounds, cut into 1-inch cubes)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- salt (to taste)
- pepper (to taste)
- 1 32-ounce jar marinara sauce
- 6 ounces mozzarella cheese (shredded)
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese (freshly grated)
- whole-wheat pasta (cooked, for serving)
- basil (fresh, for serving)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Heat the olive oil in your largest skillet over medium heat. Add the cubed eggplant and cook while stirring until it darkens in color, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Pour half the marinara sauce in the bottom of a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Shake it around to ensure it's evenly spread. Add the eggplant on top.
- Sprinkle all but ½ cup of the shredded mozzarella on top of the eggplant, pour in the rest of the sauce, and top it with the remaining mozzarella and grated parmesan.
- Bake until bubbly and golden brown, about 25 - 30 minutes. Serve warm over whole-wheat noodles and topped with fresh basil.
Notes
- Gluten free when using gluten-free pasta for serving.
- We recommend organic ingredients when feasible.
Nutrition Facts
Angela Lowery says
I would use these knives to chop all the delicious vegetables from our CSA!
Becca Wells says
As a mom of three children under the age of 5 I have lots of cutting to do. Everything has to be bite sized for all of them from the 14 month old to the 5 year old. Plus, I love to cook; and from scratch as much as possible. So my knifes have to cut everything from produce to cheese to bread. Facebook.
Christina H says
I could used a new set of knifes! Mine are not very sharp and some I had to throw out do to rust!
Karen says
I would use the knives for meal prep and cutting fruits and vegetables. Cutting up pineapples is not an easy task with my current knives! lol
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Beth G says
My knives get dull so easily. I'd love to have some quality knives to use in my daily cooking. Winter squash especially is so challenging to cut with dull/cheap knives!
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Melissa Koeppel says
My daughter has recently become vegan, and it involves a lot of veggie chopping. I would adore a new set of excellent knives.
Cherie says
I would use the knives for cutting fresh tomatoes and would love to be able to without smashing the tomato as i do it!!!!
Jennifer says
I love to cook, and a quality knife is essential in the kitchen! I hope to use these knives to prepare meals using fresh produce from my garden!
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Laurel says
I would use those knives everyday on everything I could - they look great.
Amanda Ersland says
I'd use them for meal prep every day. Facebook
Danielle says
Just starting out on the real food journey and would enjoy using them to prep some healthy delicious meals!
tami says
I would use them for the stir fry's, I love so much. facebook
Julie Breese says
Would love a wonderful knife set for our kitchen! What a great giveaway!
Kindra Mazzuca says
I'd love to use them for ratatouille!
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Jennifer Johansen says
I'd share the knives with my husband because we love to cook together. One of our favorite would be chopping chicken and veggies for fajitas!
Stephanie Hungerford says
I would love to use these knives for all my meal prep...three meals a day for my family of five!
Cheryl Casciani says
I have literally worn out my set of Henckels knives and need to replace them. This Kamikoto 神箏 Kanpeki Knife Set sounds like the perfect replacement, certainly several steps up from what I've been using. I cut large amounts of veggies daily for juicing. I recently moved into a new home with a built in grill, so I'll use these knives to cut a variety of meats and other foods for grilling. I'm retired & on a fixed income, so these would be a great treat to win. Thank you for this opportunity.
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Scott Greiner says
Using these to prepare my ribs, pork butt and burnt ends for the smoker would be AWESOME!!!! Also a great set of knives for my daughter to continue learning and helping me in the kitchen. FACEBOOK!
Sara Eichten says
Now that I have a kitchen again, I would love a new set of knives to make this delicious recipe and many others!
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Joanna says
I would love to make ceviche and cut up the fish, cilantro, lives, onion, mint with these knives!
Kay Brown says
We have a garden--these knives would be great to chop fresh veggies!
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Stacia Hoelscher says
I would use these knives to cook healthy meals for my family!
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Faith Scott says
I love making sushi, and of course a sharp knife is highly necessary for cutting the roll apart. It looks like these knives are good for a lot of different things though! Summer watermelon and winter squash would be nice to cut with a nice big knife like the one you're using to cut the eggplant.
Kathy hanson says
These knives would be great for our kitchen. The ones we have are not very safe to use. These look like the perfect answer to safely and efficiently chop and slice all the ingredients for tasty and healthy recipes!
Emily says
I want to use them for everything! I use knives daily, and it makes such a huge difference to have a quality knife!
Christy H says
I love to cook at home! These knives would get used daily in all of my cooking endeavors. I've only ever had cheap knives, it would be a blessing to have good quality knives.
Alice says
I have horrible knives at home. These knives would be fabulous to cook with.
Selina McGinn says
It's funny that you are having this giveaway today because my husband and I have been researching knives to replace our mismatch, dull ones. I would use these knives for everything including the Cheesy Eggplant Bake you shared. Eggplant, acorn squash, pineapple, and watermelon are so hard to cut. Thanks.
Leslie says
I'd love to use the knives to cut all my summer fruit!
Jen T. says
The knife set my husband and I got for our wedding nine years ago isn't holding up well at all. I've been saying I'd LOVE to get new knives, and this set would be AMAZING...and seems like it would last for a much longer time!
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Kala says
Wanting to win this knife set to complete our first kitchen together as a married couple!! Our love for cooking healthy meals brought us together so our kitchen is the most sacred room in our new home!!
Amanda says
I would love to have these knives! I imagine they would cut even the most challenging veggies!
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Michelle Smolowitz says
I'd love to use the knife to chop onions and garlic, which I use in almost all my recipes!!
carey g. says
I see lots of slicing and dicing summer veggies!
Danielle says
I would love to have these knives to chop herbs and slice summer tomatoes!