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This vegetable dish is great as an addition to your main dish.  Add with your chicken breast or fish and it delivers full taste without a lot of calories.  Dice up your meat and add it directly into the dish for a super supper.

Ratatouille

3/4 lb eggplant, cut into 1/2" cubes

2 tbs. olive oil, divided

1 medium onion, roughly chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 each red pepper and tomato, cut into 1/2" pieces

2 zucchini, cut into 1/2" pieces

1 tbs dried basil

• In saucepan over medium heat, cook eggplant add pinch of salt and pepper in 1 tbs.oil 5 min., stirring often: remove from pan.  In same pan over medium-high heat, cook onions in 1 tbs. oil 3 min.
• Add last 5 ingredients: cook mixture 5 min., stirring occasionally.
• Stir in eggplant: reduce heat to low.  Cover and cook 5 min.