Vegetable Caponata

(You will need: eggplant, zucchini, kale, white button mushrooms, 2 tomatoes, tomato sauce, extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper & (optional) Parmesan cheese )

1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees

2) Dice eggplant into square pieces and slice zucchini is half circles

3) Place sliced eggplant and zucchini on baking pan and drizzle olive oil, salt and pepper- Place in oven and cook for 45 minutes mixing up occasionally

4) Wipe mushrooms with wet paper towel and slice up

5) In medium sauté pan heat olive oil

6) When oil is hot, add mushrooms, salt and pepper and cook until mushrooms weep

7) Rip up kale, wash and dry with paper towel- put to the side

8) Slice up tomatoes into square chunks

9) When eggplant and zucchini are ready, take out of oven and place in large pot on stove at low-medium heat

10) Add kale, mushrooms and tomato chunks to large pot

11) Add 2/3 cup tomato sauce to veggie mixture and use spoon to combine altogether

12) When mixture is nicely combined, put in bowl and enjoy! Sprinkle Parmesan on top if you chose to add it.