Italian Vegetable Stew

Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 ounces green beans (fresh)
• 1 onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 small eggplant
• 2 large zucchini (or yellow squash)
• 2 bell peppers (red or green or 1 of each)
• 1 large baking potato
• 12 ounces tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
• parmesan cheese, for topping

Recipe

• 1 trim green beans and cut in half. slice the onions and peppers. mince the garlic. cut the eggplant and zucchini into 1" chunks. peel the potato and cut into 1/2" chunks.
• 2 put the green beans, onions, and garlic in a large crock pot.
• 3 mix eggplant, zucchini, peppers, potatoes, tomato sauce, olive oil, salt, italian seasoning, and crushed red pepper in a large bowl. add to crock pot.
• 4 cover and cook on low 8 hours, or high 4 hours.
• 5 serve topped with parmesan cheese.