Mama's Pisto

Don't want to throw away YESTERDAY'S veggies? Well, you don't have to. Make pisto!

Pisto is a great home cooked recipe born in the small towns of Spain. It's similar to France's Ratatouille but less chunky. Let's start.

Ingredients:

(usually consists of left over veggies)

1 zucchini (green squash)

1 green bell pepper

1 red bell pepper

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

1 egg

2 teaspoons of sea salt

4 tablespoons of olive oil

1 teaspoon of parsley

1 teaspoon of ground black pepper

1 teaspoon of oregano

1/2 a small can of tomato sauce

1 cup of white rice

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Instructions:

Step 1: While your white rice is boiling you can begin to cut all the veggies and separate them into small containers/bowls.

Step 2: Heat up a pan to a medium high and add the onion, garlic, and a drizzle of olive oil and let it simmer for about 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 3: Then start placing the harder veggies in first, such as the bell peppers. When those begin to tenderize, drop in the softer vegetables like the squash. Let it cook for another 5 minutes.

Step 4: Now you can add the sea salt, black pepper, parsley, oregano. Cook for 5 more minutes.

Step 5: Stir constantly and let vegetable almost melt into the pan.

Step 6: Once they have all tenderized, you place in a small amount of tomato sauce and stir ferociously until the vegetables and sauce become one. Stir and let it cook for about 3 minutes.

Step 7: Drop an egg into the pan and stir in the egg. The egg will almost immediately begin to congeal. This should take about 2 minutes.

Step 8: Stir, stir and stir. Turn the stove off and let it sit. Once it's cooled down you can add it to a bed of white or brown rice. The sweet taste of veggies sitting on top of a mountain of smooth rice will make your tummy feel like you're 12 again at home with Momma!

Enjoy!