Balkan Vegetable Stew

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 medium onions sliced
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 each carrots sliced
• 1 small zucchini sliced
• 2 cups green beans
• 1 small eggplant cubed
• unpeeled
• 1 large green bell peppers cut in strips
• 1 small cabbage
• 1 small cauliflower florets
• 1 can tomatoes cut up

Instructions

1. In medium saucepan in hot oil saute onions and garlic 3 minutes.
2. Add broth, sa lt, thyme, basil and pepper.
3. Combine remaining ingredients except Sauce in large casserole (shred cabbage coarse).
4. Bring broth mixture to boil and pour over vegetables .
5. Cover; bake in preheated oven (350 degrees) for 30 minutes or un til vegetables are tender.
6. Serve hot or cold with Toasted Walnut Sauce.