Vegetable Fantasy, a tasty recipe that uses up leftover bread (Photo)

A simple, nutritious, and truly delicious dish that also allows you to use up leftover stale bread.

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FANTASY VEGETABLE RECIPE –

Let's talk about "cooking without wasting" again with a truly delicious recipe that allows you to reuse all the leftover vegetables in the refrigerator: the vegetarian fantasy with crumbs.

This empty-the-fridge recipe allows you to create a different recipe every time. Depending on the type of vegetables used and the quantities, this delicious dish will always be fresh and delightfully unique.

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BREADCRUMBS RECIPE –

Once the vegetables are cooked in the wok, briefly so they stay nice and crispy, sprinkle them with delicious stale breadcrumbs: you can use homemade bread, rye bread, whole grain bread, or sesame bread. Fry the breadcrumbs in a pan with boiling extra virgin olive oil until golden, then sprinkle them over the vegetables.

FANTASTIC VEGETABLE RECIPE WITH BREADCRUMBS –

This vegetarian version with breadcrumbs is a great side dish for steamed, grilled, or pan-fried white meat or fish dishes, as well as a nice cheese and/or cured meat platter. Depending on your taste, you can also pair this dish with rosemary focaccia. It's also ideal as a snack. appetizer served warm or cold accompanied by a glass of tomato juice.

Ingredients

  • 1 eggplant
  • 1 courgette
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 2 spring onions
  • 2 copper tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons of Taggiasca olives
  • 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 level tablespoons of breadcrumbs
  • Salt to taste

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Preparation

- Wash, dry and cut the aubergine into cubes.

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- Wash and dry the plum tomatoes, and dice them. Peel the spring onions and slice them thickly.

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- Wash, dry and cut into pieces the pepper.

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- Do the same with the courgette.

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- Pour 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into a wok, let it heat and then add the diced aubergine.

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- Brown over medium-low heat.

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- Then add the spring onions and tomatoes.

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- Cook for 3 minutes and then add the pepper.

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- Then add the courgette and season with salt.

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- Finally, combine the olive Taggiasca.

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- Mix and continue cooking over low heat, stirring often.

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- After 10 minutes turn off the heat.

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- Meanwhile, pour the remaining extra virgin olive oil into a non-stick pan. Heat it and add the bread crumbs.

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- Let it brown over a high flame and then turn off the heat.

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- Divide the vegetables between individual plates and sprinkle with golden breadcrumbs. Serve the Vegetarian Fantasy with the breadcrumbs and enjoy!

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