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Summer Vegetable Stew with Beans

Eggplant, zucchini and peppers stewed with tomatoes and white beans, good hot or warm.

Summer Vegetable Stew with Beans, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
55 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$5.29

Ingredients

  • 1 eggplant
  • 2 zucchini
  • 2 red bell pepper
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 5 clove garlic
  • 28 oz canned diced tomatoes
  • 15 oz canned cannellini beans
  • 2 tsp italian seasoning blend
  • 1/2 oz fresh basil(optional)

Method

  1. Cut the eggplant, zucchini and peppers into large chunks.

  2. Brown the eggplant in 3 tbsp olive oil over high heat until it takes color, then set it aside.

  3. Cook the onion and peppers in the remaining oil 6 minutes, then add the zucchini for 4.

  4. Add the garlic and italian seasoning, then the tomatoes and a good pinch of salt.

  5. Return the eggplant, add the drained beans and simmer 25 minutes, until everything is soft and the liquid has reduced.

  6. Taste for salt and finish with torn basil and a drizzle of olive oil.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 9 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£15.89£3.979 of 9 ingredients
Australia$33.04$8.269 of 9 ingredients
Egypt‏٧٢٤٫٤٤ ج.م.‏‏١٨١٫١١ ج.م.‏9 of 9 ingredients
Canada$41.77$10.449 of 9 ingredients
Spain10,15 €2,54 €9 of 9 ingredients
Germany18,70 €4,68 €9 of 9 ingredients
Mexico$612.51$153.139 of 9 ingredients
Austria€ 19,16€ 4,799 of 9 ingredients
United States$21.16$5.298 of 9 ingredients
New Zealand$40.15$10.048 of 9 ingredients
Greece12,83 €3,21 €8 of 9 ingredients

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