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Game plan: If you’ve canned your own tomatoes, they can be used here. Just remove the tomatoes from their juice and dice them before proceeding with the recipe.

INGREDIENTS

1 medium eggplant, medium dice (about 6 cups)

8 tablespoons olive oil

1 medium yellow onion, coarsely chopped

4 medium garlic cloves, coarsely chopped

2 medium red, yellow, or orange bell peppers, medium dice (about 2 cups)

1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, strained

2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth or water

2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves, coarsely chopped

1/4 cup fresh Italian parsley leaves, coarsely chopped

1/3 cup fresh basil leaves, coarsely chopped

Eggplant-Pepper Tomato Sauce Recipe

Generously salt eggplant and place in a colander set in the sink. Weight it down with a bowl (the bowl should be pressing on the diced eggplant without crushing it) and set aside for 20 minutes to drain. Lightly blot eggplant with paper towels to remove excess moisture.

Heat 6 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large straight-sided skillet or 12-inch frying pan over medium heat. Once heated, add eggplant and let sit, undisturbed, until it begins to soften, about 5 minutes. Stir and continue cooking until eggplant begins to color, about 8 minutes more. Remove eggplant from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Discard any remaining oil, wipe out the pan with paper towels, return it to the stove over medium heat, and add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. When oil is hot, add onion and garlic and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Add bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until it softens and is just beginning to color, about 5 minutes.

Add browned eggplant, tomatoes, and vegetable broth or water; bring to a simmer. Add oregano and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce is slightly thickened and vegetables are very soft, about 30 minutes.

Stir in parsley and basil. Taste sauce and, if necessary, season with more salt and freshly ground black pepper.

My new call sign here in Canada was issued to me from Industry Canada.  Hope to work you with the new call.

Start Date : 2012-12-08

CallSign Used : KD2HE/VE3
Operator(s) : KD2HE/VE3

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
Band : 10M
Power : LOW
Mode : CW
Default Exchange : ON
Gridsquare : FN03HP

Name : Victor Carnuccio
Address : 375 King Street West
City/State/Zip : Toronto ON M5V 1K5
Country : Canada

ARRL Section : ON
Club/Team :
Software : N1MM Logger V12.10.3

Band QSOs Pts Mul
28 42 168 11
Total 42 168 11
Score : 1,848
Rig : IC-756 Pro III

Antennas : Hustler Mobile Whip

Start Date : 2012-11-03

CallSign Used : KD2HE/VE3
Operator(s) : KD2HE/VE3

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
Band : ALL
Power : HIGH
Mode : CW
Default Exchange : A 63 GTA
Gridsquare : FN03HP

Name : Victor Carnuccio
Address : 375 King Street West
City/State/Zip : Toronto ON M5V 1K5
Country : Canada

ARRL Section : ON
Club/Team :
Software : N1MM Logger V12.10.3

Band QSOs Pts Sec
7 147 294 46
21 65 130 22
Total 212 424 68
Score : 28,832
Rig :

Antennas : Hustler Mobile Whip up 250 feet mounted horizontally.

Soapbox : Conditions were great here.  I need to upgrade my call to VE3.  Seems there are more repeats with this /VE3 call.

Operator(s) : KD2HE/VE3

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP

Band : ALL

Power : LOW

Mode : CW

Default Exchange : 001

Gridsquare : FN03HP

Name : Victor Carnuccio

Address : 375 King Street West

City/State/Zip : Toronto ON M5V 1K5

Country : Canada

ARRL Section : ON

Club/Team :

Software : N1MM Logger V12.5.0

Band QSOs Pts Dst

14 1 3 1

21 4 12 4

28 33 99 14

Total 38 114 19

Score : 2,166

Start Date : 2012-10-13

CallSign Used : KD2HE/VE3
Operator(s) : KD2HE/VE3

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
Band : ALL
Power : LOW
Mode : CW
Default Exchange : 001 ON
Gridsquare : FN03HP

Name : Victor Carnuccio
Address : 375 King Street West
City/State/Zip : Toronto ON M5V 1K5
Country : Canada

ARRL Section : ON
Club/Team :
Software : N1MM Logger V12.5.0

Band QSOs Pts Sec
7 50 100 32
Total 50 100 32
Score : 3,200

Start Date : 2012-08-04

CallSign Used  KD2HE/VE3

Operator(s) : KD2HE/VE3

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP

Band : ALL

Power : LOW

Mode : CW

Default Exchange : Victor ON

Gridsquare : FN03HP

Name : Victor Carnuccio

Address : 375 King Street West

City/State/Zip : Toronto ON M5V 1K5

Country : Canada

ARRL Section : ON

Club/Team :

Software : N1MM Logger V12.5.0

Band QSOs Pts Sec

7 33 33 17 0

21 25 25 8 0

Total 58 58 25 0

Score : 1,450