Dinner Recipe - Self Catering Style

We thought we'd share a typical dinner recipe with ya'll - something that we found very enjoyable and very simple, since we're staying in "Self Catering" accommodations with limited cooking facilities.

It was a chilly Spring evening and kind of rainy, so a perfect night for, yes, Soup.

Ingredients:
1/2 an Onion, chopped
3 small green chilis, chopped
1 can of tomatoes
1 can of butter beans (no sugar added)
4 small zucchini, diced
1 small eggplant, diced
6 medium mushrooms, sliced
Your favorite seasoning
Olive Oil

Procedure:
1) Put the pot on your "all in 1" oven/cooktop/convection oven. Turn the burner on about 4 out of a possible 6.
2) Once the pot is hot put some olive oil in the bottom and "sweat" the onion. When it's almost done, add the chilis and cook them a bit. The oil reacts with the chili and adds the essential HEAT to your soup.
3) When you're about to burn the onion, add the can of tomatoes and butter beans. Turn the heat down to 3. Stir frequently, because your mixture is trying it's darndest to stick to the bottom of the pot (and you don't have the proper cleaning tools to clean burned tomato off the bottom of the pot)
4) Add the zucchini and simmer for 7 minutes. Stir once or twice.
5) Add a pinch of your favorite seasoning (we used a garlic, oregano, Parmesan, MSG mix)
6) Add the eggplant and mushrooms, simmer for another 10-20 minutes. This step all depends upon how hungry you are. If you just can't stand it, the soup can be eaten immediately, once all the veggies are hot.
7) Top with cheese, accompany with toast, whatever leftovers you may have. The goal is to eat EVERYTHING you've purchased, no waste.

Serve with your camping utensils because your self catering unit lacks a proper serving utensil.

Accompany your soup with a good Pinottage - we tried it with a chilled Sauvignon Blanc, but the conflict of hot and cold hurt our teeth.

Once you finish your dinner, soak your pot immediately to begin loosening the burned stuff from the bottom. Finish your wine while the pot soaks. Clean up the dishes with your "all in 1" rag and camp suds or dish soap.

Cheers!