Let's Eat Our Veggies!!!!! Vegetable Spiral

Let's eat our veggies!!!! Yes, we are trying to incorporate more veggies in our meals even though we always do have salads or broccoli with them but wanted to try a wider variety of veggies. 

The other day for the first time I tried zucchini and loved it, so last night for dinner I made a dish  that had caught my attention on pinterest and it had lots of zucchini in it. It also looked really pretty and tasty. Here is the recipe and pictures for that  delicious dish, even though I always change a couple of things to make it my own. 

Vegetable Spiral

2 tbsp. olive oil (divided)

1/2 large sweet yellow onion cut in half and sliced

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1-2 russet potatoes, unpeeled

1 zucchini

1 yellow squash ( I used sweet potato)

2 large Roma tomatoes

Sea salt, freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add the onions and saute until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 60 seconds. Spread the onion mixture on the bottom of the baking dish.

Slice the potatoes, zucchini, squash and tomatoes in 1/4 inch thick slices. Layer them alternately in the dish on top of the onions, fitting them tightly into a spiral, making only one layer. Season with sea salt, black pepper to taste. Drizzle the last tablespoon of olive oil over the top. Feel free to add other spices in this too.

Cover the dish with tin foil and bake for 35 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Uncover and sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top and bake for another 25-30 minutes or until browned. Enjoy.

The top picture shows the dish all ready to go in the oven, doesn't it look pretty already!!!

This is my veggies all ready to eat, as you can see I added some shredded cheese besides the grated Parmesan ( had to do my own thing in this!!! :) )

Ohhhh!!!! this looks so good and it tasted so yummy that I would eat veggies for the rest of my life. My stomach felt light but satisfied, not bloated like sometimes it does after I finish eating. 

As you can see we ate this with some chicken made in red sauce, and it was super delicious. I encourage you to do this if you are having trouble getting someone in your family to eat his/her veggies, it's so good!!!.