Still Trucking

October 17th - I've been away for a week and not been doing a lot of cooking so the pressure was on to try out something new today. I realised that this is the first time in 50 plus years that I have kept a New Years resolultion for so long so I am determined not to blow it now. I've been trying to be good today, after a week of over indulgence so it had to be something delicious with vegetables. Caponata sounded nice. A couple of aubergines were chopped into chunks and salted for a while. Meanwhile I gently fried a sliced onion, a glove of garlic and added a tin of tomatoes, followed by 2 tablespoons of basalmic vinegar, a tablespoon of brown sugar, a couple of handfuls of sultanas, a couple of tablespoons of capers and some sliced green olives. This gave the sauce a real sweet and sour type taste. The aubergine was fried in a tablespoon of olive oil and then added to the tomato sauce. Easy.