Vegetable Tian

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil (divided)
• 1 large sweet yellow onion cut in half and sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1-2 russet potatoes, unpeeled
• 1 zucchini
• 1 yellow squash
• 3 large Roma tomatoes
• Sea salt, freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
• Dried thyme, to taste (I omitted because...I don't like thyme)
• 1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat a baking dish with olive oil cooking spray. 
2. 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. 
3. Add the garlic and cook for another 60 seconds. Spread the onion mixture on the bottom of the greased baking dish.
4. Slice the potatoes, zucchini, squash and tomatoes in 1/4 inch thick slices. 
5. Layer them alternately in the dish on top of the onions, fitting them tightly into a spiral, making only one layer. 
6. Season with sea salt, black pepper and dried thyme, to taste. Drizzle the last tablespoon of olive oil over the top.
7. Cover with tin foil and bake for 35 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.
8. Uncover and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.  Bake uncover for 25-30 more minutes.

My Changes

• First off, any changes I made are minor because this was delicious and a perfect veggie side IMO.
  
• My potatoes were way bigger than the rest of my vegetables, so mine wasn't quite as pretty as the website listed above.  Just something to think about.
• It was a bit hard to get everything in a perfect circle the way it appears in the picture above.  So mine didn't end up in a perfect one layer spiral...but that didn't affect the taste that I could tell.
• The onion/garlic mixture at the bottom of the dish didn't make it any easier to get everything lined up properly, so I might try sprinkling on top or in between the layers next time just to see what happens.
  
• I did not measure my olive oil, just kind of eye balled it.  This was good at first, but the next day when I heated up the leftovers they were a tiny bit soggy.  So definitely use the recommended amount.