Italian Vegetable and Potato Stew - | Recipe Finder

Ingredients

• 1 lg Eggplant -- peeled and cut 1-inch cubes
• 1 1/2 tb Fine sea salt
• 3 tb Olive oil or more as needed
• 1 md Onion -- chopped
• 2 Celery ribs, with leaves -chopped
• 1 Green bell pepper -- seeded -and chopped
• 2 Garlic cloves -- minced
• 3 md Boiling potatoes -- cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
• 1 cn Unsweetened tomatoes in -puree (28 oz)
• 1 c Vegetable stock
• 1/8 ts Red pepper flakes -- crushed
• 1/2 c Fresh basil -- chopped, OR 1 t Dried basil
• 1 c Mediterranean black olives -pitted and chopped