Vege Bake

Firstly, I suck at keeping up to date on this blog. I have been very busy since my last post with a few days in NYC (first time..it was exhilarating!) and lots of school work. I have however been cooking as usual. Before I left to NYC I had a few vegetables laying around my kitchen so I figured I may as well put them to good use. This time around it was SUPER basic but, ended with something with a lot of heat and copious amounts of flavour.

The ingredients I ended up with were:
Cayenne, Paprika, Oregano, Pepper, Cumin
Ginger (Seriously one of the most versatile foods in the world)
Miso salad dressing (My roommate made a lot and it was delicious, so why not)
Olive oil
Eggplant (these are growing on me!)
Red peppers
Chick peas
Tomatoes
Feta cheese (Because life is too short)
and some Quinoa for filler!

Sliced up the eggplant!

 Threw in some seasoning with a slurp of oil

 Added the miso dressing to optimize on blowing my tastebuds

Red pepper looks really boring

 Started to assemble in semi-creative manor. I had no idea where I was going with it at this point

 Figured I could use more ginger in my life (I have it with everything..)

 Found some tomatoes hiding in the back of the fridge..not on my watch!

Added the tomatoes and emptied a can of chick peas in.

 Let this bake at 400 for 20ish minutes. Still wondering what the hell I am doing

 Obviously this meal needs some quinoa!

 It was looking a little dark and angry so i cut up some feta cubes.

I let it bake for another 20 minutes. The apartment started to smell pretty delicious. This is the final product: proving that vegetables can be exciting even without their better half (meat). 

Overall, this turned out better than I had expected. I learned a valuable lesson from it as well: do not underestimate cayenne powder. I may have added a little too much, to the point where I was sweating. Leftovers were however much tamer which is glorious because it can get awkward when you're in the library perspiring with every mouthful. 

Also, amazing music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSK8LKLr6sY&list=PL8FA9CF75724C904C&index=3&feature=plpp_video

Max Graham has been a favorite of mine since I was first introduced to his remix of DT8 Project's Winter. Definitely worth spending an hour out of your day!