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Tomato, Squash, and Eggplant Tian

Article written and reviewed by Cyrus Khambatta, PhD
Published December 1, 2017
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Get ready for a guilt-free, gourmet eating experience!
Traditional tians are breaded and fried. This eggplant tian is roasted to reduce the fat per serving. The roasting also lends a sweet note to this savory dish. Enjoy!
Recipe photo by: Maria Baath of All Things Green.

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Tomato, Squash, and Eggplant Tian

Get ready for a guilt-free, gourmet eating experience!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 4
Calories 137 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 8 medium tomatoes, sliced thin
  • 1 red onion sliced thin
  • 3 medium zucchini sliced thin (yields 3 1/2 cups sliced)
  • 1 medium eggplant
  • 2 tsp rosemary, fresh
  • 2 tsp thyme, fresh
  • 1 tbsp garlic, minced
  • 1 lemon, juiced

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
  • Combine the vegetables in a large bowl and season with pepper, to taste. Sprinkle vegetables with 1-2 Tbsp water, then sprinkle with chopped rosemary and thyme leaves. Toss gently with lemon juice and garlic.
  • In a 13x9 baking dish, arrange the vegetable slices in rows in the following order: tomato, eggplant, tomato, squash, onion, tomato, eggplant, tomato, etc. Each eggplant slice should be touching a tomato slice on either side. Do not lie the vegetables flat; try to stack them when arranging them in the dish (with the rounds slanting to one side after arranged in dish).
  • Add extra herb sprigs to the dish. Pour any juice left in the bowl on top the vegetables in the dish and tightly cover with tinfoil.
  • Put the preheated oven to bake for 1 hour. After 1 hour, remove the foil and continue to bake for another 30 minutes until the vegetables are completely tender and slightly colored on the edges.

Nutrition

Serving: 2gCalories: 137kcalCarbohydrates: 22.4gProtein: 5.7gFat: 1.2gFiber: 8.5g
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About the author 

Cyrus Khambatta, PhD

Cyrus Khambatta, PhD is a New York Times bestselling co-author of Mastering Diabetes: The Revolutionary Method to Reverse Insulin Resistance Permanently in Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes.

He is the co-founder of Mastering Diabetes and Amla Green, and is an internationally recognized nutrition and fitness coach who has been living with type 1 diabetes since 2002. He co-created the Mastering Diabetes Method to reverse insulin resistance in all forms of diabetes, and has helped more than 10,000 people improve their metabolic health using low-fat, plant-based, whole-food nutrition, intermittent fasting, and exercise.

Cyrus earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003, then earned a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 2012. He is the co-author of many peer-reviewed scientific publications.

He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at the Plant-Based Nutrition and Healthcare Conference (PBNHC), the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Conference (ACLM), Plant Stock, the Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and has been featured on The Doctors, NPR, KQED, Forks Over Knives, Healthline, Fast Company, Diet Fiction, and the wildly popular podcasts the Rich Roll Podcast, Plant Proof, MindBodyGreen, and Nutrition Rounds.

Scientific Publications:

Sarver, Jordan, Cyrus Khambatta, Robby Barbaro, Bhakti Chavan, and David Drozek. “Retrospective Evaluation of an Online Diabetes Health Coaching Program: A Pilot Study.” American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, October 15, 2019, 1559827619879106. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827619879106

Shrivastav, Maneesh, William Gibson, Rajendra Shrivastav, Katie Elzea, Cyrus Khambatta, Rohan Sonawane, Joseph A. Sierra, and Robert Vigersky. “Type 2 Diabetes Management in Primary Care: The Role of Retrospective, Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring.” Diabetes Spectrum: A Publication of the American Diabetes Association 31, no. 3 (August 2018): 279–87. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds17-0024

Thompson, Airlia C. S., Matthew D. Bruss, John C. Price, Cyrus F. Khambatta, William E. Holmes, Marc Colangelo, Marcy Dalidd, et al. “Reduced in Vivo Hepatic Proteome Replacement Rates but Not Cell Proliferation Rates Predict Maximum Lifespan Extension in Mice.” Aging Cell 15, no. 1 (February 2016): 118–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.12414

Roohk, Donald J., Smita Mascharak, Cyrus Khambatta, Ho Leung, Marc Hellerstein, and Charles Harris. “Dexamethasone-Mediated Changes in Adipose Triacylglycerol Metabolism Are Exaggerated, Not Diminished, in the Absence of a Functional GR Dimerization Domain.” Endocrinology 154, no. 4 (April 2013): 1528–39. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2011-1047

Price, John C., Cyrus F. Khambatta, Kelvin W. Li, Matthew D. Bruss, Mahalakshmi Shankaran, Marcy Dalidd, Nicholas A. Floreani, et al. “The Effect of Long Term Calorie Restriction on in Vivo Hepatic Proteostatis: A Novel Combination of Dynamic and Quantitative Proteomics.” Molecular & Cellular Proteomics: MCP 11, no. 12 (December 2012): 1801–14.
https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.M112.021204

Bruss, Matthew D., Airlia C. S. Thompson, Ishita Aggarwal, Cyrus F. Khambatta, and Marc K. Hellerstein. “The Effects of Physiological Adaptations to Calorie Restriction on Global Cell Proliferation Rates.” American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism 300, no. 4 (April 2011): E735-745. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00661.2010

Bruss, Matthew D., Cyrus F. Khambatta, Maxwell A. Ruby, Ishita Aggarwal, and Marc K. Hellerstein. “Calorie Restriction Increases Fatty Acid Synthesis and Whole Body Fat Oxidation Rates.” American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism 298, no. 1 (January 2010): E108-116.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00524.2009