As I mentioned in Eating in Color: Blue, truly blue fruits and vegetables are pretty darn rare. Occasionally you can get your hands on a blue potato or something, but for the sake of accessibility, we're going to stay a little more mainstream and put a deep purple vegetable in the spotlight instead: eggplant.

Try this tasty recipe for a healthful vegetarian meal!

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This wonderful vegetarian dinner was easy to make. It used 15 different vegetables and only took about 15 minutes to prep. The baking time was 1-1/2 hours - and it was unattended. The house smelled wonderful and now we have leftovers for tomorrow, too.