French Veggie Loaf

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 eggplant, cubed
• 1 tomato, seeded and diced
• 1 small zucchini, diced
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan.

Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook and stir shallot, garlic, green bell pepper, eggplant, tomato, and zucchini until soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Season vegetables with a sprinkling of salt and black pepper as they cook.

Whisk self-rising flour with eggs and milk in a large mixing bowl until smoothly combined; whisk in olive oil. Gently fold vegetables into flour mixture; stir in Swiss cheese. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Bake loaf in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in the pan before removing to finish cooling on a wire rack; slice when cooled.