Vegetable Tian Recipe (2024)

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This was Vadim’s experiment. It was excellent. This vegetable tian is healthy and has simple ingredients; zucchini, potatoes and tomato slices, seasoned to perfection and topped with lots of parmesan cheese.

It’s been a very healthy month hasn’t it? Stuffed eggs, asparagus, trout, fruit salad, caprese skewers… Ok, I guess Boccone dolce isn’t totally healthy, but it was topped with fruit! This is perfect as a side dish for a dinner party. Try to pick proportionately sized veggies i.e. your tomato should not be twice as wide as your potato. You’ll thank me later.

Ingredients for Vegetable Tian:

1 medium yellow onion
2 large cloves of garlic, pressed
2 medium zucchini
3 roma tomatoes
2-3 russet potatoes (depending on their size)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 Tbsp thyme
1 Tbsp dill; fresh or frozen (or 1/2 Tbsp dried dill)
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Mild olive oil (2 Tbsp for onion mix, 2 Tbsp for the seasoning mix)

How to Make A Summer Vegetable Tian:

Preheat the Oven to 375˚F.
1. Prep your veggies: Slice zucchini and tomatoes about 1/4″ thick. Peel and Slice your potatoes. Chop your onion. Peal the garlic.

2. Preheat a skillet over medium heat. Add 2 Tbsp olive oil. Add onion and saute 5 minutes until onions are lightly browned, soft and translucent.

3. Press the garlic into the pan and stir for 2 minutes until fragrant. Remove from heat and transfer your mix into your baking dish.

4. In a small bowl, mix together 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1 Tbsp thyme, 1 Tbsp fresh or frozen dill (or 3/4 Tbsp if using dry dill) and 2 Tbsp olive oil.

5. Place potatoes and zucchini into a large bowl. Pour the seasoning mix over the veggies and mix to coat.

6. Arrange your veggies in your baking dish interchanging potatoes with tomatoes and zucchini. Cover with foil and bake at 375 ˚F for 35 minutes.

7. Remove foil, sprinkle with 1/2 cup parmesan cheese and bake an additional 30 minutes.

Enjoy this perfect side dish 🙂

We were happy to find another use for our Paula Deen Pie Dish. I’m so looking forward to all my mom’s wonderful garden veggies. I’ll soon be able to re-create this with heirloom tomatoes, still warm from the sun zucchini and potatoes just plucked from the dirt! Which summer veggies are you looking forward to most?

The inspiration for this came from Kristianne of Mysanfrancisco*kitchen.com.