Quick Stove Top Ratatouille With Feta

• 1 red bell pepper (optional)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 onion, roughly chopped
• 1 large clove garlic, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1 small eggplant, skin on, diced
• 1 small yellow squash or zucchini, quartered lengthwise and then roughly chopped
• 1 teaspoon lemon thyme
• 1 ear sweet corn, cut off the cob
• juice of one half lemon
• 3 ounces feta cheese, crumbled roughly
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Using tongs, char the red pepper directly over the stove top flame. I set my pepper right on the burner; and turned as the pepper nicely charred. Remove from the stove top flame and place in a paper bag to cool while you prepare the vegetables.
2. Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add the onions and garlic and saute until they start to sweat. Add the crushed red pepper and stir for 1 minute. Add the eggplant and continue to saute - you want all the vegetables to be lightly and beautifully browned. Then add the squash. Continue to brown, and then add the thyme. After a little more browning, add the salt and pepper to taste. (Remember that the feta will add more saltiness.)
3. While the vegetables are sauteing, remove the charred skin from the red pepper, but allow a little of the char to remain on the pepper. Dice, and add to the vegetable mixture.
4. Add the lemon juice. Stir everything together.
5. Add the sweet corn, and immediately follow with the feta cheese. Stir the mixture very briefly to allow the cheese to melt slightly.
6. Serve heated or at room temperature - it's nice both ways. Serve with a nice bread and glass of white wine. This is a very satisfying meal for one person, and delicious for two with another small side dish.

red bell pepper, olive oil, onion, clove garlic, red pepper, eggplant, zucchini, lemon thyme, sweet corn, lemon, feta cheese, salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/18318-quick-stove-top-ratatouille-with-feta (may not work)