Lazy Ratatouille

I've never eaten or made ratatouille from a recipe, but this is my lazy version and it is delicious.  Our CSA pickup included tomatoes, garlic, eggplant and squash so it seemed like the easiest thing to throw together for dinner tonight.  I intended to serve it with something, but instead just piled it in a bowl and devoured two servings with a single slice of toasted baguette.  I think the quality of this dish is completely dependent upon the quality of your veggies.  My veggie growers are awesome, hence my veggies are awesome.

1 (ish) Tbs olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 yellow squash, halved and sliced
1 eggplant, peeled, quartered and sliced
4 to 6 tomatoes, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Heave your olive oil in a large cast iron pot with a lid.  Add garlic and saute until just barely golden, add eggplant and squash and season with salt and saute until tender.  Add tomatoes, season again, and cover with lid and simmer for 10 to 20 minutes.  Remove lid, increase heat and boil off some of the liquid.  That's it.  Dinnertime.

The recipes that I have read included fresh basil or marjoram but I didn't have any on hand.  I thought about adding dried herbs but the taste was so good that I just served it with salt and pepper.