This fun dish will have your children doing two things that might otherwise be impossible – eating their vegetables and learning a science lesson at the same time. For a more hearty meal, make some of their favorite pasta and serve it with the extra sauce.

--4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
--2 cups Italian bread crumbs
--2 eggs
--2 tablespoons melted butter
--1.5 cups olive oil
--1 28 ounce can tomato sauce
--1 28 ounce can peeled tomatoes (either Italian or plain)
--1 unpeeled eggplant
--1 unpeeled yellow squash
--1 unpeeled zucchini
--1 cup baby carrots
--1 cup cauliflower
--2 cups shredded provolone cheese (or if you can’t find shredded provolone, cut 12 slices of provolone cheese into thin strips)
--2 cups ricotta cheese
--A few drops of blue food coloring

--Heat the olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat.

--Beat the eggs into the melted butter. Dredge the chicken in it, then coat it with the bread crumbs.

--Fry the chicken in the heated olive oil for about 10-15 minutes or until done.

--Meantime, cut the yellow squash, eggplant and zucchini into half-inch slices.

--Cook all the vegetables EXCEPT THE CAULIFLOWER in the microwave in a large bowl covered with plastic wrap for about five minutes (the vegetables should be tender but not mushy) and keep warm when done.

--Cook the cauliflower to the same tenderness separately.

--Combine the ricotta cheese and provolone in a separate bowl.

--Put the finished, fried chicken in a greased baking dish.

--Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

--Either clean the skillet you fried the chicken in or get a new skillet large enough for the two cans of tomatoes. Heat the tomato sauces to a low boil in this skillet.

--Add the sauce to the bowl you cooked the vegetables EXCEPT THE CAULIFLOWER in.

--Spoon or the pour the sauce over the chicken and then top the chicken with the provolone and ricotta cheese mixture.

--Cover with the chicken dish with foil and cook at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes.

--Meantime, spoon some cauliflower onto a serving plate and add the few drops of blue food coloring.

--When the chicken is done, add it to same serving plate and bring it to the table.

See how long it takes your children to spot all the colors of the rainbow in this dish.

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