While this dish is a staple dish in Filipino homes, I think every household has their own version of this Pinakbet popular dish seasoned to their tastes. Filled with wonderful vegetables it is traditionally seasoned with a fermented fish paste or shrimp paste. Often made with pork, feel free to add it if you like. We are lucky here to have many Filipino vendors at our farmers markets who will often times have bags of mixed vegetables already cut ready for stew making.