Foody Friday - Ratatouille

Have you seen the movie Ratatouille?

It's a pretty cute movie about a rat who likes to cook and helps out a hopeless chef in a Paris restaurant. For the most part I loved this movie, but the scene where hundreds of rats are scurrying through the kitchen at night made me shiver....I don't care if they DID wash their hands. EEWWW!

So in the movie Little Rat Chef fixes up the dish Ratatouille. It looked yummy to me but of course Pixar can make anything look good can't they? Well, except for a herd of rats crawling over grapes and cheese; they couldn't pull that one off. Purse Gurl left her Culinary Cookbook from Johnson and Wales at my house (or maybe it just slipped out of her bags when she was packing...whoops) and I found a recipe for Ratatouille! I couldn't resist. A dish full of vegetables to eat all on my own because I really doubt anyone in my family will be too interested in it.

Ratatouille!

Olive oil

onions

garlic

tomatoes

eggplant

zuchinni

green beans

tomato sauce (unseasoned)

salt

pepper

Dice up all your veggies. Now it would have much better if I'd had fresh green beans and tomatoes but canned worked really well too.

Heat olive oil in a skillet and saute onions until they are clear. Add the rest of the veggies and saute for about 5 more minutes. Stir in the tomato sauce and season. Pssst...go easy on the salt because the veggies will quickly absorb the flavor.

Then stick it in a 350 degree oven until veggies are tender, 30-40 minutes.

This tasted even better than it looked! I had two heaping servings. And guess what! Yip, my picky eater, even said it was good!! Jackpot!!

This is a recipe I think any combination of veggies could be used. Peppers, corn, peas...whatever floats your boat. I'm thinking next time of adding some ground sausage before I put it in the oven. The possibilities are endless!