Ratatouille

Ratatouille

This is a recipe Dean first made for me as a surprise date. I had a long and terrible day at work and was really not looking forward to going home and cooking dinner. To my pleasant surprise, as soon as I walked in the door I smelled a delicious dinner already in the oven with the Disney movie Ratatouille on the counter. We ate this delicious, vegetarian, French dish and then got to snuggle up on the couch to watch the movie. Let's just say it made my whole day better! So, without further adieu, here is the recipe adapted from: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/disneys-ratatouille/. 

Ingredients:

Sauce:

1- 6 oz can tomato paste

1 Tbl. dried onion

1/4 cup minced garlic

3/4 cup water

1 tsp olive oil

Brown sugar to taste

Salt to taste (about a tsp.)

Pepper to taste

1-3 dashes cayenne pepper

Veggies: 

1 red pepper, sliced

1 yellow pepper, sliced

1 orange pepper, sliced

1 eggplant, thinly sliced and cut into triangular pieces 

1 zucchini, thinly sliced

1 yellow squash, thinly sliced

3 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced

Oregano, coriander, thyme, basil, salt, and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375. Mix sauce ingredients together and place in the bottom of a greased 8x11 casserole dish.

2. Sprinkle spices over veggies and mix them together. Place veggies on top of sauce in alternating order (pepper slice, eggplant slice, tomato slice, pepper slice, squash slice, pepper slice, zucchini slice, etc.)--and if you are feeling lazy and don't care how beautiful it looks, you can just quickly spread the veggies over the top.   

3. Cover with tin foil and cook for about 35 minutes. Remove the tin foil and cook for 10 more minutes or until the veggies are tender and roasted. Enjoy! :)