ratatouille

[Guest guest]

Am I the only parent eating ratatouille in the last week since the movie

came out? :-)

 

My 12-year-old saw the movie Friday night, loved it and _had_ to make

ratatouille. She came home and researched several recipes. With my

help, we made it for dinner tonight. Some of you old timers will

remember a year ago when we discussed mandolin slicers. I bought the

brand (Borner) that several of you liked and felt was reasonably safe,

but I hadn't used it until today.

 

Boy, was it fun! My daughter really wanted the layered ratatouille like

they had in the movie and not a " stew-like " ratatouille. So I made

beautifully thin slices of zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, orange

bell pepper, red onion, tomato. She layered it in a casserole with

herbs (rosemary, thyme, parsley), salt, olive oil, tomato sauce, and

some parmesan cheese between the layers. She cut some parchment paper

to fit the casserole and then we popped it in a 350 degree oven for 45

minutes. It came out pretty well and she was delighted. I now have

loads of leftover paper-thin sliced veggies, so I guess it's going to be

veggie soup tomorrow.

 

We served it on brown rice. For dessert I made the berry-peach cobbler

featured in this month's issue of Cooking Light, cause this was my

birthday dinner. That was a very yummy recipe. Oh, it will be hard not

to gobble the rest of that up tomorrow. :-)

 

Sharon