Anne's Ratatouille Recipe for Eating Healthy Nutritious Food with the URI FEAST
Posted Apr 30 2008 11:01pm
Here's a great winter recipe from Anne http://www.cookingwithanne.blogspot.com/ She's famous in her own rite...as you'll see from all the folks who love her site. The recipe is very simple and is a nutritious delight!
Below, Anne provides a few tips before preparing and cooking your Ratatouille:
The ingredients are as straightforward as the cooking method, but I'd like to add a few pointers. Zucchini can be bitter and there's no real way to know ahead of time if it will be or not, but, in general, the smaller and shinier zucchini tend to be OK as well as commercially grown zucchini that have been grown under controlled conditions. Eggplant can also be bitter and smaller, shinier fruits are the best bet here, too. If the eggplant is still bitter, cube it and toss into a colander. Salt it liberally and let sit for an hour or two to drain. Press it well with a towel to remove excess liquid before cooking.
This is my recipe for ratatouille and we like it very much at room temperature with a baguette or served with a simple sautéed chicken breast.
Ratatouille: 1 medium onion, peeled and diced 1 clove garlic, minced 3 T olive oil 1 small eggplant cubed 1 medium zucchini cubed 1 medium green pepper seeded and diced 2 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped 1 t each fresh basil and oregano, minced 1 t salt 1 T parsley chopped 1/3 c Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent.Add remaining ingredients except cheese and herbs and stir well. Cook on low, stirring once in awhile, about 30 minutes until tender and liquid has evaporated.Remove from heat and stir in cheese. Serve warm or cold or anywhere in between.
Here at "Eating Healthy Nutritious Food with the URI FEAST", I want you to be encouraged to move forward with your goals of getting and staying healthy. You'll see as you look over some of my previous posts that I believe in true whole food nutrition. If you are having trouble staying on track with your goals for healthy living, there is a multitude of help to be found...not just here on my blog but also within the links that I've provided on the left side of the site.
And if you're asking yourself..."What in the world is the URI FEAST?", simply go over to the link for it on the left and give it a look.
She's famous in her own rite...as you'll see from all the folks who love her site. The recipe is very simple and is a nutritious delight!
Below, Anne provides a few tips before preparing and cooking your Ratatouille:
The ingredients are as straightforward as the cooking method, but I'd like to add a few pointers. Zucchini can be bitter and there's no real way to know ahead of time if it will be or not, but, in general, the smaller and shinier zucchini tend to be OK as well as commercially grown zucchini that have been grown under controlled conditions. Eggplant can also be bitter and smaller, shinier fruits are the best bet here, too. If the eggplant is still bitter, cube it and toss into a colander. Salt it liberally and let sit for an hour or two to drain. Press it well with a towel to remove excess liquid before cooking.
This is my recipe for ratatouille and we like it very much at room temperature with a baguette or served with a simple sautéed chicken breast.
Ratatouille:
1 medium onion, peeled and diced
1 clove garlic, minced
3 T olive oil
1 small eggplant cubed
1 medium zucchini cubed
1 medium green pepper seeded and diced
2 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 t each fresh basil and oregano, minced
1 t salt
1 T parsley chopped
1/3 c Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent.Add remaining ingredients except cheese and herbs and stir well. Cook on low, stirring once in awhile, about 30 minutes until tender and liquid has evaporated.Remove from heat and stir in cheese. Serve warm or cold or anywhere in between.
Here at "Eating Healthy Nutritious Food with the URI FEAST", I want you to be encouraged to move forward with your goals of getting and staying healthy. You'll see as you look over some of my previous posts that I believe in true whole food nutrition. If you are having trouble staying on track with your goals for healthy living, there is a multitude of help to be found...not just here on my blog but also within the links that I've provided on the left side of the site.
And if you're asking yourself..."What in the world is the URI FEAST?", simply go over to the link for it on the left and give it a look.
Till next post,
Merry K.