Friday, October 4, 2013

Ratatouille! (the dish, not the wonderful animated feature)

Ah the return of the crockpot and all its magical powers.







































I decided to go vegetarian for a night. It was a good decision.

So there's a lot going on up there. Summer squash - zucchini and yellow squash - are the "stars" if you will. That and the tomatoes that you can't see buried under everything else. Eggplant (remind me never to cook with eggplant again unless I have DAYS AND DAYS OF TIME TO PREP IT DEAR FOOD GODS WHY DID YOU MAKE THIS VEGETABLE AND WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT?!?!), sautéed onions in the ring form, mushrooms, bell peppers, and a metric ton of garlic round out the substance of this dish. Then salt and pepper, mixed herbs (from France no less!), olive oil, and white wine are allowed to cook all day and turn into deliciousness:







































I made rice cause I forgot to buy couscous when shopping. I wanted to be authentically Mediterranean...oh well. I think the food gods will forgive me if they taste this.

T'was delicious. And it was hearty enough that I didn't really miss meat all that much. I don't really know if I would change anything for next time.

Oh, there will be a next time. Count on it.

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