Ratatouille

[ms.peachy]

Yeah so I rented the Disney film last week with my kid, and so it got me thinking about making some. So I just made it and I tried to be really careful to keep the veggies from being to mushy and 'retaining their individual shape and flavour' and all but bugger it, I just can't seem to make it work.:(

Tastes very nice, though. I used this recipe. (http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/ratatouille,1158,RC.html) Dead easy. Except for the not-being-mushy part.

[na§tee]

as a kid ratatouille was my second most hated dish (macaroni cheese has the #1 honour - still does) but i think it may be one of my adult acquired tastes now... maybe.

i'll actually give that recipe a shot at the end of the week. i have four salad tomatoes that i buy meaning to use in a salad/wholemeal veg tortilla but never do, so hot in a dish like this might be the way forward.

<3 delia. she has the most fantastic recipe for coq au vin we make regularly on there, too.

[abcdefz]

You'll get it.

It's funny how many recipes snap into place the second time. (y)

[Lyman Zerga]

i dont really like any smashed together food smash and now even less because of the movie, well done!

[abcdefz]

I forgot to say: I think it's really cool that you did this with your kid. (y)

[na§tee]

peachy, did you serve this with anything or just on its own? crusty bread?

i am definitely making it on friday if the aubergines aren't too pricey :rolleyes: so i'm trying to line up a weekend's meals purely from this one dish, haha.

[ms.peachy]

I forgot to say: I think it's really cool that you did this with your kid. (y)
What, watch a Disney movie with her? LOL It wasn't exactly a big sacrifice...

peachy, did you serve this with anything or just on its own? crusty bread?

i am definitely making it on friday if the aubergines aren't too pricey :rolleyes: so i'm trying to line up a weekend's meals purely from this one dish, haha.

I did just serve it with a crusty bread, yeah. But it would also be good with rice. That Delia recipe made enouch for mr.p and I each to have to large bowls, with a small amount left over I am going to have for lunch tomorrow with rice.

[abcdefz]

What, watch a Disney movie with her? LOL It wasn't exactly a big sacrifice...



The follow up: making ratatouille.

Though, watching something with your kid is a big deal, too. You take that for granted.

[na§tee]

ms. peachy, i regret to inform you that i have gone back on my promise to make the dish in question! :( but only because i found a tin of kidney beans and the back of the cupboard and realised i had all the ingredients to make a shit hot vegetable chilli that will last for a wee while. NEXT WEEKEND.

[ms.peachy]

LOL, you don't owe me nothin', sista - you make it when you want.