Ratatouille

So, tonight, we had ratatouille and fish for dinner. My recipe for ratatouille is:

chopped onion, carrot, celery - saute until transparent, SAUTE IN OLIVE OIL
add chopped zuchinni. chopped eggplant
add lots of choppped garlic ( 1 head)
If you like, add mushroom and red peppers

add a piece of a rind of a lemon and lemon juice, about 1/2 lemon

add canned tomato juice, sauce with herbs, cover the vegetables, an add fresh chopped basil. You can also add fresh chopped thyme, savory, parsley.

Let it cook for 2 hours on a low heat. It tastes best served with steamed white rice. We have served it with pasta, but the rice is most popular.

Make a salad, maybe some grilled bread and everyone is very happy.

We also made trout. I put a lot of fresh lemon juice on the trout and added olive oil, fresh chopped garlic and salt and pepper. It was cooked in a pan on the stove, skin side down and do not turn. EVERYONE , FROM 8 YEARS OLD, TO TEENS TO ADULT WERE HAPPY! IT WAS A DELICIOUS MEAL.

Please remember to buy fresh vegies and try not to eat out! Think of the kids, try to train their taste buds.

Many years ago my kids only liked iceberg lettuce which has no nutritional value. It is all water. I mamke only baby leaf salads, which is dark leaves of lettuce. Add walnuts, strawberries, cheese, cranraisins and make a good dressing and they will convert. They still like the iceberg lettuce once in a while, but daily I make the salads of dark green leaves and they really like it.


My salad dressing is as follows and it is killer, everyone loves it:

2 heaping tablespoons Dijon mustard
9 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
juice of 1 lemon
slowly drizzle 1 cup of olive oil in with the rest of the ingredients
add salt and pepper to test

Until next time!