Ratatouille

Yes, I thought it was a movie too.  That shows home much of a “not-a-cook” I really am, right?  Well here is another recipe from my class at Cook that proved to me it was first a chunky type of soup not the name of a rat.

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Ingredients:

• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1/4 cup onion, small diced
• 1/2 cup yellow squash, medium diced
• 1/2 cup zucchini, medium diced
• 1/2 cup eggplant, medium diced
• 1/2 cup plum tomato, medium diced
• 1 cup chicken stock (or for my fellow vegetarians try VegeBase)
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 3 fresh basil leaves, chiffonade
• salt & pepper to taste

Heat a medium saucepan to a medium high heat.

Add the oil to the pan and then onion and garlic.

Saute for 2-3 minutes until onion becomes translucent.

Add the yellow squash and zucchini, sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Saute for 2-3 minutes and then add the eggplant and tomato.

Saute another 2-3 minutes then add the stock.

Reduce the heat and simmer for approximately 10 minutes.

Add the basil, check seasoning and simmer for another 3-4 minutes.

Serve it warm.