Ratatouille

This is a delicious, hearty vegetable dish. No one can resist it. There is something so completely satisfying about it. It makes you just feel warm and yummy all over!!!

 Okey dokey you are going to need...

1 eggplant
2 zucchini
10 or so mushrooms
1 can of stewed or crushed maters
2 ribs celery
1 green bell pepper
1 onion
5 cloves garlic
1 1/2 cups of monterrey jack cheese
Oregano
S&P

This is SO SO SO  easy. All you do is drop things in a hot pot and stir it around. Then right at the end you shove it in a hot oven. So easy.

Okay. You should go ahead and chop your vegetables first because the actual cooking goes pretty fast. Cube the eggplant by cutting it into slices and then cutting those slices into quarters or nines depending on how big the slice is. Chop the zucchini into medium rounds about 1/4 of an inch thick. Chop the ribs of celery. Make sure you remove the white ends and take off the leaves. Chop the onion however you will, either diced or in slices. Chop up the garlic and clean off your board.

Okay get a pan and heat it up over medium high heat. Drop in an onion bit and when in sizzles it's hot enough. Put the mushrooms and zucchini in first with the onions and garlic. Move those around for a minute or so and then put in some olive oil and oregano. If the veggies have stopped sizzling turn up the heat until everything starts to steam up, not smoke. When the onions are translucent put in the eggplant and keep everything moving in the pot.

When things start to look a little dry put in the tomatoes. Make sure everything is moving around until the zucchini is cooked through and and he eggplants is mushy all the way through. It will turn brown as you cook it. When everything is nice and soft and cooked down put it all in a small deep casserole dish and cover with 1 1/2 cups of monterrey jack. Put that in an oven heated to 350 degrees. When the cheese is melted and bubbly (and maybe a little brown on top) take it out and DIG IN!!!

Hope you enjoy!