French Ratatouille {cooked & raw}
reading time: ca. 3 min

Preparation time: 20 mins + cook time 30 mins
Main ingredients: zucchini, squash
difficulty level: easy
serves: 2-3
suitable for: vegan, lactose-free, gluten-free, nut-free, paleo, raw food, and delicious "even so"
Remember the recipe for Greek Salad i made a while ago? just as that one, this is part of my Day Zero Project where i challenge myself to fulfil my dreams and resolutions in a reasonable time span (try it! so far it's working really well).
One of the tasks being "Cook 5 meals from 5 different cultures", i thought it was time for another foreign cuisine: Nr 02 Ratatouille (France.)
One of the tasks being "Cook 5 meals from 5 different cultures", i thought it was time for another foreign cuisine: Nr 02 Ratatouille (France.)

since this is a traditional Provençal dish i decided to go for the original cooked version, as well as the "rawified" raw vegan version. enjoy!
Ingredients
Base
1 zucchini
1 yellow squash
1 eggplant // for raw version: 1 large carrot or an additional zucchini or squash !
1 red bell pepper or 2 large tomatoes *
Sauce
1 shallot, minced
2 cloves garlic, finely sliced or pressed
1 cup tomatoe puree **
minced leaves of 2 springs fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme leaves
1 tsp dried oregano leaves
2-3 tbsp cold-pressed olive oil
a few squeezes of fresh lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
also:
- a baking dish
Instructions
#step 1: Preheat oven to 375 F. Cut all base ingredients into 1/2-inch thick circles. Arrange them in your baking dish, layering them in a circle outlining the dish, overlapping each seperate vegetable.
#step 2: For the sauce stir together all sauce ingredients in a small bowl, and pour it evenly on top of the vegetables.
Or, for the raw version: let it marinate. This is essential, since raw zucchini and squash are very firm and sort of savourless, so set aside for at least 15 mins to allow the veggies to take in the flavours of the sauce. Enjoy :)
Or as they say in France, of course: Bon appétit!
Or as they say in France, of course: Bon appétit!




If you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff. ~ Pixar's Ratatouille
5 meals from 5 different cultures:
1] Greek Salad (+ raw vegan Feta cheese)
2] French Ratatouille
3] Japanese Sushi (+ raw vegan Carrot hummus)
4] Swedish Honey Buns
5] Russian Beet Soup (+ raw vegan Sour cream)
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Wow, what an amazingly organised way of doing ratatouille. Been eating this dish since I first went to France as a child, but never done it this way before, so going to pin it on my recipes board on Pinterest and give it a go! Found you via Truly Lovely's Fancy This Fridays Linky, I'm over at Mother.Wife.Me.com
ReplyDeletethank you so much for your sweet comment! i hope you get to try this version of ratatouille yourself, i find it very pleasing to the eye - and after all, you eat with your eyes first, right?
Deletehave a great day ~ maisy