Recipes

The healthy chef roast vegetable ratatouille

Apr 28 08:40am

Ingredients

2 eggplants, cut into chunks or 500 g pumpkin, cut into chunks.
3 zucchini, cut into chunks
2 capsicums cut into chunks
handful basil leaves, shredded
1 x 400 g tin cannellini beans, drained
2 red onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 x 400 g tin chopped peeled tomatoes
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
Sea salt and black pepper to season
Grated Parmesan or feta to serve (optional)

Method

Preheat oven to 220C. Combine the eggplant, zucchini and capsicum onto a roasting dish and drizzle over 2 tablespoons of olive oil along with a little sea salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for about 20 minutes until veggies are soft. Meanwhile saute the onion and garlic in a pot until soft then add the tomatoes, paprika, beans and fresh basil. Remove veggies from the oven and combine with your tomato sauce. Serve in bowls garnished with a little extra basil and fresh grated parmesan and some crusty bread or steamed brown rice or smashed sweet potato
To make a pot pie
Divide into individual pie dishes and top with a few chunks of feta and cooked pastry lid.
To make a lasagne
Layer the ratatouille in-between cooked pasta sheets and top with ricotta and a little provelone then bake in an oven until golden.

By Teresa Cutter, www.thehealthychef.com.au

3 Comments Report Abuse

1. i_alt - Apr 28 08:49am

Thanks Teresa, what a simple and easy idea

2. rebecca_bradford - Apr 29 07:52pm

This was a great dish. Simple easy and delicious. I turn half into the lasagne. Great meal thanks

3. chrisub46 - May 11 09:13am

Thanks for an easy and cheap meal. We added cooked sausages, that we cut up. Delicious!

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