Healthy Ratatouille Recipes: This Easy Ratatouille Recipe Is Fancy Fast by Donna John

Ratatouille will impress your family or guests, but is a snap to throw together. The healthy ratatouille recipe is perfect as a main dish or as a side dish. Don't have a cast iron skillet? Bake it in a round casserole dish or oven-proof frying pan. 

You'll need:

• 2 small eggplants, sliced into thin rounds
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced thin (you could also use Roma tomatoes, or a combination of both)
• 3 small zucchini, sliced into thin rounds
• 3 small yellow squash, sliced into thin rounds

Sauce

• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 can (15 ounces) diced tomatoes
• juice of half a lemon (or more to taste)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• black pepper, to taste
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• red pepper flakes (optional)

Garnish

• fresh chopped thyme (optional)

Here’s how to make it:

1. Put all the sauce ingredients into a blender. Blend until smooth. Set aside about 1/4 cup of the sauce.
2. Pour the remaining sauce into a cast iron skillet to cover the bottom.
3. Arrange vegetables, standing up, in the skillet, alternating the vegetables.
4. Pour remaining sauce over the top. Cover the top lightly with a piece of foil. 
5. Bake in a preheated 375-degree F oven for about 1 hour. Sprinkle with thyme, if using.[img]

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