Comments on: Midsummer’s Garden Vegetable Ratatouille

By: Ioana

Ioana — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:29:41 +0000

Love it!!!Love it so much! I will do it sunday evening.
Oh, I need an advice. I have a lot of tomatoes and vegetables in my fridge. What can I do with them, maybe smth that I could just put into the freezer and consume it even later on.

By: formerchef

formerchef — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:56:11 +0000

Hi Terri-I’m pretty flexible with the herbs just using what I have growing outside and what sounds good to me. The thyme is not essential, but it is nice. Rosemary can be very strong, so I’d use less of it than basil for example and chop what you do use pretty fine. Flat leafed parsley would also be good. It’s all about your personal taste. A little fresh oregano would also be good, or you could use some dried herbs just use less because they are stronger than fresh herbs.

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:46:32 +0000

Looks like a great recipe but what combination and amounts of herbs do you like best? I have basil and rosemary and would need to get the thyme. Is it best with equal amounts of all three? Thanks much..Terri

By: formerchef

formerchef — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:29:18 +0000

I think a couple of teaspoons of what ever you wanted to add would work just fine. I would add them in when cooking the onions. Dried herbs hold up better than fresh to longer cooking.

By: Tripp Hendrix

Tripp Hendrix — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:06:06 +0000

Thank you again. My 9 year old son has been asking for ratatouille since he saw the movie, but I was aubergine impaired. This year I planted eggplant. I think I can handle this recipe, BUT… Only my basil survived (does it ever not thrive?). Can you recommend a quantity of dried herbs? except for 1 tbs fresh Basil. Got that.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:47:54 +0000

I love your website. Being a former chef/cook myself I could tell immediately you know what you are doing. Made the tomato soup recipe the other day from fresh toms from the garden and absolutely love it. Great as is but I see this as a base for further tom soup recipes.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:16:28 +0000

My poor hubby is getting so tired of the usual ways I cook zucchini and squash. It was bumper year for these things. This looks amazing though so I will give this a whirl on him this week.

By: Charles G Thompson

Charles G Thompson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:45:22 +0000

A great summer dish from a favorite part of France — good use of your bounty too!

By: formerchef

formerchef — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:26:01 +0000

Thanks Jenn! I bet you have a ton of vegetables in your new garden which would be perfect for ratatouille too!

By: Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen

Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:05:55 +0000

I love ratatouille – one of my favorite summer dishes, yours looks beautiful.