Ever since the pixar movie came out in 2007 I’ve wanted to make a ratatouille, of course. But while it’s been on my list, it’s never made it to my kitchen. Whenever I’m living with my parents, cooking doesn’t usually happen too much. My dad is a chef and neither of my parents really eat ‘American’ food so I’m left to eat anything I cook while also being served their food left and right. But I’ve finally done it. I’ve pushed myself to actually cook this now that I don’t have mountains of homework and an actual kitchen that’s all mine.

We also went to the farmers’ market on Saturday and I found amazing zucchini and yellow squash to use and I should’ve bought eggplant and tomatoes while I was at it but of course I didn’t plan ahead so I ended up with a trip to the grocery store for the rest of my ingredients.

I googled ratatouille and found a couple different recipes and pieced them together so I don’t have anything specific to share. I bought myself a cute overly-expensive mandolin/grater and sliced the eggplant and tomatoes by hand and lined them up in my square casserole dish and called it a day. It actually came out a lot nicer than I was expecting and I’m pretty proud of myself for finally making it. Of course one eggplant, one zucchini, one yellow squash, and a whole bunch of tomatoes means I’ll be eating ratatouille for the next two weeks but at least lunch is all set!