If you to loved the movie Ratatouille, you will love making this casserole at home! If you have not seen it, I highly recommend watching it! I promise Ratatouille will make you fall in love with joy of cooking!

Ingredients:

• 1-2 c tomato sauce (good quality tomato basil sauce)
• 2 garlic (cloves, minced)
• 3-4 thyme (sprigs)
• 2 Tab olive oil
• 1/2 tsp chili flakes
• 1 egg plant Or Brinjal (thin eggplant, thin sliced)
• 1 yellow squash (thin sliced)
• 1 zucchini (thin sliced)
• 1 red bell pepper (thin sliced)
• 2-3 potatoes (medium size, thin sliced)
• salt and black pepper
• oil spray
• béchamel sauce

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 375 °.
2. Bring 2 cups of water to rolling boil.
3. Season with salt.
4. Drop slice red potatoes in water and boil for 3-4minutes or until par cooked.
5. Drain on a paper towel and set aside.
6. While potatoes cook and cool down, slice rest of veggies – squash, bell pepper and eggplant.
7. Spray baking dish with cooking spray.
8. Spread layer of tomato sauce, minced garlic, thyme, red chili flakes, salt and olive oil.
9. Mix well while still leaving well spread.
10. Drizzle béchamel sauce on the top, swirl into the tomato sauce.
11. Layer sliced veggies on top. Make a spiral stack of vegetable slices for presentation just like in the movie Ratatouille.
12. Drizzle with olive oil.
13. Sprinkle salt, thyme,and black pepper on top.
14. Cover with parchment paper.
15. Bake for 55-60 minutes or until all veggies are tender. You will see tomato sauce bubbling on the sides.
16. Let it cool for 5 minutes.
17. Serve with side of crusty bread to scoop the sauce. Enjoy!

Béchamel Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 Tab unsalted butter
• 1 Tab Flour
• 1 c milk (2% or whole milk)
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg

Directions:

1. Microwave 1 cup of milk in microwave safe container.
2. Set aside
3. Heat 1 Tab butter in sauce pan.
4. Add 1 Tab flour and cook until raw flavor of flour goes away. 1-2 minutes. Don’t let flour turn brown.
5. Add warm milk 1/4 cup at time and stir well to avoid lumps.
6. Add all of milk and continue coking until sauce thickens and coat back of a spoon.
7. Season with salt, nutmeg, and black pepper.
8. Set aside.

Serves: 6

Source:  Chef de Home