I love Ratatouille! Fresh veggies cooked into a stew… Oh it is so yummy… It warms me up! Body and soul! When making this dish I used all organic produce and products, right down to the herbs. This stew is very good for winter weather and the ingredients are in season right now. I picked up all my produce from my local Co-Op Rawfully Organic. I hope you like the recipe. I have made Julia Child’s version… It took 18 hours a really, really long time, and I didn’t like it as much. My friend Meghan brought me a version of this recipe (I changed it a bit to make it Paleo) for the first time when I was home recovery from one of my surgeries. That is when my love for it began… I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! I usually have big bowl for dinner!
Ratatouille Stew – The Paleo Way
3 Tbsp. Coconut oil
1 Large Onion, diced
4 Cloves Garlic, minced
1-2 tsp. Herbs de Provence
1 tsp. Salt
1 Eggplant, diced
1 Zucchini, diced
1 Yellow Bell Pepper, diced
1 28oz can Organic Crushed Tomatoes
3 Cups Chicken or Veggie Broth
1 14oz can Organic Tomato Sauce
Large Handful of Basil Leaves, torn or cut in ribbons
Heat the coconut oil in a 3 1/2 – 6 quart size pot over med- hi heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft. Add the Herbs de Provence and 1 tsp of salt along with the eggplant, zucchini, and bell pepper. Cook the veggies, stirring a few times for about 5 minutes. Add diced tomatoes and their juices, 2 cups of broth and half the basil. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Scoop a little less than half of the soup in to a blender or a bowl (if you have an immersion blender) and purée. Return purée to pot. Season with salt and pepper. To thin this out and make it more like a soup, add the extra cup of chicken broth and up to 14oz of tomato sauce. This part varies on your taste. I prefer mine to have a deeper tomato flavor. You may like it without any. It is good both ways. Serve with remaining basil sprinkled on top. And if you eat dairy a little Parmesan grated on each serving is yummy too!
God Bless the Yummy in Your Tummy!!
Gena
My Mended Heart 
You know I’ve never tried this before, don’t ask me from what planet I come from? This will certainly go on my to “to try list” this year. It looks so delicious.
It was yummy!
Ok we gotta have a blog working date, I was totally about to change to this theme, yours looks great, will you help me with mine sis 🙂 I’ll totally come over for some yummy stew!
Kelly
I would love too!! That would be fun… Let’s plan a day!